African American History

Which of the following Supreme Court decisions ruled that African Americans were not citizens and that the federal government could not regulate slavery in the territories? Dred Scott v. Sandford Plessy v. Ferguson Loving v. Virginia Marbury v. Madison

Dred Scott v. Sandford

Which man strove to improve educational opportunities for African Americans and founded the Tuskegee Institute? Booker T. Washington George Washington Carver W.E.B. Du Bois Marcus Garvey

Booker T. Washington

Which African-American woman, whose works include, It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got that Swing), won 13 Grammy awards as a jazz vocalist? Ella Fitzgerald Billie Holiday Aretha Franklin Josephine Baker

Ella Fitzgerald

Which African-American man won four gold medals at the 1936 summer Olympics? Hank Aaron Jesse Owens Satchel Paige Jackie Robinson

Jesse Owens

Which African-American civil rights leader advocated black self-defense and rejected racial integration? John Lewis Malcolm X Jesse Jackson Medgar Evers

Malcolm X

Which African-American man led a bloody rebellion in response to slavery in Virginia in 1831? Nat Turner Nathaniel Bacon Daniel Shay John Brown

Nat Turner

Which African-American woman, whose works include Beloved, won both the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize? Maya Angelou Toni Morrison Ida B. Wells Zora Neale Hurston

Toni Morrison

Which of the following documents abolished slavery throughout the entire United States? Emancipation Proclamation 13th Amendment 19th Amendment Missouri Compromise

13th Amendment

Which of the following Supreme Court decisions overturned the "separate but equal" precedent for public schools? Dred Scott v. Sandford Plessy v. Ferguson Loving v. Virginia Brown v. Board of Education

Brown v. Board of Education

Which of the following included a new Fugitive Slave Law that required federal marshals to actively look for and arrest escaped slaves? US Constitution Missouri Compromise Compromise of 1850 13th Amendment

Compromise of 1850

Which man escaped slavery became a national leader in the abolitionist movement, and was the first African American to run for vice-president? Booker T. Washington George Washington Carver William Lloyd Garrison Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

Which person was a botanist who taught poor farmers about alternative crops to cotton, which included peanuts and sweet potatoes? Booker T. Washington George Washington Carver W.E.B. Du Bois Jackie Robinson

George Washington Carver

Which woman was an escaped slave who worked as a "conductor" on the Underground Railroad, and served as an armed scout and spy for the US Army during the Civil War? Belle Boyd Harriet Beecher Stowe Harriet Tubman Sojourner Truth

Harriet Tubman

Which African-American activist helped found the Black Panther Party? Toni Morrison Jesse Jackson Louis Farrakhan Huey Newton

Huey Newton

Which African-American journalist published an exposé titled "Southern Horror," which documented lynching's in the late 1800s? Maya Angelou Billie Holiday Ida B. Wells Josephine Baker

Ida B. Wells

Who was the first African American to play Major League Baseball and thereby end racial segregation in the professional league? Hank Aaron Jesse Owens Satchel Paige Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson

Which African-American leader was active in the Civil Rights Movement and later made two attempts to become president of the US in the 1980s? Louis Farrakhan Tim Scott Jesse Jackson Colin Powell

Jesse Jackson

Which woman was a dancer, singer, and actress who became an international star and worked as an honorable correspondent for France during World War II? Ella Fitzgerald Billie Holiday Aretha Franklin Josephine Baker

Josephine Baker

Which writer and poet, well-known for his poem, A Dream Deferred, played a key role in the Harlem Renaissance? Martin Luther King Jr. Emmett Till Langston Hughes Paul Dunbar

Langston Hughes

Which of the following Supreme Court decisions ruled that laws prohibiting interracial marriages were unconstitutional? Dred Scott v. Sandford Plessy v. Ferguson Loving v. Virginia Marbury v. Madison

Loving v. Virginia

Which writer and shipping entrepreneur advocated for the return of African Americans to Africa? Huey Newton Booker T. Washington Medgar Evers Marcus Garvey

Marcus Garvey

Which African-American civil rights leader advocated nonviolence and wrote Letter from Birmingham Jail? Rosa Parks Malcolm X Martin Luther King Jr. John Lewis

Martin Luther King Jr.

Which African-American woman was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings? Maya Angelou Toni Morrison Ida B. Wells Zora Neale Hurston

Maya Angelou

Which African-American civil rights leader was assassinated in Mississippi in 1963 because of his attempts to eliminate segregation and register black voters? Emmett Till Bayard Rustin Malcolm X Medgar Evers

Medgar Evers

Which organization was founded in 1909 to promote racial equality, and eliminate racial hatred? The Congress for Racial Equality (CORE) Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Which of the following Supreme Court decisions ruled that "separate but equal" public facilities were constitutional? Dred Scott v. Sandford Plessy v. Ferguson Loving v. Virginia Brown v. Board of Education

Plessy v. Ferguson

Which African American refused to give up a seat in the colored section to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, which sparked a boycott and a continued effort to achieve desegregation? Rosa Parks Martin Luther King Jr. Maya Angelou Ida B. Wells

Rosa Parks

Which African-American composer, known as the "King of Ragtime Writers," produced hits including "The Entertainer" and "Maple Leaf Rag," and also taught future ragtime composers? Blind Willie McTell Jelly Roll Morton Scott Joplin W.C. Handy

Scott Joplin

Which African-American woman, after escaping slavery, became an advocate for women's rights and gave the "Ain't I a Woman?" speech? Harriet Tubman Sojourner Truth Elizabeth Cady Stanton Susan B. Anthony

Sojourner Truth

Which civil rights leader was the Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and helped promote the idea of Black Power? Louis Farrakhan Malcolm X Stokely Carmichael James Meredith

Stokely Carmichael

For what accomplishment are the Greensboro Four known? They were a best-selling musical group in the 1960's. They launched a sit-in as a means of attaining racial integration. They were jailed for registering blacks to vote in the South. They were lynched because they refused to give up their seats on a bus.

They launched a sit-in as a means of attaining racial integration.

Who was the first African-American Justice of the Supreme Court? Clarence Thomas Johnnie Cochran Thurgood Marshall Colin Powell

Thurgood Marshall

Which of the following documents included the "Three-Fifths Compromise," which counted slaves as three-fifths of a person for the purposes of taxation and representation? Bill of Rights Missouri Compromise US Constitution 13th Amendment

US Constitution

Which famous musician, known as the "Father of the Blues," composed "Beale Street Blues?" Scott Joplin W.C. Handy Duke Ellington Blind Willie McTell

W.C. Handy

Which author and activist wrote The Souls of Black Folk, and was a leader in the Pan-African movement? Medgar Evers Thurgood Marshall W.E.B. Du Bois Malcolm X

W.E.B. Du Bois