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Black History Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many books and articles did Carter G. Woodson author?

a)

  1. 1900 books and dozens of articles.

b)

  1. 19 books and dozens of articles.

c)

  1. 19 books and hundreds of articles.

2.

What have African Americans overcome?

a)

Terrible lies and stereotypes to achieve great success.

b)

The truth that they were not great thinkers.

c)

Terrible lies and stereotypes and they could not achieve success.

3.

Frederick McKinley Jones

a)

Frederick McKinley Jones was a famous painter known for his abstract art.

b)

Frederick McKinley Jones was a professional athlete who excelled in basketball.

c)

Frederick McKinley Jones was a renowned chef credited with inventing a popular dessert.

d)

Frederick McKinley Jones was an African-American inventor known for inventing the first automatic refrigeration system for long-haul trucks.

4.

First African American child to desegregate the all-white William Franz Elementary

a)

Ruby Bridges

b)

Rosa Parks

c)

Misty Copeland

d)

Bessie Coleman

5.

Dr. Mae C. Jemison is famous for

a)

performing the first open heart surgery

b)

being the first African-American woman in space

c)

first licensed African American pilot in the world.

d)

being a mathematician at NASA

6.

First African American to play Major League Baseball

a)

Jackie Robinson

b)

Thurgood Marshall

c)

Muhammad Ali

d)

Dr. Martin Luther King

7.

First licensed African American pilot in the world

a)

Ruby Bridges

b)

Bessie Coleman

c)

Misty Copeland

d)

Mae Jemison

8.

The Tuskegee Airmen were also known as

a)

Red Bombers

b)

The Chargers

c)

Red Tails

d)

The Renegades

9.

First African American Supreme Court Justice

a)

Jackie Robinson

b)

Thurgood Marshall

c)

Daniel Hale Williams

d)

Muhammad Ali

10.

Muhammad Ali was famous for..

a)

First African American Supreme Court Justice

b)

First African American to play Major League Baseball

c)

professional boxer, philanthropist, poet, author, and spoken word artist

d)

performing the first open heart surgery

11.

Harriet Tubman was born in:

a)

Maryland

b)

Texas

c)

Colorado

d)

Canada

12.

How many slaves did Harriet lead to freedom?

a)

100

b)

150

c)

more than 300

d)

200

13.

Who was the first African American woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature?

a)

Toni Morrison

b)

Maya Angelou

c)

Alice Walker

d)

Zora Neale Hurston

14.

Which landmark Supreme Court case declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional?

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Brown v. Board of Education

c)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

d)

Roe v. Wade

15.

Who was the first African American to serve as the U.S. Secretary of State?

a)

Condoleezza Rice

b)

Colin Powell

c)

Thurgood Marshall

d)

Barack Obama