Question 1

Which statement best summarizes the beliefs of Booker T. Washington?

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The most immediate means for African Americans to achieve equality was to expand their opportunities for vocational education.

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The best solution for African Americans was to return to Africa.

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The way to dissolve the barriers of segregation and bring about an end to Jim Crow laws was by active, violent resistance.

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Social equality for African Americans would be easier to achieve than legal rights.

Question 2

Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois shared the belief that African Americans should

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pursue education as the key to improving social status

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strive for immediate social equality with whites

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use force to bring an immediate end to segregation in public facilities

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recognize that the growth of labor unions was the major barrier to economic advancement

Question 3

Which statement about the philosophies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois is most accurate?

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They differed as to the best way that African Americans could effectively achieve equality.

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Both demanded programs that would provide for immediate social equality.

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Both believed that vocational training would provide the most important kind of education for African Americans.

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Neither wanted the Federal Government to play a major role in protecting the civil rights of African Americans.

Question 4

In which area did the views of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois differ most?

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the speed with which full equality of the races should be achieved

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the need to integrate the armed forces

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the need to stop violence against African Americans

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the idea of including white Americans in their political action organizations

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