Black History

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  

1. Who was the first colonist slain in the Boston Massacre? Answer: (Two Words)

2. This botanist, born a slave, became famous for his contributions to agricultural science. Who was this man, grand promoter of peanuts, sweet potatoes and soybeans, widely credited with inventing peanut butter? Charles Drew Booker T. Washington Paul Lawrence Dunbar George Washington Carver

3. Who wrote 'Go Tell It on the Mountain' and 'Notes of a Native Son'? Answer: (Two Words)

4. What author of 'Song of Solomon' won the Nobel Prize for literature? Toni Morrison Zora Neale Hurston Alice Walker Langston Hughes

5. The U.S. Emancipation Proclamation, signed in 1863, freed slaves in what areas? all territories (Confederate and Union) Confederate territory Union territory Confederate states, conquered by Union

6. What U.S. President signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law? John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson Richard M. Nixon Dwight D. Eisenhower

7. What Supreme Court decision decreed that public schools should be integrated? Brown v. Board Dred Scott case Plessy v. Ferguson Scopes v. Kansas

8. What is the arduous sea journey slaves made from West Africa to the Americas called? Middle Passage Hard Passage Long Passage Trail of Tears

9. What slave sued for freedom in the 1840s, claiming that since he was in a free state, it was illegal for his master to keep him in bondage? Nat Turner Dred Scott John Brown Gabriel Prosser

10. A man called Cinque led a successful rebellion aboard what slave ship in the mid-nineteenth century? Answer: (One Word)