Booker T & W.E.B. Quiz

Which of the following best describes the relationship between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois?

• They were bitter rivals who clashed in public debate

• They were politicians who worked together to lobby for civil rights and education

• They were scholars who collaborated on a plan for economic and political equality

• They were public intellectuals who offered differing views on how African Americans can achieve equality

Booker T. Washington believed African Americans should accept segregation in exchange for

• reparations

• voting rights

• economic opportunity

• access to higher education

With which of the following statements would W.E.B. Du Bois most likely agree?

• Higher education is not that important

• Booker T Washington is making too many excuses for white people

• Booker T Washington is not educated enough to have an opinion on civil rights

• Jim Crow laws will end regardless of whether African Americans are able to vote or not

In Du Bois’s view, if black people do not have political power, civil rights and educational opportunities, economic progress is

• important

• still possible

• meaningless

• dependent on location

Who was the radical and who wanted gradual change?

• Washington was the radical and DuBois wanted gradual change

• Washington & DuBois were both radicals

• Washington & Dubois were both in favor of gradual change

• Washington wanted gradual change, but Dubois was a radical.