Black History Month Challenge--Black Resistance

Question 1

During the Jim Crow era, which of the following were used to prevent Blacks from voting?

Accepted Answer

All of the above(and more)

Question 2

Black Lives Matter has become the largest movement in US history. How many people have participated in demonstrations?

Accepted Answer

20 Million

Question 3

Who was the first African American nominated as Vice President in 1872?

Accepted Answer

Frederick Douglass

Question 4

True or False: As of 2016, HBCUs have over a $10.2 billion positive impact on the nation’s economy.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

True or False: In 2023, voter suppression(efforts designed to make it harder to vote) is no longer an issue.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

In Louisville, the Metro Council passed "Breonna&#x27;s Law", banning what inequitable police tactic?

Accepted Answer

No knock warrants

Question 7

What is an example of non-violent resistance during the Civil Rights era?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 8

Who started The Free Breakfast Program, created because of the U.S. government&#x27;s unequal public school lunch programs.

Accepted Answer

The Black Panthers

Question 9

Why were slaves prohibited to marry under North Carolina law in 1858?

Accepted Answer

Slaves were considered property

Question 10

When are kids aware if their racial group is treated unfairly/differently, or if their group is in a position of power?

Accepted Answer

9 years old

Question 11

What systemic impact did lunch counter sit-ins have on segregated restaurants?

Accepted Answer

Economic--Protesters denied service took up spaces from paying customers

Question 12

What did the Black Panther Party&#x27;s "survival" community programs provide for those in need?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 13

A North Carolina slave code in 1831 made it legal to teach slaves to read & write.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

Fill in the Blank: The Brown v. Board of Education(KS) case was intended to combat "separate but (not) equal" _________.

Accepted Answer

Schools

Question 15

Which Black Panther became an author and a professor at the University of California?

Accepted Answer

Angela Davis

Question 16

What is the name of the Massachusetts state holiday honoring the 1st Black voting system in 1741? (slavery was legal!)

Accepted Answer

Negro Election Day

Question 17

What film did Beyonce&#x27; create to highlight Black culture & excellence through the eyes of a young Black King?

Accepted Answer

Black is King

Question 18

In 2020, people protesting for George Floyd were resisting what injustice?

Accepted Answer

Police brutality towards Black people

Question 19

The Loving v. Virginia case in 1967 legalized what?

Accepted Answer

Interracial Marriage

Question 20

True or False: In 1831, Virginia declared that any meetings to teach free African Americans to read/write was illegal.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

What did the Black Panthers do?

Accepted Answer

Challenged police brutality/protect their own neighborhoods

Question 22

What law did Mayor Fischer sign in 2021 that banned descrimination based on natural hair/hairstyles?

Accepted Answer

The CROWN Act

Question 23

What famous resistor disrupted slavery by helping enslaved people escape from their plantations?

Accepted Answer

Harriet Tubman

Black History Month Challenge--Black Resistance

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