U.S. Back History Quizzes

[Duemellon]

Okay, so this thread will have Black History quizzes in them. I plan on having one a week, but we'll see if I can do so. The questions will be given in multiple-choice & the answers will be given in invisiTEXT© below it. Please, if you do a quote do not include the answers in the quote.

Yes, it's the same test I posted in Facebook.

Also, grade yourselves accordingly & let us know.

Now, I'm not perfect, there will probably be typos & such, so if you have a dispute or don't believe a certain thing is true, let me know & I can provide what sources I used so we can be sure it's accurate. I'll have the quiz up after this introductory post.

[disclaimer]
Oh, btw, if you're going to say anything like "Hey, why didn't you do one for <insert adjective> people?" or that you don't believe there should be such a thing as "Black History Month", that's not quite what this is about. This quiz is posted here because it was put together now. It was inspired by this month's arbitrary assignment & I agree that all important people in US History should be recognized every day, however, this is happening here, now & not last month or next one (probably). So let's see how it goes.

[Duemellon]

What was the Middle Passage? It was the territory between the southern and northern states someone escaping slavery had to travel
It was the shipping lanes the slave carrying boats went through.
It is the span of time between the abolishment of slavery and the Civil Rights movement.
They were the territories before the Civil War which were neither slave nor free states

History books say the 1st US person killed in the American Revolution was a black man. What was his name? Frederick Douglas
George Washington Carver
Crispus Attucks
Unnamed, unidentified

Which one of these inventors and scientist was not African American but is often misidentified as so? Eli Whitney
Granville Woods
Lewis Latimer
Madame CJ Walker

There has never been a black person who became the final presidential nominee for either major political party (Republican/Democrat). True
False

What name was given Malik El-Hajj Shabazz at birth? Martin Luther King Sr.
Prince
Marcus Garvey
Malcolm Litte

The Seminole community of Florida was... involved in sparking a black slave revolt in Florida.
a Native American community who welcomed and integrated runaway slaves.
raided a slave trading post and returned blacks to Africa.
a black movement that kicked out the Native Americans.

The Buffalo Soldiers... were a famous group of escaped blacks who joined the Native American resistance against the colonist
were blacks enlisted to the federal army who fought Native Americans during the Indian Wars.
was the nickname given to the 1st black battalion during the Civil War.
were famous for completely wiping out those who killed Gen. Custer

The 1st black governor of a U.S. state was elected in... 1991 1989
1866
1794

Which Constitutional amendment below has to do with specifying anyone of any race may vote? 13th
14th
15th
24th

Before the Civil War... black landowners could vote in many states until the early 19th century.
blacks could only vote if they were enlisted members of the military.
blacks could vote if they owned slaves only in the state of Iowa.
blacks couldn't vote.

Answers
231T422231

[drougan]

You ought to number the questions and letter the answers, makes discussion easier.

That said, I missed #3 and #5, not bad for having not studied ;)

[DaHood]

I've always been interested in the history of backs. I think backs are one of the greatest inventions of all time. Just think about it. Where would we be without backs? We wouldn't even be able to walk upright.

[Predot listener]

I've always been interested in the history of backs. I think backs are one of the greatest inventions of all time. Just think about it. Where would we be without backs? We wouldn't even be able to walk upright.

Here's the thing that's always puzzled me about backs:

If you're talking behind someone's back, aren't you really talking in front of them?

[Slar]

I got four outta ten, which is an appropriate number for blind guessing.

[markalot]

2 out of 10. :(

[BigSugar]

8/10. Missed 4 and 5. Thought 4 was a trick question, but had no clue. No clue on #5, so i guessed Prince just to be a dick.

[Varekai]

I missed #7 and #9. I feel really damn stupid about 9.:o

[Breeze]

I've always been interested in the history of backs.

Wait--what kind of backs are you talking about?

Halfbacks?
Fullbacks?
Greenbacks?
Throwbacks?
Switchbacks?
Kickbacks?

[Predot listener]

Wait--what kind of backs are you talking about?

Halfbacks?
Fullbacks?
Greenbacks?
Throwbacks?
Switchbacks?
Kickbacks?

Nickelback, of course.

[Breeze]

Nickelback, of course.

Take that back, you!

[Duemellon]

It's titled "Back" b/c I know if I made a thread about "blacks" there would be too many people running from it.

So it's titled Back but it's clearly about blacks. Tricked ya, eh? When are they ever,... if ever... going to include a feature where you can correct the thread's title?

[Breeze]

It's titled "Back" b/c I know if I made a thread about "blacks" there would be too many people running from it.

So it's titled Back but it's clearly about blacks. Tricked ya, eh? When are they ever,... if ever... going to include a feature where you can correct the thread's title?

Why would you need to correct something misspelled on purpose? :confused:

[1979]

[disclaimer]
Oh, btw, if you're going to say anything like "Hey, why didn't you do one for <insert adjective> people?" or that you don't believe there should be such a thing as "Black History Month", that's not quite what this is about. This quiz is posted here because it was put together now. It was inspired by this month's arbitrary assignment & I agree that all important people in US History should be recognized every day, however, this is happening here, now & not last month or next one (probably). So let's see how it goes.

I find the fact that you put a disclaimer here absolutely hilarious. You were the same person who pretty much ruined a Veteran's Day thread that had a disclaimer in the first post.

It's funny how you want it both ways...

[Breeze]

I find the fact that you put a disclaimer here absolutely hilarious. You were the same person who pretty much ruined a Veteran's Day thread that had a disclaimer in the first post.

It's funny how you want it both ways...
It's different when he does it. Duh. :rolleyes:

[Duemellon]

I find the fact that you put a disclaimer here absolutely hilarious. You were the same person who pretty much ruined a Veteran's Day thread that had a disclaimer in the first post.

It's funny how you want it both ways...Do you have special gloves that help you carry grudges?

[Frost]

Moran. Email the mods, sheesh.

As for me, I love backs. They do get touchy sometimes when you put too much strain on them though. That kinda sucks.

[Fourthisto]

New, clean, freckled, slightly hairy, very hairy, oh my its a Yeti, shorn, slightly hairy again, sore from aging, on the cusp of very hairiness once again..

Thats about it. Next question!

[1979]

Do you have special gloves that help you carry grudges?


No gloves. Just find it funny how amazingly hypocritical you can be.

[markalot]

It's cool, he's back, he can't help it.

[Breeze]

But I tried to explain the difference.
Or one could say that you tried to explain your oversimplified view.

[Duemellon]

It's only hypocrictrical from your oversimplified view.

He made a thread, & tried to explain it wasn't political in intent, however,...
Just like you can't separate race from a thread about U.S. Black History,... That day is political because it's about people who implement the will of the politicians.

So, he posted it in Randomville... even though it's political, he said it wasn't political,... even though it's about politics, and then got upset when it was pointed out.

Different situation. I'm pretty sure, however, you're going to say you don't buy any of that, don't agree, or just will flat out wipe that out of your view & still just claim it's hypocritical. But I tried to explain the difference.

Another bit of irony...
When I brought that up in his thread, it was because he tried to say something that was intrinsicly political wasn't. You're bring that up in this thread, not because you disagree with the subject, but for a personal attack based on a grudge.

Get over it.

[Duemellon]

Now... back to the subject at hand:
Did anyone get 100% yet?

Any questions yet or requests for proof? I have another all ready to go for this week.

[Marlowe]

i'm offended there are no questions here about the irish

[Breeze]

i'm offended there are no questions here about the irish

Nothing about Polish folk, either. No pierogies for you!

[Marlowe]

i never understood why the polish got a rap of somehow being unintelligent. makes no sense at all... chopin, warhol, walesa, john-paul II, copernicus and madame curie, among others, were all geniuses. why the hate??

and why the hate against the irish, while we're at it???? joyce, edmund burke, arthur guinness, flannery o'conner, bono, flann o'brien, kenneth branaugh, shane mcgowan, seamus heany, c.s. lewis, bram stoker, wilde, yeats, and many others were irish.

why all the hate??

[markalot]

I hate the Irish. So there.

[Breeze]

I hate the Irish. So there.
Right. Screw Notre Dame!

[Duemellon]

I'll post the new quiz tomorrow.

[drougan]

i never understood why the polish got a rap of somehow being unintelligent. makes no sense at all... chopin, warhol, walesa, john-paul II, copernicus and madame curie, among others, were all geniuses. why the hate??



Yes, the poles are pretty smart, for sure. I think this misconception about their mental inability is based on the Polish cavalry, on horseback, riding out against the German armored mobile units in WWI.

[Breeze]

i never understood why the polish got a rap of somehow being unintelligent. makes no sense at all

Not sure of the reason for it, but many Poles had a good sense of humor about it--I never met anyone who liked a good Polack joke more than my Polish grandmother.

[Duemellon]

The answers are in a code below

When was the 1st black senator elected? 1870
1920
1965
1986

The 51st division included the 1st black man to have done something worthy of the Medal of Honor. He was also a member of the Buffalo Soldiers
They were members of the Union Army.
They were also known as the Tuskegee Airmen
The division was stationed at Pearl Harbor

Liberia was established as a U.S. colony through attempts to repatriate blacks to Africa. true
false

Eventually Martin Luther King Jr. & Malik Shabazz (Malcolm X) both... supported the Vietnam War.
broadened to greater social issues including worker rights & homelessness
worked towards integration, not segregation
supported non-violence in all situations

Who is not famous for sparking, organizing, or being involved in, slave revolts? John Brown
Nat Turner
Gabriel Prosser
Marcus Garvey

Black History Month, in its first incarnation, began in what year? 1870
1926
1968
1986

W.E.B. Dubois did not... side with Axis powers after Japan invaded China early in World War 2
found the NAACP 1909
graduate from Harvard in 1890
win a Pulitzer Prize

The 1st Black Professional American football player was... Willie Thrower
Art Shell
Chester Follis
Both Kenny Washington & Woody Strode

What were the Minstrel shows? Evangelical groups in the south who founded many black churches
A predecessor to Vaudeville involving impromptu performances by members of the audience
A variety show with segregated black and white performing troupes wearing "blackface"
A movement created by southern whites in the 1920's lampooning blacks

The term "lynch", originating in the 18th century, definitely didn't derive from... Cpt. William Lynch, the author of Lynch's Law
Charles Lynch, a judge in an irregular court famous for his harsh punishments
A letter by a William Lynch earlier than the aforementioned Cpt


Answers
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[drougan]

A whopping 4/10 on that one.

[miami2112]

A whopping 4/10 on that one.

ditto.


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[DaHood]

I knew #6 because I heard it on the radio the other day. (Yes, I listen to a "black" radio station.)

[Duemellon]

Detailed answers to previous test's questions

What was the Middle Passage?
It was the shipping lanes the slave carrying boats went through.

The Middle Passage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_passage)

History books say the 1st US person killed in the American Revolution was a black man. What was his name?
Crispus Attucks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crispus_attucks) Was killed during the Boston Massacre.

Which one of these inventors and scientist was not African American but is often misidentified as so?
Eli Whitney (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Whitney) invented the cotton gin.

There has never been a black person who became the final presidential nominee for either major political party (Republican/Democrat).
True
The closest any black person came to being the final nominee was Jesse Jackson '84 & '88 with the most success coming during the '88 campaign.

What name was given Malik El-Hajj Shabazz at birth?
Malcolm Little
Malcolm Little became Malcolm X when he joined the Nation of Islam & after his Hajj trip to Mecca & he converted to the truer Islam, he changed his name to Malik Shabazz. The surname El-Hajj, I do believe, is due to the fact he made the religious pilgrimage.

The Seminole community of Florida was...
a Native American community who welcomed and integrated runaway slaves.
The Seminoles & the Black Seminoles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminoles)are often not so acutely distinguished as being separate. In fact it caused some controversy when the gambling & taxation laws came into affect.

The Buffalo Soldiers...
were blacks enlisted to the federal army who fought Native Americans during the Indian Wars.
Buffalo Soldiers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_soldiers)

The 1st black governor of a U.S. state was elected in...
1989
Douglas Wilder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Wilder)

Which Constitutional amendment below has to do with specifying anyone of any race may vote?
15th amendment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitut ion)
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Before the Civil War...
black landowners could vote in many states until the early 19th century.
1802 - Ohio bans slavery but also bans blacks from voting
1807 - NJ bans blacks from voting
1818 - CN bans blacks from voting
1821 - NY allows blacks to vote if they own property, but now allows non-landowning whites to vote
1821 - MO bans blacks from voting
1822 - RI bans blacks from voting...
etc. etc.

[Duemellon]

There are a lot of myths & misunderstandings about black/white racism in this country. Most of it based on not knowing where/when/how it came about in its current form.

Interesting historic items highlight just how quickly it came about as well shedding light on how intertwined the current success of this country was based on the contributions (willing, intentional, as well as unwilling & unintentional) of blacks.

I thought the 1st quiz would be the harder one, but I guess not. I'm wondering if people are skipping to the answers when they aren't sure?

Oh well, anyone else take the quiz? What you got? Are the explanations of the 1st quiz interesting &/r helpful?

[BigSugar]

I got a 4/10 on the second quiz. Would have gotten a 6/10 had I just stayed true to my original answers, but i second guessed myself.

I'm hoping Due passes some sort of "affirmative action" thread legislation to boost my scores since i'm the product of a white educational system and was never given a chance to know many of these things. ;)

Sincerely,
The Man

[Breeze]

I'm hoping Due passes some sort of "affirmative action" thread legislation to boost my scores since i'm the product of a white educational system and was never given a chance to know many of these things. ;)

Got room in your quota for one more? ;)

[Duemellon]

I got a 4/10 on the second quiz. Would have gotten a 6/10 had I just stayed true to my original answers, but i second guessed myself.

I'm hoping Due passes some sort of "affirmative action" thread legislation to boost my scores since i'm the product of a white educational system and was never given a chance to know many of these things. ;)

Sincerely,
The ManI didn't learn most of this stuff from my classes either. I think we might've gone to the same school... hmmm...

[BigSugar]

I didn't learn most of this stuff from my classes either. I think we might've gone to the same school... hmmm...

impossible. We didn't have any Nordic people at my school.