Question 1

Which of the following was not true about blacks in baseball?

Accepted Answer

A)  Black leagues were often very disorganized, and would come and go quickly. 
B)  Blacks often made very little money. 
C)  Blacks had to move around a lot to play games. 
D)  Generally, at this time, blacks far preferred basketball to baseball. 
A)  Black leagues were often very disorganized, and would come and go quickly. 
B)  Blacks often made very little money. 
C)  Blacks had to move around a lot to play games. 
D)  Generally, at this time, blacks far preferred basketball to baseball.

Question 2

What is true about academic studies and academic views of race in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Many scholars and writers were beginning to denounce the ideas of racism and white supremacy. 
B)  Prominent scholars published numerous books warning about the threat to America from immigrants, and the dangers of "diluting" the white race. 
C)  Many academic reports were beginning to accept that blacks and whites were equal. 
D)  Academic studies tended to avoid controversy during the 1920s, especially the issues of race. 
A)  Many scholars and writers were beginning to denounce the ideas of racism and white supremacy. 
B)  Prominent scholars published numerous books warning about the threat to America from immigrants, and the dangers of "diluting" the white race. 
C)  Many academic reports were beginning to accept that blacks and whites were equal. 
D)  Academic studies tended to avoid controversy during the 1920s, especially the issues of race.

Question 3

What did Du Bois and Garvey, as well as other black leaders, have in common?

Accepted Answer

A)  very little-they differed on just about every issue during the time 
B)  they all accepted segregation in America 
C)  a great interest in Africa, and trying to improve or eliminate colonial rule there 
D)  they all thought that working through the court system was the best way to win rights for blacks 
A)  very little-they differed on just about every issue during the time 
B)  they all accepted segregation in America 
C)  a great interest in Africa, and trying to improve or eliminate colonial rule there 
D)  they all thought that working through the court system was the best way to win rights for blacks

Question 4

Who was Andrew "Rube" Foster?

Accepted Answer

A)  a black pitcher during the 1910s 
B)  the man behind the formation of the Negro National League 
C)  founder of the Chicago American Giants 
D)  all of these answers are correct 
A)  a black pitcher during the 1910s 
B)  the man behind the formation of the Negro National League 
C)  founder of the Chicago American Giants 
D)  all of these answers are correct

Question 5

What did authors like Jessie Fauset and W. E. B. Du Bois think the purpose of black literature should be?

Accepted Answer

A)  to promote a positive image of blacks, and help resolve racial conflicts 
B)  to be very political, and stay away from fiction or imagined situations 
C)  that art should portray ordinary, even poor black people, with their good and bad sides 
D)  that art should be an expression of black nationalism, like Garvey was expressing 
A)  to promote a positive image of blacks, and help resolve racial conflicts 
B)  to be very political, and stay away from fiction or imagined situations 
C)  that art should portray ordinary, even poor black people, with their good and bad sides 
D)  that art should be an expression of black nationalism, like Garvey was expressing

Which of the following was not true about blacks in baseball?

What is true about academic studies and academic views of race in the 1920s?

What did Du Bois and Garvey, as well as other black leaders, have in common?

Who was Andrew "Rube" Foster?

What did authors like Jessie Fauset and W. E. B. Du Bois think the purpose of black literature should be?

Africa

Middle Passage

Black People in Colonial North America

Rising Expectations: African Americans and the Struggle for Independence

African Americans in the New Nation, 1783-1820

Life in the Cotton Kingdom

Free Black People in Antebellum America

Opposition to Slavery

Let Your Motto Be Resistance

And Black People Were at the Heart of It

Liberation: African Americans and the Civil War

The Meaning of Freedom: the Promise of Reconstruction

The Meaning of Freedom: the Failure of Reconstruction, 1868-1877

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

Black Southerners Challenge White Supremacy

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

Black Protests, the Great Depression, and the New Deal

Meanings of Freedom: Culture and Society in the 1930s and 1940s

The World War Ii Era and the Seeds of a Revolution, 1936-1948

The Freedom Movement

Black Nationalism, Black Power, Black Arts, 1965-1976

African Americans at the Millennium

The Triumph of Black Politics: 1980 to the Present

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Exam 17: African Americans and the 1920s

Which of the following was not true about blacks in baseball?

What is true about academic studies and academic views of race in the 1920s?

What did Du Bois and Garvey, as well as other black leaders, have in common?

Who was Andrew "Rube" Foster?

What did authors like Jessie Fauset and W. E. B. Du Bois think the purpose of black literature should be?

Africa

Middle Passage

Black People in Colonial North America

Rising Expectations: African Americans and the Struggle for Independence

African Americans in the New Nation, 1783-1820

Life in the Cotton Kingdom

Free Black People in Antebellum America

Opposition to Slavery

Let Your Motto Be Resistance

And Black People Were at the Heart of It

Liberation: African Americans and the Civil War

The Meaning of Freedom: the Promise of Reconstruction

The Meaning of Freedom: the Failure of Reconstruction, 1868-1877

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

Black Southerners Challenge White Supremacy

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

Black Protests, the Great Depression, and the New Deal

Meanings of Freedom: Culture and Society in the 1930s and 1940s

The World War Ii Era and the Seeds of a Revolution, 1936-1948

The Freedom Movement

Black Nationalism, Black Power, Black Arts, 1965-1976

African Americans at the Millennium

The Triumph of Black Politics: 1980 to the Present

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