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(Make-up) Kevin Hart's "Unsung" Heroes (Ducksters)

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where was Douglass born?

a)

Maryland

b)

Arkansas

c)

Connecticut

d)

Massachusetts

2.

Which of the following best describes Frederick Douglass' life as a child?

a)

A free child who worked hard on his parents farm

b)

A rich child who went to the best schools

c)

A slave who moved and hardly knew his parents

d)

None of the above

3.

How did Frederick Douglass learn to read?

a)

His master taught him how

b)

He mostly taught himself

c)

He went to the local school

d)

He learned from the other slaves

4.

True or False: Slave owners were encouraged to educate their slaves and teach them how to read and write.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

When did Frederick Douglass take the last name 'Douglass'?

a)

When he was seven

b)

When he finished writing his first book

c)

After he escaped slavery and became a free man

d)

He was born with it

6.

What did abolitionists want to put an end to?

a)

Eating meat

b)

Slavery

c)

The Civil War

d)

The Union of the United States

7.

What famous convention did Frederick Douglass attend in Seneca Falls, New York?

a)

The first women's rights convention

b)

The abolitionists convention

c)

The black freemen convention

d)

The Thirteenth Amendment convention

8.

What did President Lincoln do in order to protect black soldiers in the Civil War?

a)

He warned the South that for every Union prisoner killed, he would execute a rebel soldier

b)

He did nothing

c)

He agreed that black soldiers would not fight on the front lines.

d)

He gave them the best weapons and uniforms

9.

True or False: Frederick Douglass worked with US President Andrew Johnson to help get black men the right to vote?

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Where was Robert Smalls born?

a)

Raleigh, North Carolina

b)

Norfolk, Virginia

c)

Athens, Georgia

d)

Beaufort, South Carolina

11.

What was Robert Smalls' job as a slave in Charleston?

a)

He worked as a wheelman on ships

b)

He unloaded heavy loads from ships coming into the harbor

c)

He cleaned ships that came into the harbor after long trips

d)

He collected taxes on imports coming into Charlseston from ships

12.

What did Robert Smalls' ship do for the Confederacy?

a)

Transported ammunition

b)

Transported confederate troops

c)

Deployed mines

d)

All of the above

13.

What was the name of the ship Robert Smalls used to escape to the North?

a)

Aurora

b)

Planter

c)

Pequod

d)

Venture

14.

What did Robert do with the Confederate flag as he approached the Union Navy?

a)

Replaced it with a white flag

b)

Set it on fire

c)

Replaced it with a Union flag

d)

He did nothing and left the Confederate flag flying

15.

What happened to Robert Smalls after he reached the Union Navy?

a)

He was set free and awarded prize money for bringing the Union a ship

b)

He was sent back to the South to be a slave

c)

He was forced to move to Canada

d)

He was punished and put in jail for stealing a ship

16.

What did Robert Smalls do after the Civil War? (check all that apply)

a)

Moved back to South Carolina and purchased his old master's house

b)

Started a newspaper

c)

Opened a school for black children

d)

Opened a store

17.

True or False: Robert Smalls was a member of U.S. House of Representatives for many years.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

True or False: Robert Smalls helped found the Republican Political Party in South Carolina

a)

True

b)

False

19.

True or False: George Washington Carver's mother was a slave who was kidnapped by slave raiders

a)

True

b)

False

20.

True or False: After being set free by the 13th Amendment, George was raised by his former owners

a)

True

b)

False

21.

What type of scientist was George Washington Carver?

a)

Botanist

b)

Chemist

c)

Biologist

d)

Geologist

22.

George Washington Carver spent most of his life as a professor at what school?

a)

Iowa State

b)

Tuskegee Institute

c)

North Carolina Central University

d)

North Carolina A&T State University

23.

By what nickname was George Washington Carver known throughout the South?

a)

The Peanut Butter Man

b)

The Rotator

c)

Professor Peanut

d)

The Farmer's Best Friend

24.

True or False: Carver advise US President Theodore Roosevelt on matters of agriculture

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Where was Josephine Baker born?

a)

Paris, France

b)

Atlanta, Georgia

c)

St. Louis, Missouri

26.

True or False: Josephine Baker grew up in a wealthy home where she attended dance and singing lessons.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

True or False: Josephine Baker earned her first role in the 1923 Broadway show "Shuffle Along"

a)

True

b)

False

28.

What European country did Josephine Baker move to in 1925?

a)

Canada

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Spain

29.

True or False: 'Rainbow Tribe' was the nickname for Josephine's twelve adopted children

a)

True

b)

False

30.

Josephine Baker worked as a ______ for the French Resistance during World War II.

a)

teacher

b)

nurse

c)

spy

d)

washerwoman

31.

At what civil rights event did Josephine Baker speak at wearing her French Resistance uniform?

a)

March on Washington

b)

Million Man March

c)

Black Lives Matter