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Booker T. Era (Review)

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 2hrs 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Booker T Washington's Job

a)

educator

b)

Fireman

c)

Officer

d)

Pilot

2.
-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
3.
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
4.
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
5.
The separation of people based upon race or some other characteristic is referred to as?
a)
Assimilation                        
b)
Civil Rights
c)
Segregation         
d)
Desegregation
6.

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

7.

WEB DuBois

a)

founded the NAACP

b)

worked in a salt mine at age 9

c)

was born in Tennessee

d)

taught job skills to African-Americans

8.

WEB DuBois believed in

a)

African-Americans needed to be educated and involved in politics

b)

believed job skills were most important

c)

being a slave was fun

d)

having a job was not important

9.
According to Booker T. Washington, what would help African Americans gain equality?
a)
Learning skills and trades              
b)
Holding protests and strikes
c)
Attending meetings and elections
d)
Working longer and harder
10.
Which of these was a task of the Freedmen's Bureau?
a)
It set up "return to Africa" trips for former slaves.
b)
It helped transition Native Americans to city and industrial life.
c)
It created jobs for newly arrived immigrants to the United States
d)
It established schools for newly-freed slaves
11.
Which of these is the BEST example of Federal assistance to freed slaves following the Civil War?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
Wade-Davis Bill
c)
The White League
d)
Fourteenth Amendment
12.
The Freedmen's Bureau is MOST associated with which time period?
a)
Antebellum Era
b)
The Civil War
c)
Industrial Era
d)
Reconstruction
13.
· Founded in 1865; helped former slaves find homes; employment ended in 1871

These are describing which government program?
a)
Jim Crow Act
b)
Freedmen's Bureau
c)
Confiscation Act
d)
13th Amendment
14.
· Founded in 1865; helped former slaves find homes; employment ended in 1871

These are describing which government program?
a)
Jim Crow Act
b)
Freedmen's Bureau
c)
Confiscation Act
d)
13th Amendment
15.
Why did they form the KKK?
a)
To attack union army bases
b)
To take away blacks freedoms
c)
To riot in front of factories 
d)
To beat up politicians 
16.
Was the effect of the KKK on reconstruction positive or negative?
a)
negative
b)
positive
c)
Both man
d)
Neither bro
17.

A system in which landowners let poor farmers use small areas of their land, and in return the farmers gave the landowners a share of the crop...

a)

Sharecropping

b)

Segregation

c)

Border States

d)

Jim Crow's Law

18.

Which of the following is TRUE about sharecropping

a)

Sharecropping favored the freeedmen.

b)

Many freedmen were able to buy new homes through sharecropping

c)

Most sharecroppers remained in debt or in a cycle of poverty

d)

Many state governments offered loan for sharecropping farmers.

19.

What replaced slavery in the south after the Civil War?

a)

Tenant Farming

b)

Sharecropping

c)

Slavery

20.

The amount of money an entrepreneur or business earns after paying their expenses

a)

Soybeans

b)

Profit

c)

Capital

d)

Labor

21.

Which of the following motivates entrepreneurs to accept the risk of failure?

a)

The ability to earn a profit

b)

The ability to earn a degree

c)

The ability to earn materials

d)

The ability to express creativity

22.

The power of profit does what?

a)

Creates the ability to buy anything

b)

Puts you higher on the “money scale” for businesses

c)

Meet consumers demands and increases your motivation

d)

Creates skill for you and your workers.

23.
How is wealth defined?
a)
How much money you have in your Checking and Saving accounts
b)
Debts - Assets
c)
All assets, including money in the bank + retirment
d)
Assets - Debts
24.
Which is NOT a typical goal for a savings account?
a)
To create an emergency fund
b)
To pay for higher education
c)
To save for a new car
d)
To buy groceries for this week
25.
Which amendment abolished slavery in 1865?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
26.
Which amendment gave African-Americans the right to vote in 1869?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
27.
Which amendment said anyone born in United States is a citizen in 1868?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
28.
What does abolish mean?
a)
to get rid of
b)
to make shiny
29.
The Reconstruction Amendments are also called the _________________.
a)
Progressive Era Amendments
b)
Civil War Amendments
30.
Which amendment guarantees due process and equal protection?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
31.
After the Reconstruction Amendments were passed, this white supremacist terrorist group was created.
a)
The Southern Order
b)
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
32.
Dues process means fair treatment by the government.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
33.

Where was Alonzo from

a)

Walton County, Georgia

b)

Atlanta

34.
Which activist was born a slave but became the wealthiest African-America in Atlanta by 1927?
a)
Alonzo Herndon
b)
W.E.B. DuBois
c)
Booker T. Washington
d)
John Hope
35.
What was Alonzo Herndon's first business?
a)
A barber shop
b)
A restaurant
c)
A used car dealership
d)
A grocery store
36.
What did Alonzo Herndon found?
a)
Atlanta Mutual Life Insurance Co.
b)
MetLife Insurance
c)
Geico Insurance
d)
Nationwide Insurance
37.

Born a slave in Social Circle, Georgia

Owner of The Crystal Palace

Founder of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company

Became the wealthiest African-American in Georgia

a)

Alonozo Herndon

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Homer Plessy

d)

W.E.B. DuBois

38.

+ African-American refuses to move from the "white section" of a train car.

+ The U.S. Supreme Court says that it is legal to segregate as long as the facilities are, "separate, but equal".

+ Allows the South to use Jim Crow laws to segregate all aspects of society.

a)

Plessy v. Ferguson

b)

Leo Frank Case

c)

Brown v. Board of Education

39.

Which early civil rights leader believed that African-Americans should work hard and eventually they would gain equality?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

c)

Alonzo Herndon

d)

Homer Plessy

40.

Which early civil rights leader believed that African-Americans should demand immediate equality through active protests?

a)

W.E.B. DuBois

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Alonzo Herndon

d)

Homer Plessy

41.

The African-American businessman that was born a slave, but used his trade as a barber to build his wealth until he was millionaire was

a)

Alonzo Herndon

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

W.E.B. DuBois

d)

Homer Plessy

42.

What president gave the order for the Emancipation Proclamation?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

George Washington

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Confederate president Jefferson Davis

e)

Andrew Johnson

43.

The Emancipation Proclamation paved the way for what constitutional amendment that outlawed slavery in the United States?

a)

The thirteenth amendment

b)

The nineteenth amendment

c)

The fifth amendment

d)

The first amendment

e)

The twenty-first amendment

44.

What date did Lincoln issue the proclamation?

a)

July 4, 1776

b)

January 1, 1863

c)

April 7, 1860

d)

August 12, 1880

45.
Which amendment gave African-Americans the right to vote in 1869?
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
46.

How many branches of government are there?

a)

5

b)

4

c)

3

d)

2

47.

There are _________ judges in the Supreme Court.

a)

5

b)

6

c)

8

d)

9

48.

The branches of government are:

a)

Legislative Branch

b)

Presidential Branch

c)

Judicial Branch

d)

Executive Branch

49.

Select the members of the Legislative Branch from below.

a)

Vice President

b)

Congress

c)

Senate

d)

Judges

50.

The Legislative Branch is the _______________ branch of the federal government.

a)

Lawmaking

b)

Law enforcing

c)

Law ignoring

d)

Court

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