african american history

What was the intent of the 14th Amendment?

• guarantee rights to former slaves

• end the occupation of Union troops in the South

• outlaw slavery

• give black men the right to vote

The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s was a period when African Americans

• left the US in large numbers to settle in Nigeria

• used civil disobedience to fight segregation in the armed forces

• migrated to the West in search of land and jobs

• created noteworthy works of art and literacture

The migration of African Americans to the North during and following World War I was mainly a result of the

• efforts of the Civil Rights Movement

• availability of new factory jobs

• success of military desegregation

• impact of affirmative action programs

The Emancipation Proclamation was an important document because it

• granted equal protection under the law

• ended slavery

• provided a more noble reason to fight in the Civil War

• gave blacks the right to vote

When necessary to achieve justice, which method did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. urge his followers to employ?

• setting up a separate nation within the United States

• using violence to bring about political change

• upholding the principle of "separate but equal" public facilities

• engaging in civil disobedience

Why did Congressional Republicans oppose Abraham Lincoln's Reconstruction plan?

• it granted too many rights to formerly enslaved persons

• it offered to forgive former Confederate leaders who would swear allegiance to the US

• it demanded payments from the South that would have damaged its economy

• it postponed readmission of southern states into the Union for many years

W.E.B. DuBois believed that African Americans should attempt to gain equality in the United States by

• demanding full and immediate participation in American society

• setting up a separate nation within the United States

• taking over leadership if all political parties

• entering vocational training programs in separate schools

Which of the following African Americans founded the Tuskegee Institute, believed that segregation was acceptable, and believed that African Americans would win the respect of white if they learned a trade and gained economic independence?

• Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

• Booker T. Washington

• Frederick Douglass

• W.E.B. DuBois

During the 50s and 60s who led marches and gave speeches to change unfair laws?

• Jackie Robinson

• Jesse Owens

• Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King

• Booker T. Washington

Who refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus?

• Katherine Johnson

• Harriet Tubman

• Mae Jemison

• Rosa Parks