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From Slavery to Freedom

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)
b)
c)
2.

What were the people who helped escaped slaves called?

a)

passengers

b)

conductors

c)

stations

d)

captains

3.

The 13th _ was a CHANGE to the Constitution that set all slaves free.

a)

commandment

b)

amendment

c)

colony

4.

The _ War was fought to end slavery.

a)

Civil

b)

Revolutionary

c)

Vietnam

5.

After slavery was ended, everyone was treated equally.

a)

true

b)

false

6.

Booker T Washington's Job

a)

educator

b)

Fireman

c)

Officer

d)

Pilot

7.
-Born into slavery on a plantation in Virginia -Believed equality could be achieved through vocational education -Organized the Tuskegee Institute for agricultural and industrial education
a)
W.E.B. Du Bois
b)
Rosa Parks
c)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
d)
Booker T. Washington
8.
The separation of people based upon race or some other characteristic is referred to as?
a)
Assimilation                        
b)
Civil Rights
c)
Segregation         
d)
Desegregation
9.

Booker T Washington and WEB DuBois both agreed

a)

white people are superior

b)

the telephone is the best invention

c)

Education for African-Americans is important

d)

Equal rights for all

10.

WEB DuBois

a)

founded the NAACP

b)

worked in a salt mine at age 9

c)

was born in Tennessee

d)

taught job skills to African-Americans

11.

WEB DuBois believed in

a)

African-Americans needed to be educated and involved in politics

b)

believed job skills were most important

c)

being a slave was fun

d)

having a job was not important

12.
According to Booker T. Washington, what would help African Americans gain equality?
a)
Learning skills and trades              
b)
Holding protests and strikes
c)
Attending meetings and elections
d)
Working longer and harder
13.

What does NAACP stand for?

a)

Naps Always At Connie's Place

b)

Never Anticipate Coordinated Protests

c)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

14.
Which of the following believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans?
a)
William Lloyd Douglas
b)
W.E.B. Du Bois
c)
George Washington     
d)
Booker T. Washington
15.
DuBois was born a free man. 
a)
True
b)
False
16.
In 1895, DuBois became the first African American to receive a doctoral degree from the University of
a)
None
b)
Harvard
c)
Buffalo
d)
Oxford
17.

What prominent African-American academic did DuBois criticize?

a)

Martin Lither King, JR.

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Fredrick Douglass

d)

Alexander Cromwell

18.

Where was Booker T. Washington born?

a)

West Virginia

b)

Virginia

c)

Texas

d)

Maryland

19.
DuBois was born a free man. 
a)
True
b)
False
20.
In 1895, DuBois became the first African American to receive a doctoral degree from the University of
a)
None
b)
Harvard
c)
Buffalo
d)
Oxford
21.

Which of the following best describes W.E.B. Du Bois’s approach to civil rights?

a)

give and take between races

b)

gradual attainment of civil rights

c)

complete civil rights immediately

d)

economic equality with social segregation

22.

Why was the NAACP created ?

a)

The government wanted to enforce labor laws

b)

to create full equality among the races

c)

to support hate groups such as the KKK

d)

to help poor white men find jobs

23.

Does the NAACP still exist today.

a)

false

b)

true