Quiz: Social Darwinism/Social Gospel & Early Civil Rights

What is the main idea behind Social Darwinism?

• Application of Christian principles to social issues

• Survival of the fittest in society and business

• Equal distribution of wealth

• Government intervention in the economy

Who was a prominent supporter of Social Darwinism?

• Jane Addams

• Herbert Spencer

• John D. Rockefeller

• Andrew Carnegie

What was the primary focus of the Social Gospel movement?

• Promoting laissez-faire capitalism

• Improving working conditions and social reforms

• Expanding industrialization

• Supporting monopolies

Which of the following was a founder of "settlement houses"?

• John D. Rockefeller

• Herbert Spencer

• Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Jane Addams

What was the purpose of Jane Addams' Hull House?

• To support industrial monopolies

• To advocate for laissez-faire economics

• To provide aid to immigrants and the working poor

• To promote Social Darwinism

Who would have most likely advocated for blacks to pursue the highest levels of education possible in the early 1900's?

• W.E.B. Dubois

• Booker T. Washington

• Marcus Garvey

• Malcolm X

Who helped found the Tuskegee Institute and advocated for blacks to obtain a vocational education to make themselves economically stable?

• W.E.B. Dubois

• Booker T Washington

• Marcus Garvey

• Ida Tarbell

Who had the idea for African-Americans to go "back to Africa" and found their own country to build from the ground up as a black nation?

• W.E.B. Dubois

• Booker T. Washington

• George Washington Carver

• Marcus Garvey

 "No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem."

Who is best associated with this quote?

• W.E.B. Dubois

• Booker T. Washington

• Marcus Garvey

• Pap Singleton

“The function of the Negro college, then, is clear: it must maintain the standards of popular education, it must seek the social regeneration of the Negro, and it must help in the solution of problems of race contact and cooperation."

Who is most associated with this quote?

• W.E.B. Dubois

• Booker T. Washington

• Marcus Garvey

• George Washington Carver