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1
The Selma March called attention to African Americans’ lack of:
Voting Rights
Employment
Strong leaders
Food
2
Why is Juneteenth celebrated?
To remember President Lincoln.
To remember the end of slavery.
To remember the slaves work.
To remember the civil war.
3
The 14th amendment says
all men have voting rights
All people have equal rights
slavery is illegal in the United States
all people have voting rights
4
What Negro League Baseball team won nine straight Negro League pennants?
Homestead Grays
KC Monarchs
Detroit Stars
Pittsburgh Crawfords
5
What year was Dr. Martin Luther King killed?
1938
1928
1968
1998
6
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?
banned all forms of slavery
ended gender discrimination in the Constitution
ended segregation in all public places
required DEI in all government agencies
7
LeBron James became the NBA's all-time leading scorer in 2023, surpassing which legendary player?
Kobe Bryant
Karl Malone
Michael Jordan
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
8
Executive Order 8802 ______.
Authorized drafting US troops
Put the US on a wartime footing
Prohibited discrimination in the defense industry
Forced Japanese Americans to be interned
9
What court case is this individual associated with?
John Brown vs. Marshall
McCulloch v. Maryland
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Gibbons v. Ogden
10
What is the name of Michelle Obama‘s best-selling 2018 memoir?
Reality
Emerging
Surfacing
Becoming
11
What name was given to the escape system led by Harriet Tubman that slaves used in the 1800s?
The Righteous Road
The Pony Express
The Fleet to Freedom
The Underground Railroad
12
Why is Black History Month celebrated in February? To acknowledge whose birthday?
MLK
Abraham Lincoln
Rosa Parks
Frederick Douglas
13
Brown Vs. the BOE overturned which landmark decision?
Marbury v. Maddison
Griswold v. Connecticut
Plessy v. Fergusson
Roe v. Wade
14
What was Jackie Robinson's Baseball Jersey Number?
52
42
46
61
15
What is the name of this group that Michael Jackson belonged to?
one direction
The Temptations
Jackson 5
Boyz to Men
16
Amanda Gorman
most visible radical figures in civil rights in the 1960s
Performed her poem, “The Hill We Climb” at the inauguration of Pres. Biden
Dancer, director, choreographer and activist.
"Queen of Soul"
17
Identify this famous African American:
George Washington Carver
Marcus Garvey
Karl Marx
Frederick Douglas
18
What did the 13th amendemnt do?
Abolished slavery
Nothing
Whatever
Kept slavery
19
This person is the
most decorated gymnast of all time
with
44
combined Olympic and World Championship medals
Nadia Comaneci
Simone Biles
Vitaly Scherbo
Gabby Douglas
20
What was the date of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Dec 25 1862
Jan 1 1864
Jan 1 1863
July 4 1865
21
Emmitt Till...
was the leader of the Freedom rides
was brutally beaten and killed for talking to a white women
started the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Led the March on Washington
22
What month is Black History Month?
February
June
December
March
23
Who was the first African American President?
Oprah Winfrey
Michelle Obama
Thurgood Marshall
Barack Obama
24
Where was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. born?
Selma, Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama
Atlanta, Georgia
Macon, Georgia
25
Who is the first Black Academy Award winner for Best Actor?
Sidney Poitier
Denzel Washington
Louis Gosset Jr
Morgan Freeman
26
The Tuskeegee Airmen were:
doctors
teachers
pilots
baseball players
27
WEB Dubois disagreed with Booker T Washington's
ideas that economic reforms more important than civil rights
stressing civil rights
reasons for funding the Tuskagee institute
attitude towards emancipation
28
Before she became the first female VP of the United States , Kamala Harris was a US _______.
Mayor
Doctor
Senator
Representative
29
The 15th Amendment says
all men have voting rights regardless of race
all people have voting rights
slavery is illegal in the United States
All people have equal rights
30
Thurgood Marshall is famous for
Running for president
Being the 1st Black Supreme Court justice
Being a Harvard professor
Integrated the first public school
31
How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?
1943 days
21 days
275 days
381 days
32
Which is the country where reggae music originated?
Nigeria
Brazil
Jamaica
United States of America
33
First African American female to win a Grammy Award
Whitney Houston
Ella Fitzgerald
Beyonce
Bessie Smith
34
Where was Malcolm X killed?
Audubon Ballroom, NYC
His house
Balcony of Hotel in Memphis
Massachusetts Prison
35
Who was the first Black woman in Congress?
Shirley Chisholm
Rosa Parks
Ida B. Wells
Angela Davis
36
Black History Month
was officially designated in
1976
by
President
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
37
When was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. born?
July 15, 1939
June 15, 1929
January 15, 1939
January 15, 1929
38
Who is this?
Louis Armstrong
Glen Miller
Billie Holiday
Duke Ellington
39
What is the 20th century Great Migration?
Immigrants from Europe
African Americans from theUnited States to Africa
People from rural areas to towns and large cities
African Americans from the South to northern cities
40
Who was Ralph Bunche?
an African-American actor
a baseball player
a football player
a political scientist
41
George Washington Carver
early American inventor and electrical discoveries
advances in agriculture crops like peanuts
early American astronomer
first african american woman in space
42
Maya Angelou was both a talented poet and a civil rights activist. What is the title of her most famous poem?
Still I Stand
Still I Speak
Still I Am
Still I Rise
43
One goal of many Harlem Renaissance writers was to
Support existing racial barriers
Increase pride in African American culture
Wanted African Americans to create their own political party
Cut off connections with mainstream American values
44
Opposing Washington, WEB DuBois argued that gradual progress was not good enough.
True
False
45
Who was the first African American to play in the MLB?
Hank Aaron
Larry Doby
Willie Mays
Jackie Robinson
46
What does the Juneteenth Flag have in the middle?
Snake
Rectangle
Rhombus
Star
47
Who sparked the Civil Rights Movement?
Rose Turner
Anna Marie
Rosie Perez
Rosa Parks
48
Which pull factor contributed to the Great Migration?
lower cost of living in urban areas
availability of land grants for homesteaders
better soil conditions in previously uncultivated areas
economic opportunities in industrialized cities
49
WEB DuBois started the NAACP in order to...
advocate for gay rights.
organize civil rights demonstrations.
advance economic opportunities for African Americans.
give legal aid to African Americans.
50
First African American to earn a medical degree
Madam C.J. Walker
James McCune Smith
David Harold Blackwell
Thomas L. Jennings
