WorksheetsBlack History (ASCEND)
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the first black man appointed to the Supreme Court?
a)
Collin Powell
b)
Thurgood Marshall
c)
Barrack Obama
d)
W.E.B Du. Bouis
2.
Who was the first black person to attended an all white school?
a)
Ruby Bridges
b)
Mary McLoud Bethune
c)
Linda Brown
d)
Sheyann Webb
3.
Who was the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad?
a)
Fredrick Douglass
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Sojourner Truth
d)
John Brown
4.
What was the nickname of the first 9 black teens to go to a white high school?
a)
Little Einstein
b)
Little Rock Nine
c)
Sinister 9
d)
Big Rock Nine
5.
The bestselling, award-winning book, The Color Purple was also a hit movie starring Whoopi Goldberg. The author is:
a)
Alice Walker
b)
Steven Spielberg
c)
Richard Wright
d)
Terry McMillian
6.
Shirley Chisholm was the first black woman elected to:
a)
Mayor of a Major U.S. City
b)
the House of Representatives
c)
the U.S. Senate
d)
School Superintendent
7.
Who created “Negro History Week” and when did it become “Black History Month”?
a)
Charles G. Woodson, 1926
b)
Woody Charles, 1936
8.
Who is Jackie Joyner-Kersee?
a)
She is the first WNBA scoring champion.
b)
She is the first African American to win Wimbleton and the US Open Tennis Tournaments.
c)
She is an Olympic Champion in Track and Field.
d)
She was the only female athlete to ever play in the World Series.
9.
Who was the first African-American astronaut?
a)
Neil Armstrong
b)
Mae Jemison
c)
Benjamin Carson
d)
Guion Bluford
10.
Who was the first African- American on a United States postage stamp?
a)
W.E.B. DuBois
b)
Alex Haley
c)
Booker T. Washington
d)
Sojourner Truth
11.
Who was the African American physicist and mathematician who made contributions to the United States' aeronautics and space programs with the early application of digital electronic computers at NASA
a)
Mae Jimeson
b)
Cicely Rolinda Sims
c)
Katherine Goble Johnson
d)
Katherine Vaughn
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