5.4 Flashcard

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What was the main outcome of the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?

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Segregation was ruled legal as long as facilities were "separate but equal."

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What did the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment provide to Black Americans?

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The same constitutional rights as White Americans.

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Who was Homer Plessy and what did he do in 1892?

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A multiracial man from New Orleans who challenged segregation laws by sitting in the Whites-only section of a train.

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Who was Ida B. Wells?

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A Black reformer and muckraking journalist who fought against lynching.

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What was the title of the pamphlet published by Ida B. Wells in 1892?

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Southern Horrors: Lynch Laws in All Its Phases

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Who was appointed as the first principal of the Tuskegee Normal School for Colored Teachers in Alabama?

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Booker T. Washington

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What was the main purpose of the Tuskegee Institute under Booker T. Washington's leadership?

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To teach Black Americans technical skills for economic empowerment

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According to Booker T. Washington, what would economic success for Black Americans eventually lead to?

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Social equality with Whites

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Who was the first Black American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University?

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W. E. B. Du Bois

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What idea did W. E. B. Du Bois promote in his book "The Talented Tenth"?

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The importance of higher education for the top ten percent of African Americans to lead and uplift the race.