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Black History

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which month is known as Black History Month?

a)

December

b)

July

c)

August

d)

February

2.

Who leaded the march on Washington, and gave his famous "I Have A Dream" speech?

a)

Malcolm X

b)

Muhammad Ali

c)

Medgar Evers

d)

Martin Luther King Jr

3.

What famous person invited the traffic light, and gas mask among other inventions?

a)

Garrett Morgan

b)

George Washington Carver

c)

Jesse Owens

d)

Fredrick Douglass

4.

Who was the first female self-made millionaire?

a)

Oprah Winfrey

b)

Madam C.J. Walker

c)

Harriett Tubman

d)

Bessie Coleman

5.

Who was killed while visiting family for whistling at a white woman?

a)

Joe Louis

b)

Jim Jones

c)

Martin Luther King Jr

d)

Emmett Till

6.

One woman refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus, this caused what to happen?

a)

Black Lives Matter Movement

b)

Brown Vs. Board of Education

c)

Civil Rights Movement

d)

All Lives Matter

7.

This famous woman-led thousand of slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad, What was her name?

a)

Harriett Tubman

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Michelle Obama

d)

Cicely Tyson

8.

Please choose the woman that refused to give up her seat to a white man?

a)

Harriett Tubman

b)

Madam C.J. Walker

c)

Rosa Parks

d)

Janet Jackson

9.

Tell me the man known to the world as the peanut man?

a)

Martin Luther King Jr

b)

Malcolm X

c)

George Washington Carver

d)

Langston Huges

10.

Who was the first black president of the United States of America?

a)

Arthur Ashe

b)

Jesse Owens

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

11.

What is Martin Luther King's Wife's name?

a)

Coretta Scott

b)

Betty Shabazz

c)

Harriett Tubman

d)

Sojourner Truth

12.

Who was the first African American to play baseball?

a)

Jackie Thompson

b)

Jackie Anderson

c)

Jackie Robinson

d)

Jackie Truth

13.

The first black female to sing on the steps of the Lincoln Monument

a)

Marian Anderson

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Belle Holiday

d)

Bessie Coleman

14.

These 3 black men were assassinated during the civil rights movement?

a)

Fredrick Douglas, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X

b)

Medgar Evers, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X

c)

Barack Obama, Langston Huges, Martin Luther King Jr

d)

Jackie Robinson, Emmett Till, Malcolm X

15.

The first black supreme court judge?

a)

James Murphy

b)

Martin Luther King Jr

c)

Thurgood Marshall

d)

Jesse Owens