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AAE: Important Dates In History

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Afro-American : AAE: Important Dates In History

Introduction:
"Instead of studying for my Physics final, I thought I would create a quiz using important dates from my African American Experience class. The dates on this quiz relate to African-American history. At least according to my teacher! Good luck!"


1. Which person was born in Massachussettes, was the first African-American to receive a Ph.D from Harvard and wrote 'Souls of Black Folk'?
    Booker T. Washington
    W.E.B. DuBois
    Martin Luther King, Jr.
    Ida B. Wells


2. Which Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery?
    13th
    15th
    14th
    12th


3. What year did the 'Zoot Suit Riots' take place?
    1942
    1943
    1944
    1941


4. The first draft was instituted for the Vietnam war.
    True
    False


5. Which Executive Order ended segregation in the military?
    9278
    8802
    9981
    9066


6. What year was the 14th Amendment to the Constitution passed? Do you know what it said (no need to answer, I'll tell you)?
    1868
    1867
    1870
    1865


7. Who gave a speech entitled, 'What to the slave is the 4th of July?'?
    Ida B. Wells
    Malcom X
    Fredrick Douglass
    Booker T. Washington


8. Which person was born a slave in Mississippi, attended Fisk University and wrote 'The Red Record'?
    Ida B. Wells
    Martin Luther King, Jr.
    W.E.B. DuBois
    Booker T. Washington


9. What rising Black Panther leader was killed by Chicago police in 1969?
    Huey Newton
    Bobby Seale
    H. Rap Brown
    Fred Hampton


10. Which woman held the highest postion in the Black Panther Party?
    Angela Davis
    Kathleen Cleaver
    Erika Huggins
    Elaine Brown


11. Which person was born a slave in Virginia, attended Hampton University and Tuskegee Institute and gave the 'Atlanta Compromise' speech?
    Ida B. Wells
    W.E.B. DuBois
    Martin Luther King, Jr.
    Booker T. Washington


12. What year was the landmark Brown v. Kansas Board of Education case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court?
    1955
    1954
    1956
    1953


13. When was the first mention of having a march on Washington, D.C., made?
    1962
    1963
    1941
    1955


14. Which person was a U.U. minister who decided to try peacefully protesting with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., but was killed for his efforts?
    James Reeb
    Clark Olsen
    LeRoy Carlson
    Orloff Miller


15. Which amendment permitted black men over 21 to vote?
    15th
    13th
    14th
    12th


16. Where was Malcom X killed in 1965?
    Apollo Theater
    Audubon Ballroom
    Street in Harlem
    In Lower Manhattan


17. What year did 'Red Summer' take place?
    1943
    1945
    1927
    1919


18. The movie 'Ghosts of Mississippi' was based on the murder of which black civil rights leader?
    Medgar Evers
    Martin Luther King, Jr.
    Malcom X
    Fred Hampton


19. Which of the following women was denied the right to sing the national anthem at Constitution Hall?
    Marion Anderson
    Ida B. Wells
    Gwendolyn Brooks
    Erika Huggins


20. Lastly, an easy one. Who gave the famous 'I Have a Dream' speech?
    Answer: (Full name, no Dr. but there is a Jr.)


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