African Americans - Multiple Choice Test

The first slaves from African had to work
1. on plantations in the southern states
2. in factories in the Midwest
3. for white masters in the northern states
4. on corn farms in the east
Some "free blacks"
1. lived in cities in the north.
2. were allowed to carry guns
3. were able to vote
4. had land of their own
The Underground Railway
1. helped blacks escape to northern states
2. helped blacks get to the plantations
3. was used only by white people
4. was built by Abraham Lincoln
The Confederate States of America
1. broke away from the rest of the union
2. elected Abraham Lincoln as their president
3. won the American Civil War
4. gave black people their freedom
In the Reconstruction Period black people
1. still lived in poverty
2. were able to buy large farms from white owners
3. were given the right to vote
4. got the same pay as white people
At the beginning of the 20th century blacks
1. started moving to the big cities of the north
2. were responsible for the Great Depression
3. governed southern states themselves
4. were able to live together with whites
In 1954 the Supreme Court decided
1. that segregation in schools was against the law
2. that buses had to allow black passengers
3. the Montgommery bus boycott was illegal
4. that blacks should be allowed to vote
Thurgood Marshall was the first black person
1. to serve on the Supreme Court
2. to become mayor of a big city
3. to become a TV celebrity
4. to become commander of the US army
During the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City
1. black athletes protested against their home country
2. black runners won most of the medals for the USA
3. blacks were not allowed to take part in US teams
4. a black athlete carried the Amercian flag
Even though African Americans have made much progress in the last century
1. they are still discriminated against in some fields
2. they are not allowed to become government officers
3. they earn more than white people
4. their unemployment rate is much lower than that of other Americans

African Americans - Multiple Choice Test

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