1. Warm Ups February 2018 US History
Black History Month
Warm Ups
February 2018
US History

2. Friday February 2
Which United States President is known for officially creating February as Black History Month?
Abraham Lincoln
Gerald Ford
Ronald Regan
Thomas Jefferson

3. Friday February 2
Which United States President is known for officially creating February as Black History Month?
Abraham Lincoln
Gerald Ford
Ronald Regan
Thomas Jefferson

4. Monday February 5th
Black History Month was also once known as “National Negro Week”. It was observed the 2nd week of February. What two famous contributors to African American’s rights have birthdays in this week?
Fredrick Douglass and Ida B. Wells
Carter G. Woodson and Ida B. Wells
Fredrick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln
W.E.B. DuBois and Abraham Lincoln

5. Monday February 5th
Black History Month was also once known as “National Negro Week”. It was observed the 2nd week of February. What two famous contributors to African American’s rights have birthdays in this week?
Fredrick Douglass and Ida B. Wells
Carter G. Woodson and Ida B. Wells
Fredrick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln
W.E.B. DuBois and Abraham Lincoln

6. Tuesday February 6th
Who was the first African American woman elected to Congress?
Susan B. Anthony
Ida B. Wells
Shirley Chisolm
Sheila Jackson Lee

7. Tuesday February 6th
Who was the first African American woman elected to Congress?
Susan B. Anthony
Ida B. Wells
Shirley Chisolm
Sheila Jackson Lee

8. Wednesday February 7th
Write your answer down on your paper to who the following individual is from the Progressive Era: An African American journalist who worked throughout her life to end the practice of lynching in the South. She contributed to several newspapers, including the Memphis Free Speech, the New York Age, and the Chicago Conservator. In 1895, she published a detailed inquiry into lynching, entitled A Red Record.

9. Wednesday February 7th Ida B. Wells
Write your answer down on your paper to who the following individual is from the Progressive Era: An African American journalist who worked throughout her life to end the practice of lynching in the South. She contributed to several newspapers, including the Memphis Free Speech, the New York Age, and the Chicago Conservator. In 1895, she published a detailed inquiry into lynching, entitled A Red Record.
Ida B. Wells

10. Thursday February 8th
It was March 2, 1955, when the fifteen-year-old schoolgirl refused to move to the back of the bus… This person was known as
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Claudette Colvin
Esther Jones

11. Thursday February 8th
It was March 2, 1955, when the fifteen-year-old schoolgirl refused to move to the back of the bus… This person was known as
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Claudette Colvin
Esther Jones

12. Friday February 9th
What famous individual at Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech for the March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial caused him to put his notes aside and inspired him to speak impromptu about his dream?
Senator John Lewis
Essie McIntyre
Coretta Scott King
Mahalia Jackson

13. Friday February 9th
What famous individual at Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech for the March on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial caused him to put his notes aside and inspired him to speak impromptu about his dream?
Senator John Lewis
Essie McIntyre
Coretta Scott King
Mahalia Jackson

14. Thursday February 15th, 2018
Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Clarence Thomas
Earl Warren

15. Thursday February 15th, 2018
Who was the first African American Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall
Hiram Rhodes Revels
Clarence Thomas
Earl Warren

16. Friday February 16th, 2018
This Individual was a scientist and educator born in 1864 and was best know for discovering many ways to use the peanut and was also a man of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, INC.
James Weldon Johnson
Frank Drake
George Washington Carver
John Lewis

17. Friday February 16th, 2018
This Individual was a scientist and educator born in 1864 and was best know for discovering many ways to use the peanut and was also a man of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, INC.
James Weldon Johnson
Frank Drake
George Washington Carver
John Lewis

18. Wednesday February 21st, 2018
The Rough Riders were a group of soldiers that fought in the famed "Battle of San Juan Hill" against what country?
Italy
Spain
Mexico
North Korea

19. Wednesday, February 21st, 2018
The Rough Riders were a group of soldiers that fought in the famed "Battle of San Juan Hill" against what country?
Italy
Spain
Mexico
North Korea

20. Tuesday February 27, 2018
This was a group of African American students enrolled in a high school in Arkansas in They were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas. They then attended after the intervention of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The Elite 8
The Talented Tenth
The Little Rock Nine
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

21. Tuesday February 27, 2018
This was a group of African American students enrolled in a high school in Arkansas in They were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas. They then attended after the intervention of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
The Elite 8
The Talented Tenth
The Little Rock Nine
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

22. Wednesday February 28, 2018
Which event surrounding World War I had the GREATEST impact on Americans? A) Germany attacking Belgium B) the sinking of the Lusitania C) Germany's boycott of imported goods D) the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

23. Wednesday February 28, 2018
Which event surrounding World War I had the GREATEST impact on Americans? A) Germany attacking Belgium B) the sinking of the Lusitania C) Germany's boycott of imported goods D) the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand