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Booker T. Washington/W.E.B. Du Bois

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
-Born into slavery on a plantation in Virginia -Believed equality could be achieved through vocational education -Organized the Tuskegee Institute for agricultural and industrial education
a)
W.E.B. Du Bois
b)
Rosa Parks
c)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
d)
Booker T. Washington
2.
Which person accepted social separation and believed racial equality could be achieved through vocational education?
a)
 Booker T. Washington
b)
Martin Luther King, Jr. 
c)
. W.E.B. Du Bois                               
d)
William Lloyd Douglas
3.
Which of the following believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans?
a)
William Lloyd Douglas
b)
W.E.B. Du Bois
c)
George Washington     
d)
Booker T. Washington
4.

Booker T Washington and WEB DuBois both agreed

a)

white people are superior

b)

the telephone is the best invention

c)

Education for African-Americans is important

d)

Equal rights for all

5.

In 1909, who helped found the NAACP?

a)

Booker T Washington

b)

Alexander Graham Bell

c)

WEB DuBois

d)

Thomas Edison

6.
"Cast down you bucket where you are" means to be satisfied where you are and work with what you have.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Washington was satisfied with living in segregation from white people.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
DuBois was born a free man. 
a)
True
b)
False
9.
In 1895, DuBois became the first African American to receive a doctoral degree from the University of
a)
None
b)
Harvard
c)
Buffalo
d)
Oxford
10.

Why did Booker T. Washington believe it was important to learn a trade?

a)

It allowed black people to own their own business.

b)

It guaranteed immediate civil rights for black people.

c)

It made black people more employable to white business owners.

d)

It offered a simple way for black people to take out government loans.

11.

Which of the following best describes W.E.B. Du Bois’s approach to civil rights?

a)

give and take between races

b)

gradual attainment of civil rights

c)

complete civil rights immediately

d)

economic equality with social segregation

12.

Which of the following best describes Booker T. Washington’s approach to civil rights?

a)

compromise and patience

b)

persistence and noncompliance

c)

education reform and voting rights

d)

non-violent protest and political action

13.

I do not exaggerate when I say that Prof. Booker T. Washington’s address yesterday was one of the most notable speeches, both as to character and the warmth of its reception, ever delivered to a Southern audience. It was an epoch-making talk, and marks distinctly a turning point in the progress of the Negro race, and its effect in bringing about a perfect understanding between the whites and blacks of the South will be immediate. The address was a revelation. It was the first time that a Negro orator had appeared on a similar occasion before a Southern audience."


-- Clark Howell, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, printed in the New York World, September 19, 189


Which sentence BEST describes the "address" by Booker T. Washington to which Howell refers?

a)

Washington said that Blacks did not need the right to vote.

b)

It was a call for Blacks to move to urban areas for employment.

c)

It was a call for moderation in the struggle for equal rights by Blacks.

d)

Washington suggested that Blacks organize an effort to return to Africa.

14.

NAACP stands for

a)

National Association for African People

b)

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

c)

National Association for Americans to Color People

d)

National Association for African-American Men

15.

WEB DuBois

a)

taught at Tuskegee Institute until his death

b)

worked in a salt mine until his death

c)

was a slave until his death

d)

continued to fight for equal rights until his death in 1963

16.
Washington believed that black people should be more concerned with working the land than voting.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
DuBois believed black people should go to college.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
The separation of people based upon race or some other characteristic is referred to as?
a)
Assimilation                        
b)
Civil Rights
c)
Segregation         
d)
Desegregation
19.

Opposed the belief that blacks should submit to white rule.

a)

Booker T Washington

b)

WEB DuBois

20.

Believed that capitalism was principle cause of racism.

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

WEB DuBois