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Worksheets(Make-up) Kevin Hart's "Unsung" Heroes (Ducksters)
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 16mins
Where was Douglass born?
Maryland
Arkansas
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Which of the following best describes Frederick Douglass' life as a child?
A free child who worked hard on his parents farm
A rich child who went to the best schools
A slave who moved and hardly knew his parents
None of the above
How did Frederick Douglass learn to read?
His master taught him how
He mostly taught himself
He went to the local school
He learned from the other slaves
True or False: Slave owners were encouraged to educate their slaves and teach them how to read and write.
True
False
When did Frederick Douglass take the last name 'Douglass'?
When he was seven
When he finished writing his first book
After he escaped slavery and became a free man
He was born with it
What did abolitionists want to put an end to?
Eating meat
Slavery
The Civil War
The Union of the United States
What famous convention did Frederick Douglass attend in Seneca Falls, New York?
The first women's rights convention
The abolitionists convention
The black freemen convention
The Thirteenth Amendment convention
What did President Lincoln do in order to protect black soldiers in the Civil War?
He warned the South that for every Union prisoner killed, he would execute a rebel soldier
He did nothing
He agreed that black soldiers would not fight on the front lines.
He gave them the best weapons and uniforms
True or False: Frederick Douglass worked with US President Andrew Johnson to help get black men the right to vote?
True
False
Where was Robert Smalls born?
Raleigh, North Carolina
Norfolk, Virginia
Athens, Georgia
Beaufort, South Carolina
What was Robert Smalls' job as a slave in Charleston?
He worked as a wheelman on ships
He unloaded heavy loads from ships coming into the harbor
He cleaned ships that came into the harbor after long trips
He collected taxes on imports coming into Charlseston from ships
What did Robert Smalls' ship do for the Confederacy?
Transported ammunition
Transported confederate troops
Deployed mines
All of the above
What was the name of the ship Robert Smalls used to escape to the North?
Aurora
Planter
Pequod
Venture
What did Robert do with the Confederate flag as he approached the Union Navy?
Replaced it with a white flag
Set it on fire
Replaced it with a Union flag
He did nothing and left the Confederate flag flying
What happened to Robert Smalls after he reached the Union Navy?
He was set free and awarded prize money for bringing the Union a ship
He was sent back to the South to be a slave
He was forced to move to Canada
He was punished and put in jail for stealing a ship
What did Robert Smalls do after the Civil War? (check all that apply)
Moved back to South Carolina and purchased his old master's house
Started a newspaper
Opened a school for black children
Opened a store
True or False: Robert Smalls was a member of U.S. House of Representatives for many years.
True
False
True or False: Robert Smalls helped found the Republican Political Party in South Carolina
True
False
True or False: George Washington Carver's mother was a slave who was kidnapped by slave raiders
True
False
True or False: After being set free by the 13th Amendment, George was raised by his former owners
True
False
What type of scientist was George Washington Carver?
Botanist
Chemist
Biologist
Geologist
George Washington Carver spent most of his life as a professor at what school?
Iowa State
Tuskegee Institute
North Carolina Central University
North Carolina A&T State University
By what nickname was George Washington Carver known throughout the South?
The Peanut Butter Man
The Rotator
Professor Peanut
The Farmer's Best Friend
True or False: Carver advise US President Theodore Roosevelt on matters of agriculture
True
False
Where was Josephine Baker born?
Paris, France
Atlanta, Georgia
St. Louis, Missouri
True or False: Josephine Baker grew up in a wealthy home where she attended dance and singing lessons.
True
False
True or False: Josephine Baker earned her first role in the 1923 Broadway show "Shuffle Along"
True
False
What European country did Josephine Baker move to in 1925?
Canada
France
Germany
Spain
True or False: 'Rainbow Tribe' was the nickname for Josephine's twelve adopted children
True
False
Josephine Baker worked as a ______ for the French Resistance during World War II.
teacher
nurse
spy
washerwoman
At what civil rights event did Josephine Baker speak at wearing her French Resistance uniform?
March on Washington
Million Man March
Black Lives Matter
