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

-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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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.RI.6.7

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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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Booker T Washington and WEB DuBois both agreed

• white people are superior

• the telephone is the best invention

• Education for African-Americans is important

• Equal rights for all

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In 1909, who helped found the NAACP?

• Booker T Washington

• Alexander Graham Bell

• WEB DuBois

• Thomas Edison

"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.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

DuBois was born a free man. 

• True
• False

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In 1895, DuBois became the first African American to receive a doctoral degree from the University of

• None
• Harvard
• Buffalo
• Oxford

Why did Booker T. Washington believe it was important to learn a trade?

• It allowed black people to own their own business.

• It guaranteed immediate civil rights for black people.

• It made black people more employable to white business owners.

• It offered a simple way for black people to take out government loans.

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

CCSS.RL.7.7