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1
Which of the following statements about the southern "period of redemption" is not true?
A)The southern redemption movement began with the withdrawal of federal troops from the South.
B)Despite the bitterness of the Reconstruction era, the civil rights granted by the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments were respected during the southern redemption movement.
C)The southern redemption movement emerged as part of a political compromise that resulted in the presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes.
D)During the southern redemption movement, local white supremacy laws were passed.
2
Booker T. Washington's
A)importance as a black leader was never recognized on a national level.
B)generation was characterized by the best treatment of black public education by state and local officials since the end of slavery.
C)disciples refused to enter into the field of education, thereby freezing any possible expansion or improvement of black public education.
D)viewpoints were grounded in his belief that black people would do best to obtain the kind of education that would equip them for manual labor in the southern economy.
3
The Hampton Institute, where Booker T. Washington was educated, taught its black students that
A)they were relegated to their place in society due to biological evolution.
B)their subordinate position in society was not the result of oppression but of a natural process of moral and cultural evolution.
C)they did not have a place in society due to biological evolution.
D)their subordinate position in society was the result of oppression brought about by a moral and cultural evolution.
4
Which of the following statements regarding Booker T. Washington's beliefs about political participation is true?
A)Washington urged some African-Americans to vote.
B)Washington believed that African-Americans should abstain from entering into politics.
C)Washington favored restrictions preventing people of both races who were illiterate and did not own property from voting.
D)All the answers are correct.
5
Booker T. Washington believed that
A)it was easier for African-Americans to get viable economic opportunities in the North.
B)prejudice on the account of race was an obstacle to black economic progress in the South.
C)prejudice on the account of race was an obstacle to black economic progress in the North.
D)None of the answers is correct.
6
Which of the following is a criticism of Booker T. Washington?
A)The reality of economic racism belied the racially neutral world of trade and commerce that formed the basis of his proposals for African-American advancement.
B)The Tuskegee Institute failed to train graduates in skilled trades or business leadership.
C)His support of voting restrictions encouraged the disfranchisement of masses of black voters.
D)All the answers are correct.
7
Booker T. Washington believed that material prosperity
A)was necessary for whites before they would consider political and civil equality for blacks.
B)was necessary before blacks could achieve political and civil equality.
C)would only be achieved by African-Americans through political participation.
D)would be easier for African-Americans to achieve in the North.
8
W. E. B. Du Bois believed that assimilation of African-Americans into mainstream American life was best obtained through
A)self-assertion.
B)tacit acceptance.
C)industrial education.
D)material prosperity.
9
Which of the following statements about the Alabama state constitution of 1875 is true?
A)It demolished wholesale the structures of school governance created by the Republicans during Reconstruction.
B)It outlawed racial segregation in schools.
C)The legal framework of school finance in the constitution was strictly on a per capita basis for the equal benefit of each race.
D)It gave governmental officials discretion, therefore enabling them to discriminate against African-Americans in school funding decisions.
10
Which of the following was not a component of Booker T. Washington's beliefs about how to resolve racial inequality?
A)thrift
B)organized political action
C)hard labor
D)accumulation of property





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