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Stamped Comprehension Test Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who are the authors of Stamped?

a)

Jason Reynolds and Thomas Jefferson

b)

Ibram X. Kendi and Gomes Eanes de Zurara

c)

Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi

d)

Jason Reynolds and Leo Africanus

2.

Who is considered the world's first racist in chapter 1 of Stamped?

a)

Prince Henry of Portugal

b)

Gomes Eanes de Zurara

c)

King John of Portugal

d)

Leo Africanus

3.

Climate Theory states that Africans were made inferior because of the hotter temperatures in Africa.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Curse Theory states that Africans were cursed in the Bible because of Noah's son's (Ham) sinful actions on the ark.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Who were the two Puritans that used Aristotle's beliefs in human hierarchy to prove that Africans were inferior?

a)

John Cotton and Richard Mather

b)

Prince John and King Henry

c)

Gomes Eanes de Zurara and Leo Africanus

d)

William Perkins and George Best

6.

Who is known for his role in the Salem Witch Trials and the racist codes that were developed because of them?

a)

John Cotton

b)

Richard Mather

c)

Cotton Mather

d)

Metacomet

7.

Whose poetry had "proof" in it that Black people were made into savages because of slavery?

a)

Benjamin Rush

b)

Phillis Wheatley

c)

Ben Franklin

d)

Thomas Jefferson

8.

Who wrote "all men are created equal" in the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Richard Mather

b)

Cotton Mather

c)

George Washington

d)

Thomas Jefferson

9.

The Three-Fifths Compromise stated that every five slaves equaled three humans.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

This book is entitled Stamped because....

a)

Racism is "stamped" into the Constitution of the United States with the Three-Fifths Compromise.

b)

The authors want to leave a "stamp" on their readers in terms of learning about racism.

c)

Africans were "stamped" by their slave owners upon arrival to the United States.

d)

"Stamped" is slang for slavery.

11.

The strategy called "Uplift Suasion" was assimilationist because it basically stated that if Black people behaved "admirably" they could prove all the stereotypes about them wrong.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

According to Reynolds, Thomas Jefferson's middle names was....

a)

Edward

b)

Contradiction

c)

Hypocrite

d)

Racist

13.

Thomas Jefferson purchased this land from the French and intended it to be used to teach Black people how to live before sending them back to Africa.

a)

Virginia

b)

The Louisiana Territory

c)

Maryland

d)

Massachusetts

14.

Thomas Jefferson died surrounded by...

a)

The entire U.S. Congress

b)

His wife and family

c)

The slaves he still owned

d)

His entire community

15.

This abolitionist (sometimes assimilationist) started the newspaper called the Liberator.

a)

William Lloyd Garrison

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

John Adams

d)

Robert Finley

16.

Which anti-slavery text was MOST influential in America in telling the story of what life was like for a slave?

a)

The Fugitive Chronicles

b)

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

c)

The Narrative of Sojourner Truth

d)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

17.

Who was known as the "Great Emancipator"?

a)

Fredrick Douglass

b)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

18.

After Abraham Lincoln became President of the United States, the South seceded from the Union, created the Confederacy, and the Civil War began.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

After Lincoln's assassination, the new President, Andrew Johnson, created these new social codes that legalized segregation by race.

a)

Jim Crow Laws

b)

Johnson Laws

c)

Jefferson Laws

d)

KKK laws

20.

This important historical figure was known as the "king of uplift suasion" and believed in the "talented tenth".

(they later changed their beliefs)

a)

W.E.B. DuBois

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Ida B. Wells

d)

Frederick Douglass

21.

This man became a symbol of success for Blacks through boxing.

a)

James J. Jeffries

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Tommy Burns

d)

Jack Johnson

22.

Because the NAACP was an assimilationist organization run by mostly fair skinned Blacks, this important historical figure, a true anti-racist from the start, started the UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement Association).

a)

Marcus Garvey

b)

Oswald Garrison Villard

c)

W.E.B. DuBois

d)

Booker T. Washington

23.

This young man's brutal death "lit a fire under the civil rights movement" led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

a)

Emmett Till

b)

Jack Johnson

c)

Strom Thurmond

d)

Jomo Kenyatta

24.

This group created a 10 point platform for Black equality in the chapter Black Power.

a)

Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

b)

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP)

c)

Black Student Union (BSU)

d)

Black Panther Party for Self Defense

25.

In the chapter Murder Was the Case, Reynolds says that politicians used this to "demean Black people in every speech, while also praising white people," without actually saying "Black people" or "White people"?

a)

Language Symbolism

b)

The Southern Strategy

c)

The Northern Strategy

d)

Assimilationist Vocabulary

26.

In the chapter What War on Drugs?, what TV show or movie portrayed the perfect black family and helped to polarize America even more according to Reynolds.

a)

Birth of a Nation

b)

Roots

c)

The Cosby Show

d)

Rocky

27.

In the chapter The Soundtrack of Sorrow and Subversion, what type of music became popular and "was driving change and empowerment" according to Reynolds?

a)

Hip Hop music

b)

R&B music

c)

Grunge Music

d)

Gangsta Rap music

28.

In 1995 the "biggest political mobilization in Black American history took place." It was called...

a)

The Million Man March

b)

The Million Woman March

c)

The March on Washington

d)

The War on Drugs

29.

In the chapter A Bill Too Many, which piece of legislation took effect in 2003 that Reynold's states," put the blame on Black children. And Black teachers. And public schools. Not on racist policies".

a)

Educational Responsibility Act

b)

The War on Drugs

c)

No Child Left Behind Act

d)

Affirmative Action

30.

In the chapter A Miracle and Still a Maybe, Angela Davis "cast a vote for a major political party for the first time in her voting life." Which candidate did she vote for that became the 44th President of the United States?

a)

Barack Obama

b)

Richard Nixon

c)

Bill Clinton

d)

George W. Bush

31.

Out of these five events from the first half of Stamped, which event happened 1st?

a)

Gomes Eanes de Zurara wrote The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea

b)

Southern slave states seceded from the US and the Civil War began

c)

Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence

d)

Salem Witch Trials occurred

e)

Thomas Jefferson became President of the US

32.

Out of these five events from the first half of Stamped, which event happened 2nd?

a)

Gomes Eanes de Zurara wrote The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea

b)

Southern slave states seceded from the US and the Civil War began

c)

Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence

d)

Salem Witch Trials occurred

e)

Thomas Jefferson became President of the US

33.

Out of these five events from the first half of Stamped, which event happened 3rd?

a)

Gomes Eanes de Zurara wrote The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea

b)

Southern slave states seceded from the US and the Civil War began

c)

Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence

d)

Salem Witch Trials occurred

e)

Thomas Jefferson became President of the US

34.

Out of these five events from the first half of Stamped, which event happened 4th?

a)

Gomes Eanes de Zurara wrote The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea

b)

Southern slave states seceded from the US and the Civil War began

c)

Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence

d)

Salem Witch Trials occurred

e)

Thomas Jefferson became President of the US

35.

Out of these five events from the first half of Stamped, which event happened 5th?

a)

Gomes Eanes de Zurara wrote The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea

b)

Southern slave states seceded from the US and the Civil War began

c)

Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence

d)

Salem Witch Trials occurred

e)

Thomas Jefferson became President of the US

36.

Out of these five events (events 6-10) from the second half of Stamped, which event happened 6th?

a)

The Civil War ended. Lincoln said blacks should have the right to vote and then was assassinated

b)

Malcolm X was assassinated

c)

At the March on Washington, MLK Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.

d)

Barack Obama elected President

e)

The U.S. Supreme Court decided segregated schools were unconstitutional in Brown vs. Board of Education

37.

Out of these five events (events 6-10) from the second half of Stamped, which event happened 7th?

a)

The Civil War ended. Lincoln said blacks should have the right to vote and then was assassinated

b)

Malcolm X was assassinated

c)

At the March on Washington, MLK Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.

d)

Barack Obama elected President

e)

The U.S. Supreme Court decided segregated schools were unconstitutional in Brown vs. Board of Education

38.

Out of these five events (events 6-10) from the second half of Stamped, which event happened 8th?

a)

The Civil War ended. Lincoln said blacks should have the right to vote and then was assassinated

b)

Malcolm X was assassinated

c)

At the March on Washington, MLK Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.

d)

Barack Obama elected President

e)

The U.S. Supreme Court decided segregated schools were unconstitutional in Brown vs. Board of Education

39.

Out of these five events (events 6-10) from the second half of Stamped, which event happened 9th?

a)

The Civil War ended. Lincoln said blacks should have the right to vote and then was assassinated

b)

Malcolm X was assassinated

c)

At the March on Washington, MLK Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.

d)

Barack Obama elected President

e)

The U.S. Supreme Court decided segregated schools were unconstitutional in Brown vs. Board of Education

40.

Out of these five events (events 6-10) from the second half of Stamped, which event happened 10th?

a)

The Civil War ended. Lincoln said blacks should have the right to vote and then was assassinated

b)

Malcolm X was assassinated

c)

At the March on Washington, MLK Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.

d)

Barack Obama elected President

e)

The U.S. Supreme Court decided segregated schools were unconstitutional in Brown vs. Board of Education

41.

Who is this man?

a)

Gomes de Zurara

b)

Aristotle

c)

William Lloyd Garrison

d)

Andrew Johnson

42.

Who is this man?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Richard Nixon

d)

Abraham Lincoln

43.

Who is this woman?

a)

Angela Davis

b)

Sojourner Truth

c)

Phillis Wheatley

d)

Queen Latifah

44.

Who is this man?

a)

Robert Finley

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Nathaniel Bacon

d)

Thomas Jefferson

45.

Who is this woman?

a)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

b)

Henrietta Lincoln

c)

Sally Hemings

d)

Sojourner Truth

46.

Who is this man?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

c)

Langston Hughes

d)

Malcolm X

47.

Who is this man?

a)

W.E.B. DuBois

b)

Jack Johnson

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

Marcus Garvey

48.

Who is this man?

a)

Malcolm X

b)

Jack Johnson

c)

W.E.B. DuBois

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

49.

Who is this man?

a)

Malcolm X

b)

Martin Luther King Jr.

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

W.E.B. DuBois

50.

Who is this woman?

a)

Angela Davis

b)

Michelle Obama

c)

Audre Lorde

d)

Alice Walker