African American History Course Quiz

Why was Phillis Wheatley questioned by a group of men when her book was published?

• Because she was a slave and they couldn't believe she had written a book of poems

• Because her spelling was really bad

• Because they wanted her to explain the cover image

• Because the book was about them and they wanted to make sure she had the correct information

"Conductors" on the Underground Railroad were

• Train workers who allowed runaway slaves to hide in train cars

• Slaves who ran away from their masters

• Whites and freed Blacks who helped guide runaway slaves to freedom

• Bounty hunters who received rewards for capturing runaway slaves

After escaping from slavery, Frederick Douglass became famous for

• Helping hundreds of other enslaved people escape

• Giving passionate abolitionist speeches

• Getting elected to Congress

• Teaching at Harvard

Who was the first African American to serve in the United States Senate?

• Phillis Wheatley

• Frederick Douglass

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Hiram Revels

Who founded the Tuskegee Institute?

• George Washington Carver

• Booker T. Washington

• Frederick Douglass

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

Who was the author who talked about "double consciousness" in his book The Souls of Black Folk?

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Booker T. Washington

• Hiram Revels

• Martin Luther King, Jr.

Which one of the following people was NOT associated with the Harlem Renaissance?

• Langston Hughes

• Zora Neale Hurston

• Duke Ellington

• Phillis Wheatley

Which Supreme Court case said that separate schools for Black and White children were unconstitutional?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Marbury v. Madison

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Lincoln v. Davis

Why did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her bus seat for a white person?

• She was tired after a long day of work

• She was tired of being treated so unfairly

• She was getting off at the next bus stop

• She was told not to move by other passengers

Who was the first African American woman to go into space?

• Phillis Wheatley

• Mae Jemison

• Sally Ride

• Christa McAuliffe