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WorksheetsBlack History- Politics and Military
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What was the first war in which Blacks served in every branch of the U.S. armed forces?
Civil War
Korean War
World War I
World War II
President Jimmy Carter honored 761st Tank Battalion, an all Black unit, for fighting in what war?
World War I
World War II
Civil War
Vietnam
In May 1941, the 758th Tank Battalion was the first African American tank battalion to fight in which war?
Civil War
World War II
Civil War
World War I
After his service in what war was Elder Watson Diggs instrumental in having the Indiana constitution amended to permit Negro enlistment in the Indiana National Guard?
Vietnam
Civil War
World War I
World War II
What war led Colin Powell to conclude that an army should not enter into combat unless it had a clear objective?
Vietnam
World War I
World War II
Vietnam
In 1942, what branch of the U.S. armed forces became the LAST to admit Blacks?
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Air Force
Inducted into the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights Hall of Fame in 2005, Robert Coleman was a veteran of what branch of the U.S. armed services?
U.S. Air Force
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Many Civil Rights leaders were opposed to the war in Vietnam for what reason?
They did not want to fight
they disagreed with the president
They were distressed over the high rate of casualties (deaths) among Black troops
unfair voting laws
Before the end of WWI, more than 4,000 Black women had enlisted in the Army to serve in support roles. They were known collectively as what?
women of war
The Women's Army Corps (or WAC)
U.S. Service women
U.S. women's team
Born in Kentucky, Carl Maxie Brashear, the first African American Navy master diver, lost the lower part of his left leg in an accident on what naval ship?
USS Battle
USS Hoist
USS Invader
USS Attack
Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. was the first black general of which branch of the U.S. Armed Forces
U.S. Navy
Marine Corps
U.S. Army
Air Force
What was the largest black unit in the Korean War?
The twenty-fourth Infantry Regiment
The Warrior Brigade
The Battle Captains
The Fighting Battalion
What Black Support unit drove supplies by truck to advancing American Forces and also performed yeoman service during the Battle of the Bulge of 1944?
The Red Ball Express
The Aces
The Tuskegee Airmen
The Fighting 100
Dorie Miller, a mess man with the Navy, manned a machine gun without experience and shot down four enemy aircraft during the attack on Pearl Harbor. In 1942, he was awarded what honor for this heroic action?
The Medal of Freedom
The Purple Heart
The Gold Star
The Navy Cross
What awards did the French government present to the Black soldiers and their battalions for bravery and courage?
The Croix de Geurre, the distinguished French decoration, or Legion of Merit
Le Galant
Victoire Medaille
Bravoure Plaque
During the American Revolution, Black soldiers fought with which two organizations as pilots, gunner's mates, boatswain's mates, and manned he coastal galleys?
The Continental Navy and the Continental Army
The Blue team and the Red team
The British and the French
The Democrats and the Republicans
The NAACP pressured President Woodrow Wilson's administration to establish what officer's training school for blacks at Fort Dodge, in Des Moines, Iowa?
For Us By Us
The Colored Officer's Training Camp (or COTC)
Military Training Academy
Cadet School
What was the only African American military women's unit to go overseas during World War I?
The 33rd Fighting Unit
The Fifth Infantry
the 6888th Postal Unit
The Women's Military Brigade
Commissioned in 1943, the first group of Black naval officers were known as what?
The Golden Thirteen
Military's Best
Cadet Masters
Top Captains
Under the command of Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., the 332nd destroyed 111 planes in the air and 150 on the ground while never losing a single bomber. They were awarded what honor for this heroic action?
Purple Heart
Honor Roll
The Distinguished Flying Cross
Gold Medal
