US History African American Advanced Test 1

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History Test 1 (African American Advanced) K-12 to University (USA History) USA — African American Advanced USA History Standards & AP

What is this test? for History practice (US/World/State), USA — K-12 to University (USA History) level, USA — African American Advanced.
For all levels (Elementary to University) studying History in the USA
Section: History Test 1 (African American Advanced) · Education: K-12 to University · Part: History Test 1 (African American Advanced) · Country: USA · Region: USA — African American Advanced

Knowledge of history is essential for understanding the vast accumulation from past to present and for establishing cause-and-effect relationships among historical events.

This test will help you develop chronological thinking and prepare for history questions on your exams.

By solving this test of 20 questions, you can both test your knowledge and identify the topics you need to improve.

Question 1

Who was Malcolm X?

A) Nation of Islam

B) NAACP

C) SCLC

D) SNCC

Question 2

Who was Rosa Parks?

A) Founded NAACP

B) Refused bus seat 1955

C) Led boycott

D) Wrote speech

Question 3

What proclamation freed slaves?

A) Bill of Rights

B) 13th Amendment only

C) Emancipation 1863

D) Gettysburg Address

Question 4

Who were Buffalo Soldiers?

A) cowboys

B) scouts

C) miners

D) Black frontier troops

Question 5

What was Voting Rights Act?

A) 1965 ballot protection

B) Farm aid

C) Tax law

D) Housing only

Question 6

What was Brown v. Board?

A) Segregation approval

B) 1954 desegregation

C) Busing ban

D) Prayer approval

Question 7

What best defines Plessy?

A) Desegregation

B) Busing approval

C) 1896 separate equal

D) Prayer approval

Question 8

Identify Martin Luther King Jr..

A) Nation of Islam

B) Black Panther

C) SNCC

D) SCLC leader, I Have a Dream

Question 9

Identify Louis Armstrong.

A) Jazz trumpeter

B) Rock singer

C) Movie star

D) Ball player

Question 10

Who was "Anti-lynching journalist"?

A) the first Black Supreme Court justice

B) Ida B. Wells

C) Harriet Tubman

D) Frederick Douglass

Question 11

In which year did slavery start US?

A) 1492

B) 1776

C) 1619 Virginia

D) 1800

Question 12

Which of the following best defines Emancipation?

A) Law 1865

B) Speech only

C) No order

D) 1863 freedom order

Question 13

Which person was the first Black Supreme Court justice?

A) Thurgood Marshall

B) John Marshall

C) Hugo Black

D) Clarence Thomas

Question 14

Which person was Langston Hughes?

A) Novelist only

B) Harlem poet

C) Musician

D) Painter

Question 15

Which of the following best defines Motown?

A) church

B) baseball team

C) Detroit Black music label

D) car factory

Question 16

Provide the definition of Underground Railroad:

A) Real train

B) Road

C) River

D) Escape network

Question 17

Name Harriet Tubman.

A) Underground Railroad conductor

B) Nurse

C) Union spy

D) Abolitionist writer

Question 18

Identify Marcus Garvey.

A) NAACP

B) Back-to-Africa movement

C) SCLC

D) SNCC

Question 19

Provide the definition of Jim Crow:

A) Voting rights

B) Farm aid

C) Segregation laws

D) City laws

Question 20

Which of the following best defines Great Migration?

A) White flight

B) Farm return

C) Suburb rush

D) Black move north

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