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WorksheetsBlack History Questionnaire
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
Arthur Ashe was a famous ____________.
Basketball player
Tennis player
Track star
The 15th Amendment which granted African Americans the right to vote, was passed on which date?
February3, 1870
July14, 1889
November 19, 1910
Who is known as the father of Black History?
Martin Luther King, JR.
President Barack Obama
Carter G. Woodson
Nelson Mandela
Garrett Morgan is responsible for which two inventions?
Traffic light, gas mask
Traffic light, cars
Gas mask, stop sign
Charles Drew is responsible for which of the following?
Refrigerator
Blood banks
Plastic surgery
Jackie Robinson was the first African American to do what?
Play major league football
Play major league baseball
Hit a home run at Yankees Stadium
Who was the African American singer, actress and civil rights leader who got her start singing at the Cotton Club in New York City at age 16?
Dionne Warwick
Lena Horne
Lena Horne
What was the nickname for the all Black 332d Fighter Group of the U.S. Army Air Corps which escorted Allied Bombers through European airspace on 1,578 mission during World War II?
Flying Blue Aces
Tuskegee Airmen
92nd bomber squadron
What service did the first African American female millionaire, Madame C.J. Walker, provide?
Food distribution
Investment advice
Beauty products
In what year did Harriet Tubman escape slavery?
1797
1849
1929
Who was the first African American Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
Clarence Thomas
Thurgood Marshall
Hugo Black
What was the first Black owned company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange?
Johnson and Johnson
BET Black Entertainment Television
Jumpman
Who was the first African American poet to win an Pulitzer Prize?
Maya Angelou
Terry McMillian
Gwendolyn Brooks
Who was the first African American car manufacturer in 1916?
Henry Ford
Charles Richard Patterson
Charles Buick
Who is the author who wrote" I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?
Maya Angelou
Alice Walker
June Jordan
Is Black History Month Only in America?
(a) is the African American meteorologist on the Today's Show.
Who is the founder of Motown?
Barry White
Barry Sanders
Berry Gordy
Benjamin Smith
Tuskegee University - one of the most influential Historic Black Colleges/Universities. Where is it located?
Mississippi
Georgia
Alabama
New York
Who signed Black History Month into law?
President Ronald Reagan
President Barack Obama
President George W. Bush
President Gerald Ford
