The Columbian Exchange refers to...

15th century genocide of Native Americans resulting in cultural diffusion

The origin of African American Bloods and Crips gangs started with...

"Black" vietnam vets and inner city youths inspired by the Black Panthers

What is the 13th Amendment loophole?

The terms of the amendment makes slaves out of convicted felons.

What is the most commonly known reason we celebrate MLK's birthday and not Malcolm X?

MLK's rhetoric fulfilled his bidding of American politicians propaganda

The two most contrasting African American leaders at the turn of the 20th century were...

Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois

How has the legacy of American history, shaped it's socioeconomic structure and/or maintained a racist status quo?

Through tactics of generational systemic racism via federal policies

"Slavery by another name" is a phrase that refers to...

The harsh working conditions African Americans endured as sharecroppers

This lead to the destruction of the Negro Leagues Baseball organization of the 1950's?

Jackie Robinson and other "Negro" players seeked higher pay from MLB

The origin and/or etymology of the word Negro is a derivative of...

Necromancy - Ancient Alkebulan civilizations who worshipped the dead

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1500's - 1900's - 8th grade African American history quiz

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Students will be quizzed on the events that have impacted the lives of (African) Americans from the 16th - 20th centuries.

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1
The Columbian Exchange refers to...
An exchange that took place between Columbus and the indigenous people
The cultural diffusion that occured between Europe and the Americas.
An exchange of ideas between American natives and Spanish conquistadors
15th century genocide of Native Americans resulting in cultural diffusion
2
The origin of African American Bloods and Crips gangs started with...
Infiltration of African American revolutionary organizations by the FBI
COINTELPRO
"Black" vietnam vets and inner city youths inspired by Malcolm X
"Black" vietnam vets and inner city youths inspired by the Black Panthers
3
During the late 19th century many "Blacks" served as politicians in North Carolina.
False
True
4
What is the 13th Amendment loophole?
The terms of the amendment makes slaves out of convicted felons.
It is the metaphor for the policies that force "Black" people to jail.
It is the system's way of marginalizing minorities economically.
The policies created from the amendment reduce "Blacks" to slaves.
5
What is the most commonly known reason we celebrate MLK's birthday and not Malcolm X?
MLK's rhetoric fulfilled his bidding of American politicians propaganda
Malcolm X believed "Blacks" should overthrow the government.
MLK wanted to bring people together and Malcolm X wanted violence
Malcolm X rhetoric challenged the American status quo, not MLK's
6
The two most contrasting African American leaders at the turn of the 20th century were...
Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois
Malcolm X and W.E.B. Dubois
Stokely Charmichael and Marcus Garvey
Martin Luther King Jr. and Medgar Evers
7
Booker T Washington advocated that "Blacks" needed to attend and graduate college to compete with "Whites" in America.
True
False
8
Frederick Douglass was a civil rights leader during the early 20th century.
True
False
9
The period in the United States between 1865 and 1877 is known as...
The Suffrage Era
The Reconstruction Era
The Progressive Era
The Jim Crow Era
10
W.E.B. Dubois is the man who came up with the concept called the "Talented Tenth".
True
False
11
How has the legacy of American history, shaped it's socioeconomic structure and/or maintained a racist status quo?
Through white supremacy and the control of educational resources
Through tactics of generational systemic racism via federal policies
The racist legacy of U.S. history has held "Blacks" down via "Black Codes"
Nepotism and the monopoly of Good Ole Boy networks.
12
The Progressive Era refers to the time when American policies created were designed to help "minorities".
False
True
13
"Slavery by another name" is a phrase that refers to...
The limitations placed on "Black" people via Black Codes
The harsh working conditions African Americans endured as sharecroppers
The terror African Americans endured in the racist south
The practice of chattel slavery in America
14
This woman told suffragist leader Alice Paul that she and her people would march together with whites or "not at all".
Susan B. Anthony
Ida B. Wells
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Rosa Parks
15
This lead to the destruction of the Negro Leagues Baseball organization of the 1950's?
Racism throughout the nation undermined their financial business efforts
The players weren't as talented as the MLB players
Jackie Robinson and other "Negro" players seeked higher pay from MLB
The KKK threatened the organizations successors with terror
16
The NAACP was founded by M.W. Ovington, M. Storey and this African American...
W.E.B. Dubois
Malcolm X
Ida B. Wells
Booker T. Washington
17
This ancient civilization of Alkebulan (African/Black) people existed in the Americas over 3000 years ago.
Olmec
Sioux and Pawnee plains indians
Ashanti
Anasazi
18
Which of the 5 goals of the Jay Edgar Hoovers and the F.B.I.'s COINTELPRO was specifically directed at "Black" youth?
Goals number 4 and 6 only
Goals number 1 and 2
Goal number 5 only
Goals number 3 and 5
19
The purpose of the "Willie Lynch Letter" was to...
Explain how "White" slavers destroyed "Black" families in the 1800's.
To teach how planters who owned slaves would physically control them.
To point out the psychological tactics used by planters to control slaves.
All of the above.
20
The origin and/or etymology of the word Negro is a derivative of...
Negro - the Spanish word for black
A mispronunciation of the words Negus, Nigeria and Niger by "Whites"
Necro - Greek word for dead.
Necromancy - Ancient Alkebulan civilizations who worshipped the dead

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