Black History In Iowa
10 Questions
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This quiz tests your knowledge of Iowa African American History.
Questions and Answers
- 1.What was the first name of the slave in the 1839 Iowa Territorial Supreme Court case that declared no one could be reduced to slavery?
- A.
Jupiter
- B.
Ralph
- C.
Frederick
- D.
Denmark
- 2.How many African Americans lived in Iowa in 1840?
- A.
1
- B.
79
- C.
188
- D.
226
- 3.How much did African Americans who wanted to move into Iowa have to pay the state government in 1844?
- A.
$50
- B.
$200
- C.
$400
- D.
$650
- 4.In what year did Iowa become the first "free" state admitted to the Union from all the states included in the Louisiana Purchase?
- A.
1846
- B.
1847
- C.
1848
- D.
1849
- 5.In what year did the Iowa Supreme Court desegrate public schools through its Clark v. Board of Directors decision?
- A.
1850
- B.
1864
- C.
1928
- D.
1964
- 6.In what year was the Iowa Constitution amended to remove "free white" from the list of qualifications to serve in the Legislature?
- A.
1850
- B.
1880
- C.
1901
- D.
1922
- 7.Where was the first Iowa branch of the NAACP founded in 1915?
- A.
Cedar Rapids
- B.
Des Moines
- C.
Iowa City
- D.
Muscatine
- 8.What is the name of the woman from Des Moines who led lunch counter sit-ins and boycots over a decade before the famous sit-ins in the South?
- A.
Hattie McDonald
- B.
Deborah Berry
- C.
Carrie Chapman
- D.
Edna Griffin
- 9.In what year did Iowa elect its first male and female African American state legislators, James H. Jackson or Waterloo and Willie Stevenson Glanton of Des Moines?
- A.
1962
- B.
1964
- C.
1966
- D.
1968
- 10.In what year did Iowa pass its first Hate Crimes bill?
- A.
1987
- B.
1989
- C.
1991
- D.
1993
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