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WorksheetsAfrican American History
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
During the 50s and 60s who led marches and gave speeches to change unfair laws?
Jackie Robinson
Jesse Owens
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King
Booker T. Washington
Who refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus?
Katherine Johnson
Harriet Tubman
Mae Jemison
Rosa Parks
George Washington Carver discovered a way to use what food for many different purposes?
peanuts
ice cream
bacon
apples
What sport did Jackie Robinson play?
basketball
baseball
hockey
football
Who was the first African American president of the United States?
Abraham Lincoln
Barack Obama
Booker T. Washington
Ruby Bridges
Who knew slavery was wrong so she helped people escape it through the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
Rosa Parks
Katherine Johnson
Jackie Robinson
What 1st grader didn't show fear when people asked her to leave school?
Harriet Tubman
Katherine Johnson
Mae Jemison
Ruby Bridges
Who was the president who signed a document that ended the Civil War and made slavery illegal?
Barack Obama
Booker T. Washington
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington Carver
Which famous African American worked for NASA and helped put the first Americans in space and on the moon?
Rosa Parks
Ruby Bridges
Katherine Johnson
Mae Jemison
Who was the first African American woman to be an Astronaut?
Katherine Johnson
Mae Jemison
Rosa Parks
Harriet Tubman
Thurgood Marshall was the first African American ___________.
President
Supreme Court Justice
Olympian
Baseball Player
How many medals did Jesse Owens win at the 1936 Olympics?
2 silver
1 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze
4 gold
3 gold and 2 silver
Who founded Tuskegee University and was the 1st African American to appear on a postage stamp?
Harriet Tubman
Booker T. Washington
Ruby Bridges
Jesse Owens
What African American entertainer had the best selling album of all time "Thriller"?
Michael Jackson
Booker T. Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Ruby Bridges
What title is given to the woman who is married to the President?
Presidential Wife
First Lady
Lady in Waiting
Mrs. America
