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Black History Trivia

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name

Class

Date

This map includes the birthplace of the first African-American woman to be admitted into the astronaut training program. Who is she?

Mae Jemison

Whitney Houston

Michelle Obama

Neil Armstrong

Before Barack Obama became President (2009-2017), he served as what?

Mayor of Chicago

U.S. Senator

U.S. House of Representative

Governor of Illinois

What war was fought as a result of slavery?

the Civil War

American Revolution

World War I

Where did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her bus seat to a passenger?

on a Birmingham bus

on an Atlanta bus

on a Montgomery bus

Who was the first black person to attended an all white school?

Ruby Bridges

Mary McLoud Bethune

Linda Brown

Sheyann Webb

Black History Month is a time to....

Ignore black people and their history

Honor white people and their history

honor and recognize Black Americans and their accomplishments

What did the 13th amendment do?

abolish or end slavery

end segregation of white and black people

ended racism

When we are able to be free and make our own choices we have...

Freedom

Racism

Slavery

During __________________ people owned other people called slaves.

Recess

Slavery

Segregation

10.

He was elected the first African American President of the United States in November 2008. He served two terms in office.

Shannon Reeves

Telly Lovelace

Elroy Sailor

Barack Obama

11.

She is an American politician and attorney who is the 49th and current vice president of the United States. She is the United States' first female vice president, the highest-ranking female elected official in U.S. history.

Lynne Patton

Kamala Harris

Ashley Bell

Paris Dennard

12.

I escaped slavery in Maryland in 1849. I helped hundreds of slaves travel north on the Underground Railroad. I also helped John Brown recruit solders for the raid on Harpers Ferry.

Jackie Robinson

Harriet Tubman

Rosa Parks

Martin Luther King, Jr.

13.

I worked for racial equality. Many heard my "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. I was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

Jackie Robinson

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Harriet Tubman

Rosa Parks

14.

I was a scientist who made hundreds of products from peanuts, sweet potatoes, pecans, and soybeans. Some of these products included adhesives, dyes, and rubber substitute.

George Washington Carver

Thurgood Marshall

Sarah E. Goode

Sojourner Truth

15.

What name was given to the escape system used by slaves in 1800s led by Harriet Tubman?

The Underground Railroad

The Pony Express

The Righteous Road

The Fleet to Freedom

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Black History Trivia

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

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