Lesson 2.5 Quiz

What was the main focus of Ida B. Wells' advocacy work?

• Economic equality

• Racial justice

• Educational reform

• Political power

What did the Supreme Court establish in the Plessy v. Ferguson case?

• Racial segregation was unconstitutional

• Abolition of racial discrimination

• Separate but equal doctrine

• Integration of public accommodations

Who advocated for a gradual approach to racial equality and emphasized economic skills as a means to long-term gains?

• Ida B. Wells

• W. E. B. Du Bois

• Booker T. Washington

• George Washington Carver

What did the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 do?

• Encouraged Chinese immigration

• Stopped all Chinese immigrants from entering the U.S.

• Granted voting rights to Chinese immigrants

• Provided citizenship to Chinese immigrants

Who became the principal of The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in 1881?

• George Washington Carver

• Booker T. Washington

• Ida B. Wells

• W. E. B. Du Bois

What did W.E.B. Du Bois emphasize as the necessity for developing leadership capacity among the most able 10 percent of black Americans?

• Higher education

• Vocational training

• Political activism

• Religious education

What did Booker T. Washington advocate for as a means to long-term gains in racial equality?

• Political activism

• Social equality

• Educational reform

• Economic skills

What did the Niagara Movement lead to?

• Formation of the NAACP

• Passage of civil rights laws

• Abolition of racial discrimination

• Integration of public accommodations

What did Ida B. Wells expose lynching as a means to?

• Promote racial harmony

• Terrorize and suppress African Americans

• Encourage economic equality

• Achieve political power

What did the Southern states impose to deny legal equality to African Americans?

• Voting rights for all

• Literacy tests, poll taxes, and the grandfather clause

• Equal access to public accommodations

• Integration of schools