WorksheetsHistory Trivia
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 14mins
What was the name of the first baseball team that Jackie Robinson played for?
Brooklyn Dodgers
Kansas City Monarchs
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
What HBCU did Jessie Jackson graduate from?
Howard
Tuskegee
Morehouse
North Carolina A&T
In what year were the first slaves brought to America?
1625
1619
1775
1583
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
Thurgood Marshall
George Washington Carver
Thomas Edison
Who purchased his/her own freedom in 1766?
Frederick Douglas
Olaudah Equiano
Harriet Tubman
Nat Turner
How many children did Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King have together?
1
5
8
4
Who created "Negro History Week" and when did it become "Black History Month?"
Charles G. Woodson, 1926
Woody Charles, 1936
Thurgood Marshall, 1920
George Williams, 1915
Who was the first African American to become the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion?
Muhammad Ali
Joe Frazier
Jack Johnson
George Foreman
When did Tiger Woods win his first Masters golf tournament?
1994
2000
1997
1990
Who was the first African American on a United States postage stamp?
Frederick Douglas
Booker T. Washington
Harriet Tubman
Martin Luther King Jr.
Who recorded the song, "I'm Black and I'm Proud?"
Stevie Wonder
James Brown
Little Richard
Earth Wind and Fire
Who wrote the book, "The Bluest Eye?"
Nora Neale Hurston
Toni Morrison
Maya Angelou
Sharon G. Flake
Who was the first African American to win an Oscar?
Sidney Poitier
Hattie McDaniel
Denzel Washington
Halle Berry
Juneteenth (June 19) was the day that all slaves became aware of their freedom. What year did Union Army general, Gordon Granger, arrive in Texas and announce that slaves were free?
1865
1864
1863
1866
Who was the first African American woman to be elected to the United States Congress?
Carol Moseley
Eva Clayton
Fannie Lou Hamer
Shirley Chisholm
From 1885 to 1908, the Congo was under the personal rule of King Leopold II who enslaved the Congolese for what resource?
Ivory
Rubber
Gold
Copper
What post-slavery law was passed in 1866 that sent blacks to prison for more slave labor?
Vagrancy Act
Burglary Act
Panhandling Act
Unemployment Act
What's the name of the first HBCU in America?
Cheyney University
Lincoln University
Coppin State University
Prairie View A&M University
