People (Male)
1600s-1800s
Civil War
Civil Rights
People (Female)
100
This person was the first African American president of the United States
Barack Obama
100
When did the first people from Africa arrive in the colonies?
A. 1619
B. 1719
C. 1819
A. 1619
100
This person was the President of the US during the Civil War.
A. George Washington
B. Abraham Lincoln
C. Benjamin Franklin
B. Abraham Lincoln
100
The person who gave a famous speech on August 28, 1963 in Washington DC where he says" I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. "
Martin Luther King, Jr.
100
This woman attended Harvard law school, wrote a bestselling book, and was First Lady of the United States
Michelle Obama
200
This man was born into slavery but later became a scientist who is famous for growing crops such as peanuts
George Washington Carver
200
The network of people who helped escaped slaves move up north and gain freedom
The Underground Railroad
200
The two sides of The Civil War were ______
The North vs. The South
(The Union vs. The Confederacy)
200
The city in North Carolina where a group of students did a "sit-in" at a Woolworth lunch counter.
A. Greensboro
B. Durham
C. Winston-Salem
A. Greensboro
200
This woman helped around 70 slaves escape to freedom through her work with the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
300
This person was the first African American to play Major League Baseball in the US.
A. Hank Aaron
B. Willie Mays
C. Jackie Robinson
C. Jackie Robinson
300
This area of the US relied the most on slaves to work crops
A. The North
B. The South
C. The West
B. The South
300
Which Amendment to the Constitution abolished (got rid of/outlawed) slavery?
A. 10th
B. 13th
C. 16th
B. 13th
300
The city in Alabama where Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus, which inspired others to boycott the buses
A. Maycomb
B. Birmingham
C. Montgomery
Montgomery
300
This woman was the first African American ballet dancer promoted to the top rank of dancer at American Ballet Theater in 2015
A. Maya Angelou
B. Oprah Winfrey
C. Misty Copeland
Misty Copeland
400
This person escaped slavery and wrote several famous books about his life as a slave.
A. Frederick Douglass
B. Nat Turner
C. Benjamin Banneker
A. Frederick Douglass
400
This man escaped slavery by mailing himself in a box from Virginia to Pennsylvania in 1849
A. Frederick Douglass
B. Henry "Box" Brown
C. John Brown
Henry "Box" Brown
400
The name of the famous speech that Abraham Lincoln gave on January 1, 1863 saying that "all persons held as slaves...are and will be free"
A. The " I have a Dream" speech
B. The Gettysburg Address
C. The Emancipation Proclamation
C. Emancipation Proclamation
400
The year that an important Civil Rights Act, which outlaws discrimination, was passed.
A. 1950
B. 1975
C. 1964
C. 1964
400
The girl shown in this picture the first African American student to attend an integrated school in New Orleans, LA in 1960
Ruby Bridges
500
This person helped map out the original borders of Washinton, DC.
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. Benjamin Banneker
C. John Brown
B. Benjamin Banneker
500
This man was the first person to be killed in the American Revolutionary War, in Boston, in 1770
A. Crispus Attucks
B. George Washington
C. Paul Revere
A. Crispus Attucks
500
The year that the American Civil War ended
A. 1860
B. 1865
C. 1870
B. 1865
500
Who was the president who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
A. Abraham Lincoln
B. JF Kennedy
C. Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
President Kennedy introduced the act but was assassinated before it got signed. LBJ signed it when he took his place.
500
This woman became the first self-made female millionaire in the United States with her hair care business
Madame CJ Walker
