Instructions | The Questions | The Internet Resources | The Big Question

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People all over the United States and the world have posted information on the Internet that relates to Black history and African-American heritage. Read through the questions below and explore the Resource List to find the right information to answer each question. Each Webpage holds the answer to one of the questions. When you think you know the right answer, click in the appropriate radio button - - to get feedback. (You can also use the original version of this Treasure Hunt that doesn't give feedback).

Because the point of this page is not to take a test, but to learn some important information, we recommend that once you feel you've learned the information that you do one of two things. First, you could print out the Quiz questions and write down the answers from your memory, or second, write an essay about what's important to learn about Black History. To do this second task, we added a section called the Big Question to bring your ideas together in a broader understanding of the topic. This part will guide you through creating an opinion / thesis statement about the most important aspects of Black history. You can use this thesis statement then as the heart of your essay.

In the years before Black History Month began to be celebrated, how often were African Americans lynched?

every two and a half hours every two and a half days	every two and a half months every two and a half years
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How many slaves did prominent abolitionist Frederick Douglass estimate there were in the years before the Civil War?

three thousand thirty thousand	one million three million
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When the conflict over abolition was ended with the Civil War, what did African-American demonstrators outside the White House say was the one thing more that they needed?

the right to vote the right to protest	farms jobs
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Sixty years after the Civil War ended, what federal program helped to preserve the oral histories of people who had been slaves?

The CIA The WPA	The TVA The Library of Congress
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Who came before Rosa Parks in protesting the segregation of public transportation?

Susan B. Anthony Frederick Douglass	Sojourner Truth Maya Angelou
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What was it that made Nat Turner lead his famous revolt in 1831?

too many whippings having his children sold from him	a series of visions from Satan a series of visions from God
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What famous black leader said, "over blacks must be their king, Not white, but of their somber hue, To rule a nation of themselves?"

Marcus Garvey Nelson Mandela	Martin Luther King, Jr. Tupac Shakur
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How did Martin Luther King Jr. think negroes should meet the physical force thrown at them by discriminating whites?

with brute force with soul force	with a negro police force with peaceful protests
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What were the men at the Million Man March supposed to do right after they took the pledge?

raise a fist contribute to their communities	hug their brothers hug their families
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What's the spirit behind the last line of the poem recited at President Clinton's first inauguration?

patriotism for the U.S. confidence in President Clinton	respect for our government optimism for new beginnings
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Describe two habits of Nelson Mandela that show his serious dedication to achieving his goals.

an eating regime and exercise praying and Bible reading	weekly fasts and long walks enjoying poetry and music
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Who knew by the age of 10 that he wanted to be a revolutionary?

Marcus Garvey Nelson Mandela	Martin Luther King, Jr. Tupac Shakur
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• February is Black History Month, an article by professor Yaw Boateng
• Influence of Prominent Abolitionists from the Library of Congress
• Conflict of Abolition and Slavery from the Library of Congress
• Introduction to the Work Projects Administration from the Library of Congress
• Sojourner Truth from the African American Biographical Profiles
• A Profile of Nat Turner from the African American Biographical Profiles
• Nelson Mandela, from the African National Congress
• Tupac Shakur, commentary from the African-American News Service
• "White and Black", by Marcus Garvey
• "I have a Dream", by Martin Luther King, Jr. Delivered August 28, 1963
• "On the Pulse of the Morning", by Maya Angelou
• The Million Man March Pledge, from the Afro American Newspaper

Think over the questions above, the answers to them, and other things you've learned while exploring the Websites. Then put all this learning together by creating a thesis statement that points out the most important aspects of African-American history. What you're trying to convince people about is out of all the aspects of African-American history, what you're suggesting are the three most important.

Use the fields below and the "Build a Thesis" button to create your own "Report of Information" thesis statement. Feel free to return to this page to adjust your wording, then click the button again to revise the Thesis window.

Note: Don't worry about adding punctuation,
ThesisBuilder will do its best to put it in for you.

What's your name? What's an important aspect of African-American history? What's a second important aspect of African-American history? What's the most important aspect of African-American history? What's a possible title for your Essay?

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Created January, 1996. Last revised February, 2005
Created by Tom March, tom at ozline dot com
Applications Design Team/Wired Learning