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Black History Month

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False:

Rosa Parks was the first black female to refuse to give up her seat on a bus?

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Finish this statement:

Of the 12.5 million Africans shipped to the New World during the Transatlantic Slave Trade

a)

Fewer than 390,000 arrived in the United States

b)

More than 500,000 arrived in the United States

c)

More than 390,000 arrived in the united states

d)

Fewer than 200,000 arrived in the United States

3.

True or False:

In the 1930's when Jewish educators could not find positions teaching because of a rise in xenophobia and anti-semitism, they found positions at HBCU's

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Fill in the Blank:

Despite popular books and movies _____ cowboys were black

a)

2/3

b)

1/8

c)

1/4

d)

4/5

5.

Who was the real Betty Boop?

a)
b)
c)
d)
6.

The first licensed African-American female pilot was named...

a)

Amelia Earheart

b)

Jeannie Leavitt

c)

Bessie Coleman

d)

Harriet Quimby

7.

Interracial marriage was banned in the United States was banned in 1664 and not overturned until

a)

1669

b)

1754

c)

1985

d)

1967

8.

Phillis Wheatley was only ____ years old when she became the first female African American author published

a)

24

b)

12

c)

9

d)

20

9.

True or False:

Martin Luther King Jr improvised the most iconic part of his “I Have a Dream” speech

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Hattie McDaniel, the first African American to win an Oscar, wasn’t allowed to attend

a)

Gone With the Wind's national premiere

b)

The Oscars

c)

NAACP Awards

d)

The production site when the main actors were rehearsing