Question 1

What characteristics defined the American Negro Academy?

Accepted Answer

A)  it was a religious-based organization associated with the local Catholic Church 
B)  it was a scholarly organization that nurtured black identity and consciousness 
C)  it was an organization opposed to the ideology of W.E.B.Du Bois 
D)  it was a radical Communist organization 
A)  it was a religious-based organization associated with the local Catholic Church 
B)  it was a scholarly organization that nurtured black identity and consciousness 
C)  it was an organization opposed to the ideology of W.E.B.Du Bois 
D)  it was a radical Communist organization

Question 2

What is true about the early NAACP?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was a racially conservative organization. 
B)  White leaders dominated and financed it. 
C)  Because of Washington's opposition, it rarely took stands against the Jim Crow system. 
D)  Washington's spies established the organization in order to crush the Niagara Movement. 
A)  It was a racially conservative organization. 
B)  White leaders dominated and financed it. 
C)  Because of Washington's opposition, it rarely took stands against the Jim Crow system. 
D)  Washington's spies established the organization in order to crush the Niagara Movement.

Question 3

What is the connection between the Niagara movement and the formation of the NAACP?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Niagara movement gave birth to the NAACP. 
B)  The NAACP spawned the Niagara movement. 
C)  There was no direct link between the two organizations. 
D)  Both organizations were created by the Urban League. 
A)  The Niagara movement gave birth to the NAACP. 
B)  The NAACP spawned the Niagara movement. 
C)  There was no direct link between the two organizations. 
D)  Both organizations were created by the Urban League.

Question 4

When World War I erupted in Europe in August 1914, most Americans were eager to participate.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

In the early twentieth century,no one was more committed to improving the lives of young black women than Jane Edna __________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of In the early twentieth century,no one was...

Question 6

After Booker T.Washington outlined his philosophy at the opening ceremonies of the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta in 1895,the black editor of the New York Age told Washington that he had replaced Frederick Douglass (who had died in 1895)as an African-American leader.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Examine the 1921 photograph of the Greenwood neighborhood in Tulsa,Oklahoma,that appears in Chapter 16.What tells historians that it depicts a race riot?

Accepted Answer

A)  Houses and telephone poles are shown in the foreground. 
B)  A road lies at the center of the image. 
C)  A fire and a cloud of smoke appear in the background. 
D)  Cars are shown in the image. 
A)  Houses and telephone poles are shown in the foreground. 
B)  A road lies at the center of the image. 
C)  A fire and a cloud of smoke appear in the background. 
D)  Cars are shown in the image.

Question 8

What methods did the NAACP use to try to gain black civil and political rights?

Accepted Answer

A)  They worked within the court and legislative system. 
B)  They attempted to use violence against white supremacists. 
C)  They would hold huge rallies, with jazz and blues music to attract followers. 
D)  They worked actively to discredit Washington and to limit funding to Tuskegee. 
A)  They worked within the court and legislative system. 
B)  They attempted to use violence against white supremacists. 
C)  They would hold huge rallies, with jazz and blues music to attract followers. 
D)  They worked actively to discredit Washington and to limit funding to Tuskegee.

Question 9

Booker T.Washington founded the National Negro Business League in 1900 and served as its president until he died in 1915.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

How did Booker T.Washington react to the new Niagara Movement?

Accepted Answer

A)  He attended meetings of and openly supported the group. 
B)  He paid newspaper editors to criticize Du Bois. 
C)  He secretly paid money to support the group. 
D)  Although he did not support the group, he did little to harm it. 
A)  He attended meetings of and openly supported the group. 
B)  He paid newspaper editors to criticize Du Bois. 
C)  He secretly paid money to support the group. 
D)  Although he did not support the group, he did little to harm it.

Question 11

What was the goal of the Urban League?

Accepted Answer

A)  to help urban blacks with housing, discrimination, and medical care 
B)  to prevent urban southern blacks from moving into northern cities 
C)  to assist blacks moving from the city to the country with agricultural skills 
D)  to lobby for political gains for blacks in the northern states 
A)  to help urban blacks with housing, discrimination, and medical care 
B)  to prevent urban southern blacks from moving into northern cities 
C)  to assist blacks moving from the city to the country with agricultural skills 
D)  to lobby for political gains for blacks in the northern states

Question 12

The effect of the efforts by Ida Wells _________ in the aftermath of the Elaine,Arkansas,race riot of 1919 was to generate widespread publicity about the tragic event.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The effect of the efforts by Ida...

Question 13

What were Du Bois's views of the postwar impact of World War I on black people?

Accepted Answer

A)  He thought that blacks demonstrated their valor, intelligence, and bravery during the war and that the war was a great success for blacks. 
B)  He was demoralized and thought that he should not have supported the war wholeheartedly. 
C)  He was glad that black soldiers were integrated with white troops during World War I. 
D)  He thought that blacks should have deserted the army and gone to Africa during the war. 
A)  He thought that blacks demonstrated their valor, intelligence, and bravery during the war and that the war was a great success for blacks. 
B)  He was demoralized and thought that he should not have supported the war wholeheartedly. 
C)  He was glad that black soldiers were integrated with white troops during World War I. 
D)  He thought that blacks should have deserted the army and gone to Africa during the war.

Question 14

How did Woodrow Wilson act toward black people when he became president?

Accepted Answer

A)  Wilson was a firm believer that blacks and whites should be equal. 
B)  Wilson held southern views about race and segregated federal offices to avoid friction between the races. 
C)  Although Wilson did not personally like blacks, he did appoint substantial numbers of blacks to high offices in his administration. 
D)  Wilson did everything he could to restrict black voting rights and other political opportunities. 
A)  Wilson was a firm believer that blacks and whites should be equal. 
B)  Wilson held southern views about race and segregated federal offices to avoid friction between the races. 
C)  Although Wilson did not personally like blacks, he did appoint substantial numbers of blacks to high offices in his administration. 
D)  Wilson did everything he could to restrict black voting rights and other political opportunities.

Question 15

In 1914 war almost broke out between the United States and __________ when U.S.Marines landed at Vera Cruz after an attack on American sailors

Accepted Answer

The answer of In 1914 war almost broke out between...

Question 16

Why was the Harlem Property Owners' Improvement Corporation formed?

Accepted Answer

A)  Blacks were attempting to get improvements made to their homes and to get the city to furnish them with public services like garbage pickup. 
B)  Whites were attempting to keep blacks out of Harlem. 
C)  Blacks were attempting to gain voting rights in that area. 
D)  Blacks and whites came together to work for educational opportunities for their children. 
A)  Blacks were attempting to get improvements made to their homes and to get the city to furnish them with public services like garbage pickup. 
B)  Whites were attempting to keep blacks out of Harlem. 
C)  Blacks were attempting to gain voting rights in that area. 
D)  Blacks and whites came together to work for educational opportunities for their children.

Question 17

What did many race riots of the early twentieth century have in common?

Accepted Answer

A)  Whites feared that blacks would leave northern cities and their jobs and families behind. 
B)  Police always protected black people. 
C)  The causes of the riots often included whites charging sexual misconduct against black men. 
D)  They generally led to some sort of improvement in race relations. 
A)  Whites feared that blacks would leave northern cities and their jobs and families behind. 
B)  Police always protected black people. 
C)  The causes of the riots often included whites charging sexual misconduct against black men. 
D)  They generally led to some sort of improvement in race relations.

Question 18

The impact of World War I on the African-American community included a reduction in the collective demand for racial equality at home.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

What area became known as the "Negro Capital of the World"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Chicago, Illinois 
B)  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
C)  Charleston, South Carolina 
D)  Harlem, New York City, New York 
A)  Chicago, Illinois 
B)  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
C)  Charleston, South Carolina 
D)  Harlem, New York City, New York

Question 20

The Niagara Movement leaders stated,"We repudiate the monstrous doctrine that the oppressor should be the sole authority as to the rights of the oppressed." What does this statement mean?

Accepted Answer

A)  Movement leaders thought that blacks should have an active role in determining what they wanted. 
B)  Movement leaders thought violence was the only solution to blacks' problems. 
C)  Movement leaders thought whites had no role in American politics. 
D)  Movement leaders thought that blacks should become the oppressors of whites to solve the problem of American racism. 
A)  Movement leaders thought that blacks should have an active role in determining what they wanted. 
B)  Movement leaders thought violence was the only solution to blacks' problems. 
C)  Movement leaders thought whites had no role in American politics. 
D)  Movement leaders thought that blacks should become the oppressors of whites to solve the problem of American racism.

Exam 16: Conciliation, Agitation, and Migration: African Americans in the Early Twentieth Century

What characteristics defined the American Negro Academy?

What is true about the early NAACP?

What is the connection between the Niagara movement and the formation of the NAACP?

When World War I erupted in Europe in August 1914, most Americans were eager to participate.

In the early twentieth century,no one was more committed to improving the lives of young black women than Jane Edna __________.

After Booker T.Washington outlined his philosophy at the opening ceremonies of the Cotton States Exposition in Atlanta in 1895,the black editor of the New York Age told Washington that he had replaced Frederick Douglass (who had died in 1895)as an African-American leader.

Examine the 1921 photograph of the Greenwood neighborhood in Tulsa,Oklahoma,that appears in Chapter 16.What tells historians that it depicts a race riot?

What methods did the NAACP use to try to gain black civil and political rights?

Booker T.Washington founded the National Negro Business League in 1900 and served as its president until he died in 1915.

How did Booker T.Washington react to the new Niagara Movement?

What was the goal of the Urban League?

The effect of the efforts by Ida Wells _________ in the aftermath of the Elaine,Arkansas,race riot of 1919 was to generate widespread publicity about the tragic event.

What were Du Bois's views of the postwar impact of World War I on black people?

How did Woodrow Wilson act toward black people when he became president?

In 1914 war almost broke out between the United States and __________ when U.S.Marines landed at Vera Cruz after an attack on American sailors

Why was the Harlem Property Owners' Improvement Corporation formed?

What did many race riots of the early twentieth century have in common?

The impact of World War I on the African-American community included a reduction in the collective demand for racial equality at home.

What area became known as the "Negro Capital of the World"?

The Niagara Movement leaders stated,"We repudiate the monstrous doctrine that the oppressor should be the sole authority as to the rights of the oppressed." What does this statement mean?

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African Americans in the New Nation

Life in the Cotton Kingdom

Free Black People in Antebellum America

Opposition to Slavery

Let Your Motto Be Resistance

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Liberation: African Americans and the Civil War

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White Supremacy Triumphant: African Americans in the South in the Late Nineteenth Century

African Americans Challenge White Supremacy

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