Underground Railroad
Inventions
Firsts
Harriet Tubman
Interesting Facts
100
Enslaved Africans worked long hours on these large plots of land where crops are grown.
What are plantations?
100
Sarah Boone's invention improved the way we iron our clothes.
What is an ironing board?
100
He is our current president and the first African-American president.
Who is Barack Obama?
100
She was born in this state. (Hint: The state begins with the letter "M".)
What is Maryland?
100
This is the Brooklyn team that Jackie Robinson played for?
What are the Brooklyn Dodgers?
200
Many enslaved Africans escaped to the North and this country that borders the United States to the north.
What is Canada?
200
This invention created by Garrett Morgan has a red, green, and yellow light that helps guide traffic.
What is a traffic light?
200
David Dinkins was the first African-American mayor of this city.
What is New York City?
200
She also worked as a _____________.
What is a nurse?
200
This word means to separate black people and white people.
What is segregation?
300
With the help of an abolitionist, this slave mailed himself to freedom in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Who is Henry "Box" Brown?
300
George Crum is credited for creating this tasty treat of thinly sliced fried potatoes.
What are potato chips?
300
He became the first African-American to play major league baseball.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
300
She helped approximately this many slaved escape to freedom.
What is 300?
300
He entertained audiences with songs like "Man in the Mirror", "Beat It", and "Thriller".
Who is Michael Jackson?
400
A runaway slave was call this.
What is a fugitive?
400
He came up with over 300 uses for peanuts, soybeans, and sweet potatoes.
Who is George Washington Carver?
400
She is the first African-American woman astronaut.
Who is Dr. Mae Jemison?
400
She is often compared to this person from the bible who also led his people to freedom.
Who is Moses?
400
She was the first African-American woman to become a millionaire.
Who is Madame C.J. Walker?
500
When enslaved Africans traveled in the Underground Railroad at night, they used this star to guide them.
What is the North star?
500
Lonnie Anderson invented this world-famous water gun.
What is the Supersoaker?
500
She is the first African-American Disney princess and appeared in the movie "The Princess & the Frog".
Who is Tiana?
500
She worked as a nurse during this war.
What is the Civil War?
500
This lawyer who graduated from Harvard Law school is married to Barack Obama.
Who is Michelle Obama?
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