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African-American History Quiz

Test your knowledge of African American history with this free online quiz. These African American history questions cover important people, events, and movements from slavery and emancipation through the Civil Rights Movement and beyond. See how much you know about the people and events that have shaped Black history in the United States.

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African-American History Quiz

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1. Question

Which of the following documents included the “Three-Fifths Compromise,” which counted slaves as three-fifths of a person for the purposes of taxation and representation?

2. Question

Which African-American man led a bloody rebellion in response to slavery in Virginia in 1831?

3. Question

Which of the following included a new Fugitive Slave Law that required federal marshals to actively look for and arrest escaped slaves?

4. Question

Which woman was an escaped slave who worked as a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad, and served as an armed scout and spy for the US Army during the Civil War?

5. Question

Which African-American woman, after escaping slavery, became an advocate for women’s rights and gave the “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech?

6. Question

Which of the following Supreme Court decisions ruled that African Americans were not citizens and that the federal government could not regulate slavery in the territories?

7. Question

Which of the following documents abolished slavery throughout the entire United States?

8. Question

Which man escaped slavery and became a national leader in the abolitionist movement, and was the first African American to run for vice-president?

9. Question

Which man strove to improve educational opportunities for African Americans and founded the Tuskegee Institute?

10. Question

Which African-American journalist published an exposé titled “Southern Horror,” which documented lynchings in the late 1800s?

11. Question

Which of the following Supreme Court decisions ruled that “separate but equal” public facilities were constitutional?

12. Question

Which person was a botanist who taught poor farmers about alternative crops to cotton, which included peanuts and sweet potatoes?

13. Question

Which African-American composer, known as the “King of Ragtime Writers,” produced hits including “The Entertainer” and “Maple Leaf Rag,” and also taught future ragtime composers?

14. Question

Which author and activist wrote The Souls of Black Folk, and was a leader in the Pan-African movement?

15. Question

Which organization was founded in 1909 to promote racial equality, and eliminate racial hatred?

16. Question

Which famous musician, known as the “Father of the Blues,” composed “Beale Street Blues?”

17. Question

Which writer and shipping entrepreneur advocated for the return of African Americans to Africa?

18. Question

Which woman was a dancer, singer, and actress who became an international star and worked as an honorable correspondent for France during World War II?

19. Question

Which writer and poet, well-known for his poem, A Dream Deferred, played a key role in the Harlem Renaissance?

20. Question

Which African-American man won four gold medals at the 1936 summer Olympics?

21. Question

Which African-American woman, whose works include, It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got that Swing), won 13 Grammy awards as a jazz vocalist?

22. Question

Who was the first African American to play Major League Baseball and thereby end racial segregation in the professional league?

23. Question

Which of the following Supreme Court decisions overturned the “separate but equal” precedent for public schools?

24. Question

Which African American refused to give up a seat in the colored section to a white passenger on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955, which sparked a boycott and a continued effort to achieve desegregation?

25. Question

For what accomplishment are the Greensboro Four known?

26. Question

Which African-American civil rights leader was assassinated in Mississippi in 1963 because of his attempts to eliminate segregation and register black voters?

27. Question

Which African-American civil rights leader advocated nonviolence and wrote Letter from Birmingham Jail?

28. Question

Which African-American civil rights leader advocated black self-defense and rejected racial integration?

29. Question

Which civil rights leader was the Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and helped promote the idea of Black Power?

30. Question

Which of the following Supreme Court decisions ruled that laws prohibiting interracial marriages were unconstitutional?

31. Question

Which African-American activist helped found the Black Panther Party?

32. Question

Who was the first African-American Justice of the Supreme Court?

33. Question

Which African-American woman was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings?

34. Question

Which African-American woman, whose works include Beloved, won both the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize?

35. Question

Which African-American leader was active in the Civil Rights Movement and later made two attempts to become president of the US in the 1980s?