Black History Month Test

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Black history month assessment. Questions, vocabulary, and matching activities. 
Figures included:
Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Ruby Bridges, George Washington Carver, Martin Luther King Jr., Jackie Robinson

What was the Underground Railroad?

What happened during the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Who refused to give up a bus seat and helped start the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

What is one reason why Ruby Bridges is a role model?

In 1954, the Supreme Court ruled that school segregation was ILLEGAL. What does ILLEGAL mean?

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Harriet Tubman		Helped abolish slavery by creating a route called the “underground railroad” to help slaves escape to freedom.
Rosa Parks		Refused to give up her seat on the bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Fought to end segregation and was known as the “first lady of civil rights.”
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.		First African American child to attend an all white school in the American South.
Jackie Robinson		First African American to play in Major League Baseball. Ended racial segregation in sports.
George Washington Carver		Was a leader of the Civil Rights Movement. Fought to end segregation and Jim Crow Laws. Influential spokesman and famous for changing the lives of African Americans. Made the famous "I Have A Dream" speech.
Ruby Bridges		American botanist and inventor. Promoted alterative crops to cotton. Well known for finding many uses for the peanut

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Boycott		Separating people because of their skin color.
Slavery		To refuse to use or buy a product or service to protest somethings that is believed to be unfair or wrong.
Integration		Rights that all people have to freedom and to be treated equally.
Underground Railroad		The practice of uniting people from different races in an attempt to give people equal rights.
Segregation		A condition in which people are owned by others, who control where they live and at what they work.
Civil Rights		A network of people, secret routes, and safe houses established in the United States used by enslaved African-Americans to escape into free states and Canada.