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Although the progressive movement failed to address racial discrimination, African Americans absorbed the reform spirit, which

• Engage in the political process

• Fueled their longstanding desire for advancements in the work force

• Increased their frustration at the lack of progress on civil rights

• Led them to support Republican candidates for office.

Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt are examples of Progressive Era

• Political Bosses

• Farmers

• Suffragettes

• Government leaders

“The power of the ballot we need in sheer self-defense else what shall save us from a second slavery? Freedom too, the long-sought we still seek,- the freedom of life, the freedom to work and think, the freedom to love and aspire. – all these we need, not singly, but together.”   - W.E.B. Dubois, 1905

Which of the following statements best summarizes the excerpt from W.E.B. Dubois?

• Laissez-faire economic policies will provide freedom and prosperity for African Americans.

• African Americans must use their political voice to protect themselves and their freedoms. 

• The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to the Constitution allow Africans to resist slavery in the future.

• African Americans must vote to prevent problems of urbanization from destroying Southern communities.

This law broke up monopolies and was more effective than the Sherman Antitrust Act

• Sherman Antitrust Act

• Pendelton Act

• Clayton Antitrust Act

• Pure Food and Drug Act

This Amendment allowed for the federal government to collect an income tax on all Americans.

• 17th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

This Amendment gave women the right to vote.

• 18th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 17th Amendment

W.E.B. DuBois argued for immediate racial equality. What else was he known for?

• he wrote How the Other Half Lives?

• he helped found the NAACP

• he called for African Americans to obtain job training

• he mostly lectured in college about race issues