Up from Slavery

What job did Booker T. Washington’s mother have on the plantation?

• Cook

• Field Worker

• Maid

• Nurse

True or False: Southern slaves were ignorant regarding the Civil War and the abolitionist movement.

• True

• False

How did Booker get into Hampton Institute?

• By cleaning the recitation room

• By application

• By references

• He just walked in

Why didn't Booker T. Washington become a politician

• He thought he could better serve his race in a different way

• He didn't like wearing suits

• He was scared of having a bad reputation

• He thought politicians were evil

What other race did Booker T. Washington make an effort to provide education to?

• Chinese Americans

• Indian Americans (Native Americans)

• Mexican Americans

• White people

What was Booker T. Washington determined to have his students do (at the very beginning of Tuskegee)? 

• Defy expectations

• Build their own buildings

• Drop out

• Build a legacy for themselves and the school

How much was the cost of tuition? 

• Nothing

• $10 per year

• $5 per semester

• $50 per year

How did Booker T. Washington secure funds? 

• Fund raisers

• He petitioned in the newspapers

• The magic school bus

• He went door to door

Who did Booker T. Washington send his well-known Atlanta Exposition Speech to? 

• Grover Cleveland 

• General Armstrong

• The President

• Frederick Douglass

. According to the article, going to Hampton Institute was _____ for Booker T. Washington.

• boring

• easy

• expensive

• a waste of time