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Black American Medical Pioneers

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

African-American general surgeon, who in 1893 performed the second documented, successful pericardium surgery in the United States to repair a wound

a)

Daniel Hale Williams

b)

Edward Bouchet

c)

Ernest Everett Just

d)

Percy Julian

e)

Charles H. Turner

2.

African American chemist, who contributed to the science of food preservation. By the end of his career, Hall had amassed 59 United States patents, and a number of his inventions were also patented in other countries.

a)

Lloyd Hall

b)

Percy Julian

c)

St. Elmo Brady

d)

James West

e)

George Carruthers

3.

She was the first Black American woman in the United States to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry.

a)

Marie Maynard Daly

b)

Shirley Ann Jackson

c)

Alice Ball

d)

Valerie Thomas

e)

Patricia Bath

4.

African American chemist who developed an inject-able oil extract that was the most effective treatment for leprosy until the 1940s.

a)

Alice Ball

b)

Mae C. Jemison

c)

Marie Maynard Daly

d)

Katherine G. Johnson

e)

Valerie Thomas

5.

First African-American woman to become a medical school dean.

a)

Barbara Ross-Lee

b)

Patricia Bath

c)

Valerie Thomas

d)

Mae C. Jemison

e)

Alice Ball

6.

American research biologist, educator, zoologist, and comparative psychologist born in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1892, Turner became the first African American to receive a graduate degree at the University of Cincinnati.

a)

Charles H. Turner

b)

Ernest Everett Just

c)

Edward Bouchet

d)

St. Elmo Brady

e)

James West

7.

African-American who invented the surgical tool that made her famous: the Laserphaco Probe (for cataracts), which she continued to perfect and later patented in 1988.

a)

Patricia Bath

b)

Valarie Thomas

c)

Percy Julian

d)

Lloyd Hall

e)

Charles H. Turner

8.

This woman was admitted to the New England Female Medical College. When she graduated in 1864, she was the first African American woman in the United States to earn an M.D. degree, and the only African American woman to graduate from the New England Female Medical College

a)

Marie Maynard Daly

b)

Shirley Ann Jackson

c)

Mae C. Jemison

d)

Rebecca Lee Crumpler

e)

Patricia Bath

9.

What is Dr. Hale Williams most known for?

a)

Created a medicane to cure a illness

b)

Performed first heart surgery

c)

Opened a hospital

10.

What year did Dr. Daniel Hale Williams perform his first heart surgery?

a)

1893

b)

2003

c)

1804

11.

I went from being a poor student to receiving academic honors and eventually attending medical school. As a doctor, I was director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital at age 33 and became famous for separating conjoined twins. Today, I am the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. I am _______.

a)

Dr. Ben Casey

b)

Dr. Patricia M. Bath

c)

Dr. Ben Carson

12.

How was Frederick McKinley Jones's invention was used in War World II?

a)

To keep soldiers cool

b)

To help preserve blood

c)

To keep trains cool

d)

Transport groceries to markets.

13.

What is Charles Drew credited for creating?

a)

Telephone Receiver

b)

Heart Monitors

c)

American Red Cross

d)

Blood Bank

14.

Patricia Bath

invented an instrument that has helped hundreds of thousands of people overcome ______________.

a)

cancer

b)

high blood pressure

c)

cataracts

d)

amnesia