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Franklin Celebrates Black History

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This lawyer fought against segregation in schools and later became the first African American Supreme Court Justice?

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

Thurgood Marshall

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Booker T. Washington

2.

Who founded Tuskegee University and the National Negro Business League?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Bessie Coleman

d)

Dr. Mae Jemison

3.

The month of February was chosen to be Black History Month in honor of Abraham Lincoln and ____________. They were both born in February.

a)

Martin Luther King

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Daniel Hale Williams

d)

Frederick Douglass

4.

Her son was illegally sold, causing her to take the issue to court. She was the first black woman to challenge a white man in the United States court.

a)

Sojourner Truth

b)

Molly Williams

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Rosa Parks

5.

Who was the MOST visible African American Baptist minister and leader in the Civil Rights Movement until his assassination in 1968.

a)

Daniel Hale Williams

b)

Bessie Coleman

c)

W.E.B. Bu Bois

d)

Martin Luther King

6.

Who was the 1st African American doctor to perform open-heart surgery in 1893?

a)

Dr. Daniel Hale Williams

b)

Dr. Mae Jemison

c)

Dr. Bowers

d)

Dr. Johnson

7.

She was the first license African-American pilot in the world and the first Native American pilot in the world. She was known for performing flying tricks.

a)

Amelia Earhart

b)

Ruby Bridges

c)

Molly Williams

d)

Bessie Coleman

8.

Who was the first African American player for the Brooklyn Dodgers and made it to six World Series?

a)

Koby Bryant

b)

Mahamad Ali

c)

Jackie Robinson

d)

Michael Jordan

9.

After a long day at work, this brave lady refused to give up her seat on the bus.

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Ruby Bridges

d)

Molly Williams

10.

Who was best known for discovering many ways to use the peanut?

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

George Washington

c)

Langston Hughes

d)

Frederick Douglass

11.

Who was the first African-American child to attend an all-white school in the south.

a)

Ruby Bridges

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Thurgood Marshall

12.

She was the first African-American woman accepted into NASA astronaut training program. The first African-American woman in space. The first African-American woman to act on Star Trek.

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Molly Williams

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Mae Jemison

13.

This person escaped slavery and went back 13 times to lead over 70 others to freedom using the Underground Railroad.

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Michelle Obama

d)

Madam C.J. Walker

14.

What is the Underground Railroad?

a)

A train African-Americans use to ride to freedom.

b)

A number of safe homes (called stations) that hid slaves as they traveled north to freedom.

15.

Who escaped to freedom by mailing himself to Pennsylvania in a wooden box?

a)

Henry "Box" Brown

b)

Shoe "Box" Brown

c)

Brown Shoebox

d)

Harriet Tubman

16.

She became one of the first female self-made millionaires in the United States selling Hair Care products.

a)

Amanda Gorman

b)

Kamala Harris

c)

Ida B. Wells

d)

Madam C.J. Walker

17.

This person is best know for their autobiography I know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

a)

Ruby Bridges

b)

Michael Jordan

c)

Josephine Baker

d)

Maya Angelou

18.

This woman is best know for being a famous performer in Paris, a World War II spy, and a civil rights activist.

a)

Oprah Winfrey

b)

Mae C. Jemison

c)

Josephine Baker

19.

His nickname is "The Greatest"

a)

Michael Jordan

b)

Muhammad Ali

c)

Jackie Robinson