Black History Month 9-12th

Question 1

This scientist created over 300 products from peanuts, including dyes and plastics, to fight soil depletion in the South

Accepted Answer

George Washington Carver

Question 2

Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?

Accepted Answer

Jackie Robinson

Question 3

A type of protest where protesters gather in a building or space and refuse to leave

Accepted Answer

Sit-In

Question 4

Who was the first African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?

Accepted Answer

Thurgood Marshall

Question 5

Which 2020 global movement, sparked by the murder of George Floyd, reignited calls for racial justice and police reform?

Accepted Answer

Black Lives Matter

Question 6

The freeing of someone from slavery.

Accepted Answer

Emancipation

Question 7

The 1954 Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

Known as the “Queen of Soul,” which singer’s 1967 hit Respect became an anthem for civil rights and feminism?

Accepted Answer

Aretha Franklin

Question 9

Where did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his 'I Have a Dream' speech?

Accepted Answer

Washington, D.C

Question 10

Who was an abolitionist, conductor on the Underground Railroad, and a leader in the fight for freedom and equality...

Accepted Answer

Harriet Tubman

Question 11

A protest where participants voluntarily refuse to buy from a product, person, or organization

Accepted Answer

Sit-in

Question 12

Who was the first Black President of the United States?

Accepted Answer

Barack Obama

Question 13

Who wrote the famous "I Have a Dream" speech?

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 14

Slaves ate a rich diet of fresh vegetables and large amounts of meat

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

What was Rosa Parks known for

Accepted Answer

Refusing to give up her bus seat

Question 16

What was the network's name that helped enslaved people escape from the South to the North or Canada?

Accepted Answer

The Underground Railroad

Question 17

The practice of separating people according to groups, especially racial groups is...

Accepted Answer

Segregation

Question 18

In 2021, Kamala Harris became the first woman, Black American, and South Asian American to hold which political office?

Accepted Answer

Vice President of the United States

Question 19

Who became the first Black artist to headline Coachella in 2018, delivering a historically Afrocentric performance?

Accepted Answer

Beyoncé

Question 20

Truth Hurts was the first major single by which of the following artists?

Accepted Answer

Lizzo

Question 21

A person who sought to abolish slavery during the 19th century

Accepted Answer

Abolitionist

Question 22

A social and political movement where Black Americans fought to gain equal rights in the 1950s and 1960s

Accepted Answer

Civil Rights Movement

Question 23

the unjust treatment of different groups of people, especially on the grounds of ethnicity, age, sex, or disability.

Accepted Answer

Discrimination

Question 24

The Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved people in Confederate states, and was signed by Andrew Johnson

Accepted Answer

False

Question 25

When did the celebration of Black History Month begin?

Accepted Answer

1970

Question 26

What Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery?

Accepted Answer

19th Amendment, 13th Amendment

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