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Famous African Americans

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What African American woman refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white passenger?

a)

Frederick Douglass

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Ruby Bridges

2.

________________ was known as the "Moses" of her people.

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Ruby Bridges

c)

Bessie Coleman

d)

Amelia Earhart

3.

______________ wrote three books about being a slave and started a newspaper, and he was an abolitionist who fought against slavery.

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

George Washington Carver

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Jesse Owens

4.

____________ was a track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics.

a)

Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

George Washington Carver

c)

Jesse Owens

d)

Frederick Douglass

5.

______________ was an African American scientist and inventor, also known as "the plant doctor" and "the peanut man".

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

Thurgood Marshall

c)

Jesse Owens

d)

Barack Obama

6.

Harriet Tubman spent her entire life helping others. She was a suffragist, abolitionist, Union Spy, and a _____________.

a)

doctor

b)

soldier

c)

teacher

d)

nurse

7.

________________ became the first African- American Supreme Court Justice.

a)

George Washington Carver

b)

Thurgood Marshall

c)

Jackie Robinson

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

8.

Rosa Parks refusal to give up her seat on the bus led to a bus ________________ that lasted over a year.

a)

boycott

b)

fair

c)

crash

d)

fire

9.

The underground railroad was a secret system which was used to help slaves escape to freedom.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

George Washington Carver found over 300 uses for _____________.

a)

apples

b)

oranges

c)

soybeans

d)

peanuts