WorksheetsBlack History Bowl- History 1
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
What was the first serious uprising among slaves took place in 1739 and resulted in passage of the Negro Act, which placed restrictions on the ability of slaves in South
The Great Rebellion
The Stono Rebellion
The Stone Rebellio n
In the early nineteenth century many slaves were converted to Christianity during this national religious revival during 1790-1830 that occurred throughout the plantations of the South.
the Second Great Awakening
The First Great Awakening
The Great Awakening
Inspired by the Atlanta child murders of the early 1980s, what James Baldwin book-length essay was published in 1985?
The Evidence of things not seen
the Evidence of things
the Evidence collected
On January 1, 1863 what significant declaration did President Lincoln issue?
The Emanicipation Letters
The Emanicipation of the Civil War
The Emanicipation Proclamation
What term is used to describe the second leg of the triangular slave trade between Europe, Africa and the Americas between 1520 and 1860?
The Middle Saga
The Mercantilism passage
The Middle Passage
In 1960, what did four Black American students do at a whites-only lunch counter to protest discrimination?
a protest
a sit in
a drive through
a march
In 1972, Gordon Parks received what prestigious award presented by the NAACP?
Springham Medal
Spingarn Medal
Nobel Prize
Slaves were known to revolt against the slave system. In 1739 the Stono Rebellion occurred in what colony?
North Carolina (twenty miles west of Wilmington)
South Carolina (twenty miles west of Charleston)
Georgia (twenty miles west of Augusta)
What orator delivered a powerful anti-slavery speech in 1851 at a convention on women’s rights in Akron, Ohio?
Moses Hamilton
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Tubman
What was the name of the system in which Black Americans farmed someone else’s land and received a split of the season’s crop?
Sharecropping
Sharesaving
Sharetilling
What was the original reason for establishing the Black Panther Party?
Better Schools
Self Defense
Feed the Hungry
What Black American was Associate Director of the Peace Corps?
Samuel Seawright
Samuel Adams
Samuel Proctor
What Black American sparked the “Montgomery Bus Boycott”?
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King
Merlie Evers
He was born a slave in Philadelphia and purchased his freedom. He became the founder and bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal church in 1816. Who was he?
Richard Alexander
Richard Wright
Richard Allen
The flag representing the Black Movement is comprised of what three colors?
Red, Black, and Green
Red, Black and Gold
Red, White and Black
What do many historians call the period immediately following the Civil War?
Reconstitution
Reconstruction
Northern Aggression
After Martin Luther King Jr’s death, who succeeded him as the head of the Southern Christian Leadership
Ralph Abernathy
Ralph Tresvant
Ralph Watson
What did many associate with the term “Jim Crow”?
Minstrel show
Racial Segregation
The old south
Who signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863?
President Abraham Lincoln
President Andrew Johnson
President Ulysses S. Grant
In what city was the first National Negro Convention held?
New York
Philadelphia
Washington DC
Who were the “Freedom Riders”?
People who rode sat in at lunch counters
People who rode segregated buses and trains
People who were sprayed with fire hoses
The "PUSH" in Operation PUSH, founded by Rev. Jesse Jackson, stand for what?
People United to Serve Humanity
Praise Until Something Happens
Pray Until Something Happens
