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WorksheetsAfrican American Trivia
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who was the first African-American to appear on a U.S. postage stamp?
a)
Martin Luther King Jr.
b)
Jackie Robinson
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Booker T. Washington
2.
What state was the first to elect a black governor, doing so in 1989?
a)
Delaware
b)
Mississippi
c)
Virginia
d)
Washington
3.
Which of these honors was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. not awarded?
a)
Nobel Peace Prize
b)
Congressional Gold Medal
c)
Presidential Medal of Freedom
d)
Freedom Award
4.
Who was the first African-American head coach in the NFL?
a)
Tony Dungy
b)
Fritz Pollard
c)
Ray Rhodes
d)
Art Shell
5.
Who was the first African-American to win a gold medal at the Olympics?
a)
William DeHart Hubbard
b)
Jesse Owens
c)
George Poage
d)
John Taylor
6.
Which city is widely acknowledged as the birthplace of Hip Hop?
a)
Brooklyn, New York
b)
Compton, California
c)
Houston, Texas
d)
Bronx, New York
7.
Dr. Carter G. Woodson originated what we now call Black History Month.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
8.
Whose refusal to give up her seat on a public bus sparked a boycott of Montgomery, AL buses from 1955-1956?
a)
Mary Mcleod Bethune
b)
Sojourner Truth
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Rosa Parks
9.
Whose autobiography is entitled "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?"
a)
Toni Morrison
b)
Nikki Giovanni
c)
Maya Angelou
d)
Alice Walker
10.
Where was the first "sit-in" at a segregated lunch counter?
a)
Atlanta, Georgia
b)
Greensboro, North Carolina
c)
Jackson, Mississippi
d)
Charleston, South Carolina
11.
Who was the first African American to serve as a US Supreme Court Justice?
a)
Charles Hamilton Houston
b)
Clarence Thomas
c)
Thurgood Marshall
d)
William Henry Hastie
12.
Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. was the first African American to become what?
a)
Astronaut
b)
Army General
c)
Policeman
d)
Pilot
13.
Madame C.J. Walker became America's first self-made female millionaire in 1910. What item or items lead to her accomplishment?
a)
mass production and sale of household products
b)
invented of a new style of foundation
c)
undergarment beauty and hair products for black women
d)
established a life insurance company
14.
The forced journey from Africa across the Atlantic Ocean was known as...
a)
The Dark Journey
b)
Triangular Trade
c)
Amistad
d)
The Middle Passage
15.
This inventor discovered over 300 uses for the peanut.
a)
Ronald McNair
b)
Claude Steele
c)
Dr. George Washington Carver
d)
Henry McBay
16.
The Underground Railroad was...
a)
The first subway in America.
b)
A secret train that carried runaway slaves from the south to the north.
c)
A series of tunnels, secret trails, caves, and safehouses used by slaves to escape.
d)
Hw slaves referred to the afterlife.
17.
The series of state laws enacted in the south that were designed to keep African-Americans from achieving equality were known as...
a)
Jim Crow Laws
b)
Slave Codes
c)
Fugitive Slave Act
d)
13th Amendment
18.
Name an invention by Garrett A. Morgan.
a)
The Air Mattress
b)
The Pencil Sharpener
c)
The Traffic Signal
d)
The Automobile
19.
After accidently slicing potatoes too thin, he created the potato chip.
a)
Percy Julian
b)
Ernest Just
c)
Lewis Latimer
d)
George Crum
20.
He invented the world-famous watergun, the Supersoaker.
a)
Claude Steele
b)
Emmett Chappelle
c)
Lonnie G. Johnson
d)
Matthew Henson
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