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Black History Questionnaire

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Arthur Ashe was a famous ____________.

a)

Basketball player

b)

Tennis player

c)

Track star

2.

The 15th Amendment which granted African Americans the right to vote, was passed on which date?

a)

February3, 1870

b)

July14, 1889

c)

November 19, 1910

3.

Who is known as the father of Black History?

a)

Martin Luther King, JR.

b)

President Barack Obama

c)

Carter G. Woodson

d)

Nelson Mandela

4.

Garrett Morgan is responsible for which two inventions?

a)

Traffic light, gas mask

b)

Traffic light, cars

c)

Gas mask, stop sign

5.

Charles Drew is responsible for which of the following?

a)

Refrigerator

b)

Blood banks

c)

 

Plastic surgery

6.

Jackie Robinson was the first African American to do what?

a)

Play major league football

b)

Play major league baseball

c)

Hit a home run at Yankees Stadium

7.

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?

a)

Dionne Warwick

b)

Lena Horne

c)

Lena Horne

8.

 

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?

a)

Flying Blue Aces

b)

Tuskegee Airmen

c)

92nd bomber squadron

9.

What service did the first African American female millionaire, Madame C.J. Walker, provide?

a)

Food distribution

b)

Investment advice

c)

Beauty products

10.

In what year did Harriet Tubman escape slavery?

a)

1797

b)

1849

c)

1929

11.

Who was the first African American Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?

a)

Clarence Thomas

b)

Thurgood Marshall

c)

Hugo Black

12.

What was the first Black owned company to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange?

a)

Johnson and Johnson

b)

BET Black Entertainment Television

c)

Jumpman

13.

Who was the first African American poet to win an Pulitzer Prize?

a)

Maya Angelou

b)

Terry McMillian

c)

Gwendolyn Brooks

14.

Who was the first African American car manufacturer in 1916?

a)

 

Henry Ford

b)

Charles Richard Patterson

c)

Charles Buick

15.

Who is the author who wrote" I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?

a)

Maya Angelou

b)

 

Alice Walker

c)

June Jordan

16.

Is Black History Month Only in America?

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17.

(a)   is the African American meteorologist on the Today's Show.

18.

Who is the founder of Motown?

a)

Barry White

b)

Barry Sanders

c)

Berry Gordy

d)

Benjamin Smith

19.

Tuskegee University - one of the most influential Historic Black Colleges/Universities. Where is it located?

a)

Mississippi

b)

Georgia

c)

Alabama

d)

New York

20.

Who signed Black History Month into law?

a)

President Ronald Reagan

b)

President Barack Obama

c)

President George W. Bush

d)

President Gerald Ford