WorksheetsPt. 1 Famous African-Americans Biographies
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
A biography can be about
famous people
people who are alive
people who have died
all of the above
The legendary basketball player
Dr. Charles Drew
Muhammad Ali
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Wally Amos
Lew Alcindor, Jr was Kareem Abdul- Jabbar's name before converting to this religion.
Islam
Christianity
Hinduism
Judaism
Kareem's high school team won 70 consecutive games. Which word is NOT a synonym of consecutive?
continuous
unbroken
separate
straight
What was Muhammad Ali's birth name?
Cassius Clay
Muhammad Ali
Charles Drew
Wally Amos
What did Muhammad Ali win in the 1960 Summer Olympics?
Nothing
Bronze medal
Silver medal
Gold medal
What nickname did Muhammad Ali often use to refer to himself?
The Best
The Truth
The Answer
The Greatest
Why was Muhammad Ali not allowed to box for three years starting in 1967?
Because he refused to join the army when he was drafted
Because he refused to fight Sonny Liston
Because he was injured
Because he didn't want to box
Because of Ali's work with charities and helping other people, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005 from President George Bush. Ali was a philanthropist. What is a philanthropist?
a stingy person who does not care about the poor
an uncaring person who only thinks of themselves
a person who donates generous amounts of money to good causes
a thief who steals from others
What was the purpose of the Jim Crow Laws?
segregation
to keep black and white people separate
to keep black people from voting
All of the above
What was it called when millions of African-Americans moved north to get away from the Jim Crow laws?
The Great Migration
The Underground Railroad
The Move
The Exodus
What areas of society were affected by Jim Crow Laws?
Schools
Swimming Pools
Movie Theaters
All of the above
Wally Amos started his own cookie business in 1975. He is an _______________________.
employee
entrepreneur
inmate
entertainer
At age 6, Marian Anderson started singing in her _________________. They later raised $500 for her to have professional singing lessons.
elementary school chorus
local neighborhood theater
Baptist church choir
room at home
Marian Anderson toured and sang in Europe for kings and queens, but she faced _________________ when she returned to the United States of America.
prejudice
segregation
Jim Crow Laws
all of the above
The president's wife ______________________ stopped being a member of the Daughters' of the American Revolution when they would not allow Marian Anderson to sing in the Constitution Hall.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Jane Kennedy
Martha Washington
Hillary Clinton
In 1939, Marian Anderson appeared at the Lincoln Memorial where _______________ people gathered to watch her perform of all races.
75,000
1 million
a few
7,500
What was Charles Drew's main interest in high school?
art
music
sports
Science
Doctor Charles Drew helped Britain develop a blood bank during what war?
World War II
Vietnam
American Revolution
Civil War
Why did Charles Drew resign as the director of the American Red Cross?
He wanted to go into research full time
He was asked to separate black people's blood from white people's blood
He felt it was time to retire
None of the above
