Lesson 5.5 - Social Justice

Multiple Choice

What is suffrage?

• The right to freedom of religion.

• The right to vote.

• The struggle to gain independence from a harsh government.

Multiple Choice

Who is credited with the increased public protesting in favor of women's suffrage?

• Alice Paul

• Carrie Chapman Catt

• Booker T. Washington

Multiple Choice

What is the historical significance of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

• It made it legal for the federal government to tax the income of citizens.

• It made slavery in the United States illegal.

• It granted women the right to vote.

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union?

• To persuade people to stop drinking.

• To get women the right to vote.

• To urge the government to require workplace safety inspections.

Multiple Choice

Why did so many women support the idea of prohibition?

• They believed that women should play a role in government.

• They believed alcohol was a threat to their families.

• They believed that racial segregation should be illegal.

Multiple Choice

What is the significance of the Eighteenth Amendment?

• It gave women the right to vote

• It made it illegal to sell or produce alcoholic beverages

• It made racial segregation illegal

Multiple Choice

African American journalist who brought attention to racist murders known as lynchings that occurred throughout the South.

• George Washington Carver

• Ida B. Wells

• CJ Walker

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes Booker T. Washington's approach to gaining racial equality for African Americans?

• African Americans should create their own separate society from white Americans.

• African Americans should use the court system to enforce laws created to establish equality.

• African Americans should get an education and acquire a skill to gain the respect of others.

Multiple Choice

What famous historically black school did Booker T. Washington help create?

• The Tuskegee Institute

• Hampton University

• Alcorn State University

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes W.E.B. DuBois's approach to gaining racial equality for African Americans?

• African Americans should get an education and acquire a skill to gain the respect of others.

• African Americans should use the court system to enforce laws created to establish equality.

• African Americans should create their own separate society from white Americans.