WorksheetsAfrican American History Quiz #2
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 18mins
What state was the first Maroon (Free Black) community ever created in the United States?
What is the name of the forced migration of Africans to the United States, South American, and Caribbean Islands?
What was the name of the type of songs sung by African Americans during slavery?
Negro Spirituals
How were Black Americans disadvantaged in the education system?
Who led the largest March on Washington and what year did it occur?
Which pioneer of the Black Arts Movement was from Newark, NJ?
Who was the leader if the Haitian Revolution?
Which 20th century black entrepreneur showcased Black excellence through her hair products?
Which Two Religions Were Combined From Ancient Africa ?
Voodun and Christianity
What was the first African American religious denomination established within the United States?
What was the name of the all-Black communities developed by African Americans throughout the US during the early 19th century which had multiple Black owned businesses, Black schools, Black churches, etc. to enable African Americans to build wealth for their communities
Black Wall Street
What is the purpose of the Jim Crow laws?
How did the use of photography of prominent African American figures such as Frederick Douglass, reshape the ways African Americans were viewed in American Society?
Which region in the United States did Slave Auctions take place?
Give at least 3 locations in Western Africa that enslaved Africans were primarily transported from?
Senegambia
Sierra Leone
None of Above
All of Above
What blockbuster superhero movie based in a utopian African country earned over $1.3 billion at the box office in 2018?
What is the primary focus of African American studies as described in the learning material?
Analyzing the political systems of African countries
Studying the economic systems in the African diaspora
Analyzing the history, culture, and contributions of people of African descent in the U.S. and the African diaspora
Focusing solely on the historical events in the U.S.
Which organization was founded by W.E.B. Du Bois to fight for African American rights?
NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
UNCF (United Negro College Fund)
SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference)
CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)
By 2019, what percentage of African American adults had earned a bachelor’s degree or higher?
13%
23%
33%
43%
Which polytheistic religion in West Africa believed spirits reside in all natural living things?
Hinduism
Zoroastrianism
Animism
Islam
What was the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation?
It granted voting rights to African Americans.
It abolished slavery in all states.
It declared all slaves in Confederate states to be free.
It ended the Civil War.
Which African American woman was a prominent figure in the Underground Railroad?
Maya Angelou
Rosa Parks
Harriet Tubman
Sojourner Truth
What was the primary goal of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s?
To promote African American culture
To establish African American political parties
To end racial segregation and discrimination
To create separate schools for African Americans
Which African American leader delivered the famous 'I Have a Dream' speech?
Booker T. Washington
Frederick Douglass
Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X
What was the significance of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision?
It established the 'separate but equal' doctrine.
It granted voting rights to African Americans.
It declared that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
It upheld the legality of segregation in schools.
Who was the first African American woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature?
Alice Walker
Maya Angelou
Toni Morrison
Zora Neale Hurston
