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black history

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the first black person in the NFL

a)

Lamar Jackson​

b)

Fritz Pollard   

c)

Bobby Marshall​

d)

Ben Agajanian​

2.

Who was the first black cop​

a)
Malcolm X
b)
Eugene Bullard
c)

Samuel Battle​

d)
Martin Luther King Jr.
3.

Who was the first black person to win the NFL MVP

a)
Tom Brady
b)

Joe Perry​

c)
Aaron Rodgers
d)
Peyton Manning
4.

Who was the first black person in Canada

a)
Mathieu Da Costa
b)
John Graves Simcoe
c)
Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons
5.

First black lady in space​

a)
Sally Ride
b)
Christa McAuliffe
c)
Mae Jemison
d)
Valentina Tereshkova
6.

who made the underground railroad

a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)

William Still

7.

What was the first black owned business​

a)
McDonald's
b)
Walmart
c)
Amazon
d)

EE Ward Moving and Storage

8.

Who was the first black astronaut​

a)
Guion Bluford
b)
John Glenn
c)
Sally Ride
d)
Neil Armstrong
9.

Who was the first black singer​

a)
Marian Anderson
b)
Aretha Franklin
c)
Michael Jackson
d)
Whitney Houston
10.

Who was the First black female singer​

a)
Aretha Franklin
b)
Ella Fitzgerald
c)
Whitney Houston
d)
Diana Ross
11.

what dose will smith do for a living

a)
Actor, producer, and rapper
b)
Teacher, scientist, and firefighter
c)
Chef, pilot, and astronaut
d)
Doctor, lawyer, and engineer
12.

what happened to Rosa parks on the bus

a)

She refused to give up her seat to a white man

b)
She was not involved in any bus incident
c)
She was asked to move to the back of the bus
d)
She gave up her seat willingly
13.

When did slavery actually end

a)
March 3, 1875
b)
December 6, 1865
c)
January 1, 1776
d)
November 11, 1918
14.

why is February black history month

a)
To celebrate the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass
b)
To recognize the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus
c)
To commemorate the signing of the Declaration of Independence
d)
To honor the invention of the light bulb
15.

who was the first black inventor

a)
Benjamin Banneker
b)
Frederick McKinley Jones
c)
George Washington Carver
d)
Elijah McCoy
16.

who founded black lives matter

a)

Lachlan Hernandez

b)

Kabir Reid

c)

Alicia Garza

d)

Steffan Key

17.

who is the most known black person

a)
Oprah Winfrey
b)
Nelson Mandela
c)
Martin Luther King Jr.
d)
Barack Obama
18.

who was the first black president

a)
Nelson Mandela
b)
Martin Luther King Jr.
c)
Malcolm X
d)
Barack Obama
19.

most famous black basketball player

a)
LeBron James
b)
Michael Jordan
c)
Kobe Bryant
d)
Stephen Curry
20.

I was the first black person on a coin who am i

a)
Rosa Parks
b)
Martin Luther King Jr.
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)

booker Washington

21.

I was the first black lady to work at NASA who am I

a)

Mary Jackson

b)

Raymond Park

c)

Markus Blackburn

d)

Sid Conway