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African American History Course Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why was Phillis Wheatley questioned by a group of men when her book was published?

a)

Because she was a slave and they couldn't believe she had written a book of poems

b)

Because her spelling was really bad

c)

Because they wanted her to explain the cover image

d)

Because the book was about them and they wanted to make sure she had the correct information

2.

"Conductors" on the Underground Railroad were

a)

Train workers who allowed runaway slaves to hide in train cars

b)

Slaves who ran away from their masters

c)

Whites and freed Blacks who helped guide runaway slaves to freedom

d)

Bounty hunters who received rewards for capturing runaway slaves

3.

After escaping from slavery, Frederick Douglass became famous for

a)

Helping hundreds of other enslaved people escape

b)

Giving passionate abolitionist speeches

c)

Getting elected to Congress

d)

Teaching at Harvard

4.

Who was the first African American to serve in the United States Senate?

a)

Phillis Wheatley

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

d)

Hiram Revels

5.

Who founded the Tuskegee Institute?

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

6.

Who was the author who talked about "double consciousness" in his book The Souls of Black Folk?

a)

W.E.B. DuBois

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Hiram Revels

d)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

7.

Which one of the following people was NOT associated with the Harlem Renaissance?

a)

Langston Hughes

b)

Zora Neale Hurston

c)

Duke Ellington

d)

Phillis Wheatley

8.

Which Supreme Court case said that separate schools for Black and White children were unconstitutional?

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Marbury v. Madison

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

Lincoln v. Davis

9.

Why did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her bus seat for a white person?

a)

She was tired after a long day of work

b)

She was tired of being treated so unfairly

c)

She was getting off at the next bus stop

d)

She was told not to move by other passengers

10.

Who was the first African American woman to go into space?

a)

Phillis Wheatley

b)

Mae Jemison

c)

Sally Ride

d)

Christa McAuliffe