Black Towns Trivia

By: Elizabeth Cho, Jackie Harrell Michael Hong, Deema

MubarakMarcel Plichta, Remle Scott

Get into Two Teams!

Pick team namesEach team will receive 10 questions eachEach question correct is worth one pointThe team with the most points at the end of the game winsThere will be a set of questions in the case of a tie

Question #1What is the time period

or era that Eatonville was established?

Answer:Reconstruction Era, or

after the Civil War

Question #2Who was Eatonville

named after?Answer:

Josiah C. Eaton

Question #3True or False: The city of

Eatonville thrived in music and arts.

Answer:True

Question #4Where was

Eatonville located?Answer:Florida

Question #5What is primarily the

reason for the establishment of black

towns?Answer:

The hope for a better life of prosperity and

freedom from previous inequality and slavery

Question #6What became the center of the black towns as a place of

community and spirituality throughout

the population?Answer:

Churches

Question #7True or false: One of the

largest black towns in history is Boley.

Answer:True

Question #8True or False: African

Americans soon established towns all

across the US, primarily in the North.

Answer:False

Question #9What school in 1897 was founded

in Eatonville?

Answer:Robert Hungerford Normal and

Industrial School

Question #10True of False: Black towns

were usually created near swamps, deserts, sand dunes, or even

rocky cliffs.

Answer:True

Question #11True or false: Black towns

started out as prosperous farming

communities.

Answer:True

Question #12Which town became

the first incorporated

African American town in the US?

Answer:Eatonville

Question #13The razing of Rosewood in

1923 is an example of?

Answer:The violent actions of white

supremacists

Question #14

True or false: Black Towns were often

reflected in name after eminent African

American activists of the time.

Answer:True

Question #15True or False: Many of the black towns were not self

governed.

Answer:False

Question #16True or false: Hurston’s father was the 3rd mayor

of Eatonville?

Answer:True

Question #17True or False: Today, the town of

Eatonville presents an annual showcase of art, literature, and

culture that celebrates Zora Neale Hurston?

Answer:True

Question #18True or false: All Black

towns served as small agricultural centers that

created a convenient location for nearby

farmers.

Answer:True

Question #19True or false: Black towns consisted of schools for African American children attended the local public

schools.

Answer:False

Question #20Hurston is most like which character in Their Eyes Were Watching God?

Answer:Janie

Tie BreakerFill in the blank: After the __________, Eatonville was one of the first black town

to be established

Answer: Emancipation Proclamation

in 1863

Tie BreakerWho said: "It would be against all

nature for all the Negroes to be either at the bottom, top, or in between. We will go where the

internal drive carries us like everybody else. It is up to the

individual" ?

Answer:Hurston

Tie BreakerWhat is the date

Eatonville was established?

Answer:August 15, 1887