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WorksheetsAfrican American History Course Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Why was Phillis Wheatley questioned by a group of men when her book was published?
Because she was a slave and they couldn't believe she had written a book of poems
Because her spelling was really bad
Because they wanted her to explain the cover image
Because the book was about them and they wanted to make sure she had the correct information
"Conductors" on the Underground Railroad were
Train workers who allowed runaway slaves to hide in train cars
Slaves who ran away from their masters
Whites and freed Blacks who helped guide runaway slaves to freedom
Bounty hunters who received rewards for capturing runaway slaves
After escaping from slavery, Frederick Douglass became famous for
Helping hundreds of other enslaved people escape
Giving passionate abolitionist speeches
Getting elected to Congress
Teaching at Harvard
Who was the first African American to serve in the United States Senate?
Phillis Wheatley
Frederick Douglass
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Hiram Revels
Who founded the Tuskegee Institute?
George Washington Carver
Booker T. Washington
Frederick Douglass
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Who was the author who talked about "double consciousness" in his book The Souls of Black Folk?
W.E.B. DuBois
Booker T. Washington
Hiram Revels
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Which one of the following people was NOT associated with the Harlem Renaissance?
Langston Hughes
Zora Neale Hurston
Duke Ellington
Phillis Wheatley
Which Supreme Court case said that separate schools for Black and White children were unconstitutional?
Brown v. Board of Education
Marbury v. Madison
Plessy v. Ferguson
Lincoln v. Davis
Why did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her bus seat for a white person?
She was tired after a long day of work
She was tired of being treated so unfairly
She was getting off at the next bus stop
She was told not to move by other passengers
Who was the first African American woman to go into space?
Phillis Wheatley
Mae Jemison
Sally Ride
Christa McAuliffe
