US African American History Test 6

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History Test 6 (African American History) K-12 to University (USA History) USA — African American History 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 History.
For all levels (Elementary to University) studying History in the USA
Section: History Test 6 (African American History) · Education: K-12 to University · Part: History Test 6 (African American History) · Country: USA · Region: USA — African American History

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 Louis Armstrong?

A) Jazz trumpeter

B) Rock singer

C) Movie star

D) Ball player

Question 2

Who had Dream speech?

A) Malcolm X

B) Martin Luther King Jr.

C) Rosa Parks

D) John Lewis

Question 3

When was March on Washington?

A) 1960

B) 1965

C) 1963

D) 1968

Question 4

Which 1968 event was King assassinated?

A) Washington

B) Birmingham

C) Selma

D) Memphis

Question 5

What was Harlem Renaissance?

A) 1920s Black arts flowering

B) church split

C) political party

D) sports league

Question 6

Provide the definition of Great Migration:

A) White flight

B) Black move north

C) Farm return

D) Suburb rush

Question 7

Name Ida B. Wells.

A) Suffragist

B) Civil rights lawyer

C) Anti-lynching journalist

D) Abolitionist

Question 8

Identify first Black president.

A) MLK

B) Jesse Jackson

C) Colin Powell

D) Barack Obama

Question 9

Which person was Malcolm X?

A) Nation of Islam

B) SCLC

C) SNCC

D) NAACP

Question 10

Which of the following best defines the Middle Passage?

A) trade fair

B) slave voyage to Americas

C) freedom road

D) river trip

Question 11

Who was "Kamala Harris"?

A) the first Black Supreme Court justice

B) Harriet Tubman

C) first Black VP

D) Frederick Douglass

Question 12

Provide the definition of Jim Crow:

A) Voting rights

B) Farm aid

C) City laws

D) Segregation laws

Question 13

Which term means "Ended slavery 1865"?

A) 13th Amendment

B) the Harlem Renaissance

C) the Middle Passage

D) Harlem Renaissance

Question 14

Which of the following best defines Underground Railroad?

A) Real train

B) Escape network

C) Road

D) River

Question 15

Which of the following best defines Middle Passage?

A) Pleasure cruise

B) Fur route

C) Slave ocean crossing

D) Gold run

Question 16

Identify Harriet Tubman.

A) Abolitionist writer

B) Nurse

C) Union spy

D) Underground Railroad conductor

Question 17

Name Langston Hughes.

A) Harlem poet

B) Novelist only

C) Musician

D) Painter

Question 18

Provide the definition of Civil Rights Act:

A) Voting only

B) 1964 equality law

C) Farm aid

D) Tax law

Question 19

What best defines Emancipation?

A) Law 1865

B) Speech only

C) 1863 freedom order

D) No order

Question 20

Name Booker T. Washington.

A) Wrote Souls of Black Folk

B) Founded NAACP

C) Led UNIA

D) Founded Tuskegee Institute

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