United States History

History Trivia

African American History


Questions from Corey, Melinda and Ochoa, George. "American History, The New York Public Library Book of Answers", Simon & Schuster, New York. (c)1993.

1. Who was the first child of African parents born in England's American colonies?
2. What was the name of the first slave ship built in the English colonies?
3. What was the first American colony to abolish slavery?
4. When was the importation of slaves outlawed in the U.S.?
5. What dispute led to the founding of the African Methodist Episcopal Church?
6. What was the first black newspaper?
7. How big was the price on Harriet Tubman's head?
8. Where in the South was Sojourner Truth (c. 1797-1883) born?
9. Where did Fredrick Douglass get his last name?
10. At its height, what was the slave population in the U.S.?
11. What percentage of Southern families owned large plantations?
12. What does "Ku Klux Klan" mean?
13. How many Ku Klux Klan movements have there been?
14. Who were the principles in the Supreme Court case, Plessy v. Ferguson?
15. Who wrote "Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others"?
16. Who was the first president to invite an African-American man to the White House?
17. What event sparked the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
18. When was the first "Negro History Week"?
19. Who popularized the slogan "Africa for the Africans at home and abroad"?
20. What was Elijah Muhammad's name at birth?
21. How did Jackie Robinson do in his first major league game?
22. For what did Ralph bunche win the Noble Peace Prize?
23. Why did Rosa Parks refuse to move from her seat in the white section of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama?
24. Where did Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., get his doctorate?
25. When and where did Martin Luther King, Jr. make his "I Have a Dream" speech?
26. Where was the first "sit-in" at a segregated lunch counter?
27. What did the "N" in SNCC stand for?
28. How did the 24th Amendment advance the cause of civil rights?
29. What were the names of the three civil rights workers murdered by the Ku Klux Klan in 1964?
30. For what crime did Malcom X go to prison?
31. Where was Malcom X Killed?
32. How long did the Watts riots of 1965 last?
33. Who warned, "Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white--separate and unequal"?
34. What justice did Thurgood Marshall replace on the Supreme Court?
35. What was "Resurrection City"?
36. How many times did Jessee Jackson run for the U.S. Presidency?
37. What year was Martin Luther King Day first observed as a federal holiday?
38. Who videotaped Rodney King's beating by Los Angeles police?
39. Who was the first black woman senator?


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