Blacks Enter the Gilded Age | History of Black Achievement i

When was Robert Smalls first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives?

• 1865

• 1870

• 1875

• 1880

Who was the first Black person to join the United States Congress?

• Robert Smalls

• Frederick Douglass

• Hiram Revels

• George McJunkin

What challenge did many newly freed Black people face in the South immediately after the Civil War?

• They were forced to move to the North

• They were unable to find employment due to their skills

• They were often subjected to violence from white gangs

• They were denied access to education

What was a primary reason many Black people moved to the American West after the Civil War?

• To escape the devastation of the North

• To find a place where skill and ability were valued over skin color

• To join the Confederate army

• To establish new slave states

What was a common profession for African Americans working alongside white settlers in the American West?

• Factory workers

• Farmers

• Railroad tycoons

• Politicians

What significant archaeological discovery did George McJunkin make in New Mexico?

• Ancient cave paintings depicting early human life.

• A lost city of an advanced ancient civilization.

• A spear point embedded in a 10,000-year-old buffalo fossil.

• Evidence of a previously unknown dinosaur species.

What was a key aspect of Booker T. Washington's policy for Black advancement?

• Demanding immediate social and political equality.

• Advocating for social moderation and technical education.

• Promoting advancement primarily through the sciences and letters.

• Organizing protests and civil disobedience campaigns.

How did Booker T. Washington describe the Reconstruction policy in his autobiography, "Up From Slavery"?

• A successful period that brought true equality to all.

• A policy built on a false foundation, artificial and forced.

• A necessary step, though imperfect, towards racial harmony.

• A time when Black political power was fully realized.

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What was Ida B. Wells-Barnett's main objective in publicizing lynching?

• To encourage Black people to move to the North.

• To force the government to address and prosecute lynchers.

• To become a well-known newspaper owner.

• To expose the barbarity of white supremacists.