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Black History Bowl- History 1

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

The Great Rebellion

b)

The Stono Rebellion

c)

The Stone Rebellio n

2.

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.

a)

the Second Great Awakening

b)

The First Great Awakening

c)

The Great Awakening

3.

Inspired by the Atlanta child murders of the early 1980s, what James Baldwin book-length essay was published in 1985?

a)

The Evidence of things not seen

b)

the Evidence of things

c)

the Evidence collected

4.

On January 1, 1863 what significant declaration did President Lincoln issue?

a)

The Emanicipation Letters

b)

The Emanicipation of the Civil War

c)

The Emanicipation Proclamation

5.

What term is used to describe the second leg of the triangular slave trade between Europe, Africa and the Americas between 1520 and 1860?

a)

The Middle Saga

b)

The Mercantilism passage

c)

The Middle Passage

6.

In 1960, what did four Black American students do at a whites-only lunch counter to protest discrimination?

a)

a protest

b)

a sit in

c)

a drive through

d)

a march

7.

In 1972, Gordon Parks received what prestigious award presented by the NAACP?

a)

Springham Medal

b)

Spingarn Medal

c)

Nobel Prize

8.

Slaves were known to revolt against the slave system. In 1739 the Stono Rebellion occurred in what colony?

a)

North Carolina (twenty miles west of Wilmington)

b)

South Carolina (twenty miles west of Charleston)

c)

Georgia (twenty miles west of Augusta)

9.

What orator delivered a powerful anti-slavery speech in 1851 at a convention on women’s rights in Akron, Ohio?

a)

Moses Hamilton

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Harriet Tubman

10.

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?

a)

Sharecropping

b)

Sharesaving

c)

Sharetilling

11.

What was the original reason for establishing the Black Panther Party?

a)

Better Schools

b)

Self Defense

c)

Feed the Hungry

12.

What Black American was Associate Director of the Peace Corps?

a)

Samuel Seawright

b)

Samuel Adams

c)

Samuel Proctor

13.

What Black American sparked the “Montgomery Bus Boycott”?

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Martin Luther King

c)

Merlie Evers

14.

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?

a)

Richard Alexander

b)

Richard Wright

c)

Richard Allen

15.

The flag representing the Black Movement is comprised of what three colors?

a)

Red, Black, and Green

b)

Red, Black and Gold

c)

Red, White and Black

16.

What do many historians call the period immediately following the Civil War?

a)

Reconstitution

b)

Reconstruction

c)

Northern Aggression

17.

After Martin Luther King Jr’s death, who succeeded him as the head of the Southern Christian Leadership

a)

Ralph Abernathy

b)

Ralph Tresvant

c)

Ralph Watson

18.

What did many associate with the term “Jim Crow”?

a)

Minstrel show

b)

Racial Segregation

c)

The old south

19.

Who signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863?

a)

President Abraham Lincoln

b)

President Andrew Johnson

c)

President Ulysses S. Grant

20.

In what city was the first National Negro Convention held?

a)

New York

b)

Philadelphia

c)

Washington DC

21.

Who were the “Freedom Riders”?

a)

People who rode sat in at lunch counters

b)

People who rode segregated buses and trains

c)

People who were sprayed with fire hoses

22.

The "PUSH" in Operation PUSH, founded by Rev. Jesse Jackson, stand for what?

a)

People United to Serve Humanity

b)

Praise Until Something Happens

c)

Pray Until Something Happens