Booker T. Washington vs. W.E.B. Du Bois

Booker T. Washington grew up in slavery.

• True
• False

Washington founded Tuskegee Institute to teach black student who to be public speakers and politicians.

• True
• False

Washington believed that black people should be more concerned with working the land than voting.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

"Cast down you bucket where you are" means to be satisfied where you are and work with what you have.

• True
• False

Washington was satisfied with living in segregation from white people.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RI.8.7

W.E.B. DuBois strongly disagreed with Washington's thoughts on race.

• True
• False

DuBois was born a free man. 

• True
• False

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

-Born into slavery on a plantation in Virginia -Believed equality could be achieved through vocational education -Organized the Tuskegee Institute for agricultural and industrial education

• W.E.B. Du Bois
• Rosa Parks
• Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Booker T. Washington

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RI.6.7

Which person accepted social separation and believed racial equality could be achieved through vocational education?

•  Booker T. Washington
• Martin Luther King, Jr. 
• . W.E.B. Du Bois                               
• William Lloyd Douglas

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

Which of the following believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans?

• William Lloyd Douglas
• W.E.B. Du Bois
• George Washington     
• Booker T. Washington

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.4.5