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Black History Month

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

These young men staged a "sit-in" at the Woolworth lunch counter on February 1, 1960.

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

The Greensboro 4

c)

The Tuskegee Airmen

d)

Jackie Robinson and George Washington Carver

2.

This civil rights leader used non-violent methods like marches and boycotts to gain support for equal rights for all.

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

d)

Rosa Parks

3.

Rosa Parks became famous because she...

a)

was the first black woman elected as governor.

b)

wrote the Constitution of the United States.

c)

refused to give up her seat on the bus for a white man.

d)

led her fellow slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad.

4.

The "I Have a Dream" speech was given in Washington, D.C., by

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Frederick Douglass

5.

Fredrick Douglass was a former slave who

a)

ran for president.

b)

started the NAACP along with Martin Luther King, Jr.

c)

was an adviser to President Lincoln and helped end slavery.

d)

bought a large plantation after the Civil War.

6.

The first African-American pilots in the US military were known as

a)

the Tennessee Airmen

b)

The Flying Aces

c)

The Miracle Men

d)

The Tuskegee Airmen

7.

Jackie Robinson was the first African-American

a)

pilot in the US military.

b)

to become president of the United States.

c)

play in Major League Baseball.

d)

discover peanut butter.

8.

The first African-American to become President of the United States was

a)

Oprah Winfrey

b)

Fredrick Douglass

c)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

d)

Barack Obama

9.

Harriet Tubman was known as "Moses" because

a)

she led her people to freedom along the Underground Railroad.

b)

she was really old.

c)

some people thought she was a man.

d)

she parted the waters of the Nile River.

10.

The African-American scientist who discovered over 300 uses for peanuts was

a)

Barack Obama

b)

George Washington Carver

c)

Jackie Robinson

d)

Frederick Douglass

11.

Ruby Bridges became a Civil Rights Activist at age 6 by

a)

becoming the first African-American child to become a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

b)

being the first African-American child to attend an all-white school in Louisiana.

c)

becoming friends with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

d)

going to jail for not giving up her seat on a bus to a white man.

12.

The four surviving Tuskegee Airmen were at this year's

a)

Super Bowl

b)

Puppy Bowl

c)

Soup Bowl

d)

Cotton Bowl

13.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ended slavery in the United States.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

George Washington Carver invented the Underground Railroad.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The Greensboro 4 couldn't eat at the Woolworth lunch counter because of

a)

segregation.

b)

separation.

c)

separate but equal.

d)

justice.