Politics & Military
What was the first war in which blacks served in every branch of the U.S. armed forces?
World War II
What war led Colin Powell to conclude that an army should not enter into combat unless it had a clear objective?
Vietnam
In 1942, what branch of the U.S. armed forces became the last to admit blacks?
U.S. Marine Corps
Many civil rights leaders were opposed to the war in Vietnam for what reason?
They were distressed over the high rate of casualties among the black troops.
Before the end of World War I, more than 4,000 black women had enlisted in the Army to serve in support roles. They were known collectively as what?
The Women‟s Army Corps (or WAC)
the Women‟s Army Corps (or WAC)
The 6888th Postal Uni
Commissioned in 1943, the first group of black naval officers were known as what?
The “Golden Thirteen”
Who was the first Black American to attend the US Naval Academy?
Henry Conyers
What US President ended segregation in the US Armed Forces by issuing an Executive Order?
Harry S. Truman
Who served as a nurse, scout and spy for the Union Army?
Harriet Tubman
In 1864 President Lincoln appointed this general as commander in chief of all Union forces. Who was he?
General Ulysses S. Grant
Who was the commander in chief of the Confederate Army?
General Robert E. Lee
What African American naval cook shot down four enemy planes during the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Doris “Dorie” Miller
Which four states were border states during the Civil War?
Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri
Who was the first Black American to die in the Revolutionary War?
Crispus Attucks
Established by Congress in 1866 as the first peacetime all- black regiments in the regular U.S. Army, what soldiers were originally members of the U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas?
Buffalo Soldiers
What main parade ground in Fort Knox is named in honor of Robert Brooks, the first African American to die in World War II?
Brooks Field
April, 1775, blacks in the military fought alongside their white counterparts in what American Revolution battles?
Battles of Lexington and Concord
When did Robert E. Lee encourage the recruitment of Blacks?
After the Confederates suffered huge loses
General Benjamin Butler of the Union Army refused to return runaway slaves to their masters. What term did he use to describe them?
“Contraband of war”
How many Black Americans received the Congressional Medal of Honor during the Civil War?
twenty (23)
Coleman Young and Thomas Bradley were elected mayors of which cities in 1973?
Young – Detroit (Michigan). Bradley – Los Angeles (California)
What did security guard Frank Willis discover in 1972?
Watergate break-in Washington, D.C.
In 1991 Sharon Pratt Kelly was the first black woman to become mayor of what major city?
Washington, D.C.
L. Douglas Wilder, was elected the first Black American governor of what state in 1989?
Virginia
What was the first Black American female lawyer to practice before the Supreme Court?
Violette M. Anderson
Who ruled the “separate but equal” doctrine invalid in 1954?
US Supreme Court
John Mercer Langston was the first Black American elected to Congress from Virginia. To what office was he elected?
US House of Representatives
What constitutional amendment prohibited the requirement of a poll tax or any other tax for the privilege to vote?
Twenty-fourth (24th)
During the Civil War, he was the black pilot who sailed a Confederate steamer out of Charleston, South Carolina and delivered it to the Union Navy in 1862
Robert Smalls
What president initially rejected the service of Black slaves in the Union Army during the Civil War?
President Abraham Lincoln
Which black soldiers were with General George Washington when he crossed the Delaware River on Christmas Day in 1776?
Oliver Cromwell and Prince Whipple
The first African American to die in World War II, Robert H. Brooks passed for white when joining what reserve military force?
National Guard
Who formed the all-black Ethiopian regiment in 1775 during the Revolutionary War?
Lord Dunmore
Who won the French Legion of Honor award for her work in entertaining the Work War II allies?
Josephine Baker
Who was the Confederate president during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis
What was the name of the fort where Confederate soldiers attacked federal troops on April 12, 1861?
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
This amendment to the U.S. Constitution declared "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude... shall exist within the United States". After initially being rejected by the House of Representatives, this amendment passed and was ratified in 1865, outlawing slavery. This amendment was?
The Thirteenth Amendment
Ratified in 1870, what Amendment to the U.S. Constitution forbids the federal government and states from using a citizen's race, color, or previous status as a slave as a qualification for voting?
The Fifteenth Amendment
What African American currently serves as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations?
Susan Rice
U.S. Representative John Robert Lewis led his civil rights movement through what organization?
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
During the Reconstruction Era, twenty blacks served in the House of Representatives, eight of whom were from what state.
South Carolina
How many blacks served in the U.S. Congress during the Reconstruction era?
Sixteen (16)
In 1972, who became the first woman candidate for President of the United States?
Shirley Chisholm
Who was the first Black American female national security advisor?
Condoleezza Rice
Who was the first Black American female senator to Congress?
Carol E. Mosley Braun
In May 1954, the United States Supreme Court issued a monumental decision in what famous case?
Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka
What militant group embodied the term “Black Power”?
Black Panther Party
Why did the U.S. Supreme Court rule for a new trial in the “Scottsboro case”?
Because blacks were excluded from the jury
Who was the first Black American national security adviser?
Colin Powell