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Black History Month

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

European colonizers first used _____ servants from Europe.

a)

indentured

b)

paid

c)

chained

d)

native

2.

Slavery had been practiced in Africa since at least _____ BCE.

a)

2000

b)

200

c)

6800

d)

680

3.

All of the following were conditions of slavery except _____.

a)

beatings, torture

b)

not enough to eat

c)

no decent homes

d)

went to school

4.

What were some of the jobs that slaves did?

a)

housekeepers

b)

blacksmiths

c)

field hands

d)

all of these

5.

Who is an abolitionist?

a)

A person who is for slavery

b)

A person who is anti-slavery

c)

A black person

d)

A white person

6.

Who was one well-known abolitionist from that time?

a)

John Adams

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Paul Turner

d)

Frederick Douglass

7.

What secret organization helped people escape slavery?

a)

The Underground Railroad

b)

The Chartroose Caboose

c)

The Santa Fe Railroad

d)

The Pony Express

8.

In what year did the Civil War start?

a)

1861

b)

1862

c)

1863

d)

1864

9.

The ​_____ Proclamation said that all enslaved people in the Confederate states would be free on January 1, 1863, if the Confederacy did not rejoin the Union.

a)

Emacipation

b)

Religious Freedom

c)

Wright Brothers

d)

Bill of Rights

10.

Which amendment ended slavery in the United States?

a)

10th

b)

11th

c)

12th

d)

13th

11.

The main goal of the Underground Railroad was helping those who escaped get to free states or _____.

a)

Mexico

b)

Guatemala

c)

Canada

d)

Puerto Rico

12.

The _____ Slave Act of 1793 passed with the help the President George Washington.

a)

Fugitive

b)

Voting Rights

c)

Religious Freedom

13.

A major figure of the Underground Railroad was _____. He used his knowledge to help lead his brother to escape after he searched for him for 40 years.

a)

William Still

b)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

c)

Booker T. Washington

14.

Which religious group from Pennsylvania helped enslaved people?

a)

The Mennonites

b)

The Quakers

c)

The Holy Rollers

d)

The Amish

15.

All of the following were used to talk about the Underground Railroad EXCEPT _____.

a)

agents

b)

stations

c)

conductors

d)

stockyards

16.

Martin Luther King, Jr. supported nonviolent resistance. He used his words instead of his fists.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

What was the name of the segregation rules?

a)

the Jim Crow laws

b)

the Bessie Coleman laws

c)

the Harriet Tubman laws

d)

the Booker T. Washington laws

18.

For which speech was Martin Luther King, Jr. famous? He won the Nobel Peace Prize a year later for this speech.

a)

"I Have a Dream"

b)

"I Have an Idea"

c)

"I Have Hopes"

d)

"I Have a Headache"

19.

What kind of boycott occurred in Montgomery, Alabama? It lasted for more than a year.

a)

car

b)

train

c)

airplane

d)

bus

20.

Booker T. Washington worked in a _____ mine.

a)

salt

b)

gold

c)

silver

d)

uranium

21.

How far did Booker walk to the Hampton Institute?

a)

2 miles

b)

50 miles

c)

200 miles

d)

500 miles

22.

Booker helped to develop the _____ Normal and Industrial Institute.

a)

Tuskegee

b)

Spelman

c)

Howard

23.

Booker believed that African-Americans in the United States should rely on _____ and business to change their position in society.

a)

education

b)

food

c)

violence

24.

Which war ended slavery in the United States?

a)

the Civil War

b)

the Vietnam War

c)

the Revolutionary War

d)

the War of 1812

25.

Which person did you enjoy learning about?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

William Still

c)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

d)

Booker T. Washington

26.

What was something that both Martin Luther King, Jr. and Booker T. Washington liked to do?

a)

read

b)

ride bikes

c)

play videogames

d)

bake