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Black History Quiz
1) The first Negro History Week was celebrated in:
a. February 1960 b. February 1926 c. February 1915
2) The following statement is true:
a. An estimated 5,000 Black soldiers fought in the American Army in the Revoultionary War. b. An estimated 1,000 Black soldiers fought in the American Army in the Revoultionary War. c. There were no Black soldiers in the American Army in the Revoultionary War.
3) The following statement is true:
a. An estimated 10,000 Black soldiers fought in the Union Army in the Civil War. b. An estimated 185,000 Black soldiers fought in the Union Army in the Civil War. c. There were no Black soldiers in the Union Army in the Civil War.
4) African Americans were freed in America
a. by the 13th Amendment b. by the Second Confiscation Act of 1862 c. by the Emancipation Proclamation
5) The Founder of Chicago, Illinois was:
a. A meatpacker named Philip Danforth Armour. b. A free Black man named Jean Baptise Pointe DuSable c. A politician named Joseph Daley
6) The first Black to receive a major government appointment in the U.S. was:
a. Fredrick Douglas b. John Jackson c. William Fredrick
7) The first Black woman to receive a major government appointment in the U.S. was:
a. Shirley Chisholm b. Mary Mcleod Bethune c. Mary Church Terrell
8) The first Black U.S. Senator was:
a. Hiram R. Revels b. Blanche Kelso Bruce c. P.B.S. Pinchback
9) The first Black governor of a U.S. State was:
a. L.Douglas Wilder of Virginia b. P.B.S. Pinchback of Louisiana c. William Hastie in the Virgin Island
10) The first Black in the House of Representative was:
a. Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina b. William Dawson of Illinois c. Adam Clayton Powell of New York
11) The first Black in the major leagues in modern times was Jackie Robinson, who joined the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. Who was the first Black player in the American League?
a. Dan Bankhead b. Satchel Page c.Larry Doby
12) The Souls of Black Folks was:
a. a novel about a slave escape. b. a play about an interacial marriage c. a book of essays that influenced race relations
13) The first Black judge was:
a. William Hastie b. Jonathan Jasper Wright c. Thurgood Marshall
14) The first Black general in the regular army was:
a. B.O. Davis Sr. b. B.O. Davis Jr. c. Daniel (Chappie) James
15) The first Black named to the cabinet of a U.S. President was:
a. Ronald H. Brown b. Robert C. Weaver c. William Coleman
16) The first Black woman named to the cabinet of a U.S. President was:
a. Edith Simpson b. Constance Baker Motley c. Patricia Robert Harris
17) The first Black woman to win a gold medal in the Olympics was:
a. Vivian Hart b. Alice Coachman c. Amanda Jones
18) The first Black to receive a Pulitzer Prize was:
a. Alice Walker b. Toni Morrison c. Gwendolyn Brooks
19) The first Black awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was:
a. Martin Luther King Jr. b. Albert Luthuli c. Ralph Bunche
20) The main organizer of the first March on Washington Movement was:
a. Martin Luther King Jr. b. Asa Phillip Randolph c. Bayard Rustin
21) The first Blacks landed in English America in Jamestown
a. 10 years after the arrival of the Mayflower. b. one year before the arrival of the Mayflower. c. 50 years after the arrival of the Mayflower.
22) The first Black newspaper was:
a. Freedom's Journal b. The Pittsburg Courier c. The Atlanta Daily World
23) The Amistad Affaire was:
a. an interacial romance b. a slave revolt c. a civil rights demonstration
24) The first Black woman nominated for an Academy Award for best actress of the year was:
a. Whoopi Goldberg b. Dorothy Dandridge c. Hattie McDaniel
25) The first Black male to receive a Pulitzer Prize was:
a. Moneta Sleet Jr. b. Alex Haley c. Ralph Ellison
