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Inventors
5th Grade
History Facts
6th grade
History Facts II
6th grade
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Practice II
100
This person invented a machine to make shoes quickly.
Who is Jan Ernest Matzeliger?
100
This group of civil rights activists rode buses to challenge the southern states that did not follow the law and desegregate the buses.
Who are the Freedom Riders?
100
This person led a slave revolt in Virginia.
Who is Nat Turner?
100
This young lady refused to give up her seat on a bus and she was arrested.
Who is Rosa Parks?
100
He is a comedian that began his career in stand-up. He went on to have his own tv show on HBO and star in movies like big mommas house and bad boys.
Who is Martin Lawrence?
200
She invented the folding cabinet bed.
Who is Sarah Goode?
200
This was the first state to get rid of, or abolish slavery.
What is Vermont?
200
This party or group was established in the African American community as a form of self-defense.
What is the Black Panther Party?
200
He is famous for his "I have a dream" speech.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
200
This female singer has won 5 grammys and has three children (blue ivy, rumi, and sir). She is married to the rapper Jay-Z.
Who is Beyonce?
300
His inventions were called "The Real McCoy".
Who is Elijah McCoy?
300
He was the first African American to be appointed as a Supreme Court Judge.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
300
This is where the first "sit-in" protest was held.
Where is Greensboro, North Carolina
300
He was the first African American president of the United States of America.
Who is Barack Obama?
300
She was the first famous conductor on the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet tubman?
400
He invented the world famous water gun, The Supersoaker.
Who is Lonnie G. Johnson?
400
This female preacher and abolitionist helped hundreds of African Americans escape to the northern states to freedom.
Who is Sojourner Truth?
400
This amendment states that "neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall not exist in the United States".
What is the 13th Amendment?
400
She was the first African American to go into space.
Who is Mae Jemison?
400
This was crop was picked by slaves to sell.
What is cotton?
500
He invented the railroad telegraph to help avoid collisions and hazards on the rail way.
Who is Granville T. Woods?
500
This was a network of hiding places used to help slaves escape to freedom.
What is the Underground Railroad?
500
This educator was fired for not giving up her seat on a train.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
500
She was the first African American to host a nationally syndicated talk show.
Who is Oprah Winfrey?
500
Who signed the Emancipation Proclamation?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?