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- Which best describes a similarity between W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington?A. both believed in the accommodationist approach to racial segregationB. both engaged in activism to end racial segregationC. both supported full racial equalityD. both were founders of the NAACP
- Which of the following rights were denied to African Americans as a result of Jim Crow laws?A. the right to an educationB. the right to voteC. the right to travel on trainsD. the right to challenge laws
- W. E. B. Du Bois believed inA. taking a patient approach to civil rights.B. actively working to achieve civil rights for all.C. actively working for separate but equal rights.D. supporting the abolitionist spirit movement.
- Jim Crow laws were designed toA. prevent African Americans from gaining equality.B. support the Plessy v. Ferguson decision.C. uphold the Fourteenth Amendment.D. help Africans Americans gain equality.
- What effect did Plessy v. Ferguson have on Jim Crow laws?A. It weakened the laws in southern states.B. It weakened the laws in northern states.C. It strengthened the laws throughout the United States.D. It invalidated the laws throughout the United States.
- In upholding Louisiana's Separate Car Act, the Supreme Court claimed thatA. segregation was not the same as discrimination.B. the Fourteenth Amendment did not apply to Southern states.C. discrimination was necessary in order to maintain public order.D. segregation was unconstitutional based on the Fourteenth Amendment.
- the fiteenth amendment affected the womens suffrage movement by
- What did Union forces decide to attack in their effort to demoralize the South after 1863?
- How did the North's population differ from the South's population?
- What impact did the civil war have on the souths african american population?
- Before the Emancipation Proclamation, enslaved African Americans who were captured by Union forces were often treated as
- Why was the Civil War's first large battle, the first battle of Bull Run, so shocking?
- In the late 1840s, what led to the question of whether slavery should expand to the territories?
- What is one advantage that helped the north to achieve victory in the Civil War
- Whowas the free soil party's candidate for president?
- In the election of 1848, the major parties were forced to take a stand on slavery because
- Which of these were nullified by the Kansas - Nebraska act?
- California became the ________ state to join the Union.
- What happened to those towns whose miners could no longer find gold? Some became ___________ ____________-empty, deserted towns where no one lived.
- The most famous missionaries to Oregon were _____. ____________ _______________ and his wife _______________.