Origin of BHM
Name that...Inventor/ Invention
Freedom Riders
Jim Crow Laws
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Who created Black History Month?
Dr. Carter G. Woodson
100
A set of automatically operated colored lights, typically red, yellow, and greed for controlling traffic at road junctions and crosswalks.
Traffic signal (invented by Garrett Morgan)
100
What year did the Freedom Rides begin?
1961
100
define racism
prejudice or discrimination directed against someone of a different race based on a belief that ones own race is superior
100
Who wrote the book Roots?
Alex Haley
200
What was the first Black History Month celebration called?
Negro History Week
200
She was an entrepreneur, philanthropist, social activist, and the first female self-made millionaire in America
Madame CJ Walker
200
What was the purpose of the Freedom Rides?
The Freedom Riders wanted to desegregate the deep south and integrate the "whites only" waiting rooms and lunch counters
200
What are Jim Crow laws?
state and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States
200
What year did the Emancipation Proclamation become official?
1863
300
African American history dates back to the _____________
colonial period
300
True or False. George Washington Carver created peanut by-products such as baby massage cream and laundry soap
True
300
What year were Jim Crow laws abolished?
1965
300
How long did slavery last?
245 years
400
What year did the first annual Negro History week take place?
1926
400
What is a patent?
a document securing an inventor to the exclusive rights of his or her invention
400
What was the ruling of the Brown v. Board of Education case?
the Supreme Court ruled that 'separate but equal" schools for blacks and white were unequal and unconstitutional
400
Give an example of 1 Jim Crow law
answers will vary
400
What was the abolitionist movement?
A movement to end slavery
500
What slogan did Blacks use in the 70s to embrace their heritage?
"Black is Beautiful"
500
Who invented the gas mask?
Garrett Morgan
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What was Robert F. Kennedy's role with the Freedom Riders?
He was the US Attorney General
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When was the reconstruction period?
1865-1877
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What is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States?
Juneteenth
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