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BHM 2025

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1) Which city is widely acknowledged as the birthplace of Hip hop?

a)

Brooklyn, New York City

b)

Compton, Los Angeles

c)

The Bronx, New York City

d)

Houston, Texas

2.

Which gospel singer would go on to be called the "Godmother of Rock-N-Roll?"

a)

Faye Adams

b)

Etta James

c)

Varetta Dillard

d)

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

3.

One of the most important and memorable speeches of the Civil Rights Movement, "I have a dream," was delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington. But this wasn't the speech he prepared for that day.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Who said, "A problem is a chance for you to do your best."

a)

Duke Ellington, Composer Pianist and Jazz Artist

b)

Lena Horne, Singer, Actress and Civil Rights Activist

c)

Muhammed Ali, Boxer, Philanthropist and Cultural Icon

d)

None of the above

5.

Who was the first African American head coach in the NFL?

a)

Tony Dungy

b)

Fritz Pollard

c)

Ray Rhodes

d)

Art Shell

6.

How many African Americans have served in the United States Senate since it first convened in 1789?

a)

6

b)

27

c)

81

d)

112

7.

Who invented the three-position traffic signal in 1923 that includes the yellow light?

a)

J.P. Knight

b)

Garrett Morgan

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Morgan Freeman

8.

Katherine G. Johnson calculated for the _______

a)

Moon landing

b)

First Man in space

c)

Orbiting of the earth

d)

Contributed to plans for a mission to Mars

e)

All of the above

9.

Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?

a)

A group of African American airplane mechanics

b)

A group of African American cooks

c)

The first group of African American pilots in the U.S. Military

d)

None of the above

10.

What group of African American soldiers fought under General Patton at the Battle of Bulge?

a)

1st Armored Division

b)

761st Tank Battalion

c)

9th Infantry Division

d)

Tuskegee Airmen

11.

What famous baseball player was a member of the 761st Tank Battalion?

a)

Vernon J. Baker

b)

Samuel L. Gravely, Jr.

c)

Jackie Robinson

d)

Hank Aaron

12.

Who created the Modern Home-Video Gaming Console?

a)

Lewis Latimer

b)

Wally Amos

c)

Gerald A. Lawson

13.

What was the name of the protests in the South in which black and white people rode together on buses?

a)

Bus Station Boycotts

b)

Woolworth sit-ins

c)

Freedom Riders

d)

Freedom Writers

14.

What was the name of the Supreme Court Case that opened all public schools to black students?

a)

Civil Rights Act

b)

Plessy V. Ferguson

c)

13th amendment

d)

Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka

15.

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution made slavery illegal?

a)

2nd amendment

b)

13th amendment

c)

26th amendment

d)

8th amendment

16.

What do Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, and Will Smith have in common?

a)

All of them are actors

b)

All of them won Grammys.

c)

All of them have won an Oscar.

d)

All of them give motivational speeches.

17.

All Eyez on Me is a popular album by which artist?

a)

Snoop Dogg

b)

Dr. Dre

c)

The Notorious B.I.G.

d)

Tupac

18.

What did George Washington Carver invent?

a)

Bar Soap

b)

Biscuit cutter

c)

Corn Planter

d)

Peanut Butter

19.

Who wrote the bestselling memoir "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"?

a)

Coretta Scott King

b)

Maya Angelou

c)

Alice Walker

d)

Michelle Obama

20.

Who was the first woman to land three number-one songs on Billboard’s streaming charts in a single year?

a)

Nicki Minaj

b)

Cardi B

c)

SZA

d)

Megan Thee Stallion

21.
The bestselling, award-winning book, The Color Purple was also a hit movie starring Whoopi Goldberg.  The author is:
a)
Alice Walker
b)
Steven Spielberg
c)
Richard Wright
d)
Terry McMillian
22.
I was born in 1958 in Gary, Indiana.  I became a pop singer.  My album Thriller (1982) sold over 30 million copies.  I earned the nickname "King of Pop".
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Michael Jackson
c)
Booker T. Washington
d)
Michael Jordan
23.
I was an abolitionist who fought against slavery and for women's rights.  I published an antislavery newspaper called the North Star.  I became a consultant to President Abraham Lincoln.
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Michael Jackson
c)
Booker T. Washington
d)
Michael Jordan
24.
I was a poet who became a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance.  My poems tell about African Americans and often contain jazz rhythms and dialect.
a)
Langston Hughes
b)
Jessie Owens
c)
Ruby Bridges
d)
Marcus Garvey
25.
I was a scientist who made hundreds of products from peanuts, sweet potatoes, pecans, and soybeans.  Some of these products included adhesives, dyes, and rubber substitute.
a)
George Washington Carver
b)
Thurgood Marshall
c)
Sarah E. Goode
d)
Sojourner Truth
26.
What laws enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States?
a)
Segregation Laws 
b)
Jim Crow Laws 
c)
Constitutional Laws 
d)
Freedom Laws 

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