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history of black people

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are civil rights?

a)

The wrong things people do to each other

b)

The right answers on a test

c)

The laws that say we are all free and all have privileges

2.

What is Equality?

a)

It is a math problem

b)

Everyone is equal

c)

Some people are better than other people

3.

When we are able to be free and make our own choices we have...

a)

Freedom

b)

Racism

c)

Slavery

4.

Something that is passed down from generation to generation is called...

a)

Passing

b)

Advocate

c)

Heritage

5.

Rosa Parks and Wangari Maathai are examples of...

a)

Advocates

b)

Slaves

c)

Racists

6.
Where is the main idea most often found?
a)
In the first couple of lines of the first paragraph
b)
In the last couple of lines of the first paragraph
c)
the middle paragraph 
7.
In what year was George Washington Carver born?
a)
1999
b)
2022
c)
1864
d)
1994
8.
From what college did George Washington Carver graduate?
a)
Flomo
b)
Iowa State
c)
FAMU
d)
BCU 
9.
What crop had harmed the soil of many Southern farms?
a)
Potatoes 
b)
Cotton
c)
Sweet Potatoes 
d)
Peanuts 
10.

who is Zora Neale Hurston  PICK TWO

a)

A black person

b)

writer

c)

singer/dancer

d)

filmmaker

11.

Who was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice?

a)

Charley Pride

b)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

c)

Thurgood Marshall

d)

Colin Powell

12.

What woman led more than 300 slaves to freedom through the Underground Railroad?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Michelle Obama

c)

Oprah Winfrey

d)

Shirley Chisholm

13.

Who was the first African-American woman to host a television program for 25 years and now owns her own network?

a)

Aretha Franklin

b)

Oprah Winfrey

c)

Shirley Chisholm

d)

Madame C.J. Walker

14.

Who was the first African-American President of the United States of America?

a)

Colin Powell

b)

Dr. George Washington Carver

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

15.

What African-American woman made history when she refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man?

a)

Rosa Parks

b)

Aretha Franklin

c)

Wilma Rudolph

d)

Oprah Winfrey

16.

Who became the first black player in Major League Baseball in 1947?

a)

Michael Jordan

b)

Jackie Robinson

c)

Muhammad Ali

d)

Charley Pride

17.

Who invented over 300 products from the peanut?

a)

Colin Powell

b)

Thurgood Marshall

c)

Wilt Chamberlain

d)

Dr. George Washington Carver

18.

Who is the only African-American honored by a national holiday and gave a famous speech "I Have A Dream" during the March on Washington?

a)

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

Barack Obama

c)

Reverend Jesse Jackson

d)

Muhammad Ali