Quiz on W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington

Which of the following statements BEST describes W.E.B. DuBois' and Booker T. Washington's beliefs regarding the advancement of African Americans in the New South Era?

• W.E.B. DuBois believed African Americans should violently resist oppressive laws while Booker T. Washington practiced nonviolent civil disobedience.

• W.E.B. DuBois believed all African Americans needed to work for equal rights immediately.

• Booker T. Washington believed in the promotion of a talented tenth while W.E.B. DuBois believed African Americans should actively seek civil rights.

• W.E.B. DuBois believed African Americans should actively seek civil rights while Booker T. Washington believed that African Americans should advance through economic rights.

Why did Tom Watson and the Populists MOST criticize Henry Grady?

• They were opposed to changing anything in the South.

• They were angry about how he favored Atlanta over their cities.

• They were unhappy that he focused on industry and not agriculture.

• They were convinced his newspaper covered their movement unfairly.

What was the result of the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case?

• The segregation of public facilities was ruled constitutional.

• Public universities were required to admit all people.

• Private business were required to serve all people.

• Public facilities were now required to be desegregated.

How did the 1906 Atlanta Massacre MOST affect race relations in Georgia?

• It led to a biracial committee to end the violence.

• It led to the passage of the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court decision.

• It led to reforms, which resulted in Atlanta earning the title jewel of the New South.

• It led to increasing segregation and oppression of African Americans in Georgia.

Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of the Jim Crow laws passed by Southern states during Reconstruction?

• to limit social, civil, and political rights of African Americans

• to provide African Americans with better access to social services such as education and healthcare

• to force former slaves to work as indentured servants in order to find housing for their families

• to provide funding for the construction of factories in the South that would offer employment opportunities for African Americans

In the 1896 case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that a Louisiana law that kept African Americans and whites apart on public transportation did not violate the Constitution. Which legal doctrine was established by this case?

• innocent until proven guilty

• necessary and proper

• separate but equal

• equal opportunity

Why were the International Cotton Expositions important to Atlanta's growth and development?

• The Expositions were to protest the social changes in Atlanta since Reconstruction.

• The Expositions were established to prevent northern investors from supporting businesses in Atlanta.

• The Expositions allowed for Atlanta to promote industrial capabilities and accomplishments since the Civil War.

• The Expositions were a platform for the Populist Party to promote social and political change.

What policy would the Bourbon Triumvirate have MOST LIKELY pushed for?

• voting rights minorities

• Georgia's labor unions

• Georgia's railroad and mining

• Improving access to education for African Americans

What did Henry Grady use the The Atlanta Journal newspaper to promote?

• women's suffrage

• racial integration

• the unionization of labor

• southern industrial growth

Booker T. Washington was a pioneer of the early Civil Rights Movement. What did Washington believe regarding African Americans achieving equal rights?

• He believed that economic independence and education were the ways to achieve social and political equality.

• He believed that equal rights are God-given rights, and therefore, should not be denied.

• Washington believed that in order for African Americans to achieve equality, they must join the NAACP.

• He thought that equality was a lost cause, and that African Americans should use violence to achieve it.