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Vocabulary
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What month is considered Black History Month?
February
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What was the name of the African American woman who helped hundreds of slaves in the southern United States escape to freedom?
Who is Harriet Tubman
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Who invented the elevator?
Who is Alexander Miles
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Who was the first African American Olympian to win the all-around title in gymnastics?
Gabby Douglas
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What does achievement mean?
Something done successfully with effort, courage and skill
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Who started Black History Month?
Carter J. Woodson
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Who was the first African American to win an Academy Award in a leading role?
Who is Sidney Poitier
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Who invented peanut butter?
Who is George Washington Carver
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Who is known as the fastest man in the world?
Usain Bolt
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What is activism?
Action of using campaigning to bring about political or social change.
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Who was the first African American justice on the U.S. Supreme Court?
Thurgood Marshall
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True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation gave African Americans the right to vote?
False. It was an executive order by the president Abraham Lincoln to free the slaves.
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Who invented the horse shoe?
Who is Oscar E. Brown
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Who was the star of Black Panther?
Chadwick Boseman
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What is emancipation?
Process of being set free from legal restrictions.
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Who triggered a boycott of the Montgomery, Alabama, bus system in 1955 by refusing to give up their seat to a white passenger on a bus?
Rosa Parks
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What was the name for his most famous speech?
"I Have a Dream"
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Who invented the letter box?
Who is G.E. Becket
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Who was the first African American actress to win an Academy Award for best actress?
Halle Berry
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What is justice?
Just behavior or treament.
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Who was the first African American to travel into space?
Guion Stewart Bluford
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Who was the first African American Major League Baseball player?
Who is Jackie Robinson
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Who invented the traffic signal?
Who is Garret Morgan
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Who was the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer for the American Ballet?
Misty Copeland
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What is segregation?
The act of segregating, separation or isolation of race, class, or ethnic group by enforcement.