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WorksheetsAIGO - Background AA History in the US
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Which word defines the idea of "separate but equal"?
discrimination
segregation
civil rights
prejudice
Which word means: to be treated differently because of race or gender.
discrimination
segregation
civil rights
prejudice
After the civil war in America...
the U.S.A. became a country
blacks could not stay in the South.
Abraham Lincoln became president of the U.S.A.
slaves were set free
Laws that discriminated against Afro-Americans in the South, were called...
Civil Rights
Jim Crow Laws
The Green Book
The Harlem Renaissance
Harlem...
is a city in New York
is a city with a large population of Afro-Americans
was home to many black artists, musicians and writers in the 1900s
all of the above
Which style of music became the "black" music of Harlem?
blues
jazz
rock
hip hop
Langston Hughes was...
a civil rights leader
a jazz musician and a poet
a writer and a poet
a politician
Martin Luther King was...
a civil rights leader
a jazz musician and a poet
a writer and a poet
a politician
A book that listed places that Afro-Americans could get service while traveling in the 1950s was called...
the Black Book
the Red Book
the Green Book
the Negro Travel Book
In 1865, slavery was "abolished". This means that...
it was illegal to own slaves
only farmers could have slaves.
slavery was only allowed in the southern states of the U.S.A.
slaves could own land
"blacks and whites cannot marry one another" is an example of...
civil rights
segregation
discrimination
a Jim Crow Law
the Harlem Renaissance was ...
was a predominantly black neighborhood in New York
a movie starring Denzel Washington
a movement that promoted the development of black culture in America
a group of poets, musicians and artists
Langston Hughes wrote poetry in the style of...
jazz
blues
Afro-American
Shakespeare
"As I Grew Older" is a poem by...
Martin Luther King
Abraham Lincoln
Langston Hughes
Freddy Mercury
One of the key features of the Harlem Renaissance was...
freedom
politics
music
food
The Civil Rights Laws were signed in 1964, ...
50 years after slaves gained their freedom
the day after slaves gained their freedom
200 years after slaves gained their freedom
100 years after slaves gained their freedom
The people who came to see the black performers in Harlem..
were mostly black
were mostly rich and famous
were mostly white
were mostly artists and musicians
At the beginning of the poem, "As I Grew Older"...
the speaker has a dream
the speaker has given up hope
the speaker is ready to fight
the speaker is bored out of his mind
At the end of the poem, "As I Grew Older", the speaker feels
powerful
hungry
frustrated
sad
In the poem, the "wall" is...
a shadow
an obstacle
a challenge
a Pink Floyd album
