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Black History Month

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name The Historial Hero.

Hint One: refused to give up her bus seat to a white man even though it was the law.

Hint Two: Called the “the mother of the civil rights movement”

a)

Mae Jamison

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Betty White

d)

Maya Angelou

2.

Name The Historial Hero.

Hint One: He didn't know when he was born

Hint Two: Created a paste out of peanuts

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

Martin Luther King Jr

c)

Langston Hughes

d)

Garrett Morgan

3.

Name The Historial Hero.

Hint One: I have a Dream Speach

Hint Two: Leader of the Civil Rights Movement

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

Martin Luther King Jr

c)

Langston Hughes

d)

Garrett Morgan

4.

Name The Historial Hero.

Hint One: First African American Female Astronaut

Hint Two: Flew aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour

a)

Mae Jamison

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Betty White

d)

Maya Angelou

5.

Name The Historial Hero.

Hint One: First female Vice President of the United States

Hint Two: First African American/Indian woman to become the Attorney General of California.

a)

Mae Jamison

b)

Oprah Winfrey

c)

Bessie Colman

d)

Kamala Harris

6.

Name The Historial Hero.

Hint One: American Poet

Hint Two: Known for being part of the Harlem Renaissance

a)

Barrick Obama

b)

Teddy Rosevelt

c)

Langston Hughes

d)

Garrett Morgan

7.

Name The Historial Hero.

Hint One: Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.

Hint Two: Was an educator and author

a)

Barrick Obama

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Langston Hughes

d)

Thurgood Marshall

8.

Name The Historial Hero.

Hint One: American Lawyer

Hint Two: first Black U.S. Supreme Court justice

a)

Barrick Obama

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Langston Hughes

d)

Thurgood Marshall

9.

Name The Historial Hero.

Hint One: Lives in Chicago

Hint Two: first Black U.S. President

a)

Barrick Obama

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Langston Hughes

d)

Thurgood Marshall

10.

Name The Historial Hero.

Hint One: First African American to be allowed into public school with white students

Hint Two: Had to take a test to be allowed in

a)

Alice Coachman

b)

Shirley Chisholm

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Ruby Bridges

11.

Name The Historial Hero.

Hint One: First African American to win a gold medal at the Olympics

Hint Two: Specialized in the High Jump

a)

Alice Coachman

b)

Shirley Chisholm

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Ruby Bridges

12.

Name The Historial Hero.

Hint One: Former Slave

Hint Two: Outspoken advocate for abolition, temperance, and civil and women's rights

a)

Alice Coachman

b)

Shirley Chisholm

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Ruby Bridges

13.

Name The Historial Hero.

Hint One: Avoided Jail for not going to War

Hint Two: Heavyweight Boxing Champ

a)

Ras Baraka

b)

Jackie Robinson

c)

Muhammed Ali

d)

George Washington Carver

14.

Name The Historial Hero.

Hint One: First African American to play in Major League Baseball

Hint Two: Number 42 is retired by every MLB team

a)

Ras Baraka

b)

Jackie Robinson

c)

Muhammed Ali

d)

George Washington Carver

15.

Name The Historial Hero.

Hint One: Mayor of Newark

Hint Two: Is a author

a)

Ras Baraka

b)

Jackie Robinson

c)

Muhammed Ali

d)

George Washington Carver