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WorksheetsBlack History 5th-6th GRADE
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Martin Luther King Jr. encouraged people to protest by ___
What is Ruby Bridges best known for?
She was the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
She refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man
She was the first black student to attend a white elementary school in the South
She was a nurse during the Civil War who founded the American Red Cross
Which famous black woman was a pilot?
Mae C. Jemison
Bessie Coleman
Ella Fitzgerald
Serena Williams
Which black woman was a famous talk show host?
Oprah Winfrey
Mary McLeod Bethune
Condoleezza Rice
Ida B. Wells
Which famous black woman was known for creating hair products for women? She was said to be the first female self-made millionaire in America.
Ida B. Wells
Mary McLeod Bethune
Madam C. J. Walker
Bessie Coleman
Which famous black woman is known for being the first African American Secretary of State in 2005?
Oprah Winfrey
Serena Williams
Condoleezza Rice
Mae C. Jemison
When was Nelson Mandela sworn in as a President of South Africa?
10 May 1994
12 May 1994
10 May 1984
10 May 1986
Misty Copeland is the first African American ballerina to take this role in the American Ballet Theatre.
principal dancer
soloist
member of the corps de ballet
partner lead
Josephine Baker worked as a spy for the French Resistance during what war?
World War I
World War II
Cold War
French Revolution
The slaves and slave owners called Harriet Tubman "Moses" because
What was the first sport Jackie Robinson played professionally?
What is Madam C.J. Walker known for? (There is more than one answer)
She married a wealthy man and created her own cosmetics company.
She was the first American woman to earn a million dollars on her own.
She created and sold a shampoo made for black women.
She created a business that opened up opportunities for women.
Which of the following is an accomplishment of Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson?
He surveyed Washington DC.
He invented the first wooden clock in the US
He was youngest director at the Hayden Planetarium
He created series of Farmers Almanac
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus. Why did black people at one time have to give up their seats on buses?
They wanted to stand.
They were polite.
It was the law.
They thought it was fair.
