Question

multiple choice (3 points each)

1. which statement best summarizes the beliefs of booker t. washington?

a. the best solution for african americans was to return to africa.
b. social equality for african americans would be easier to achieve than
legal rights.
c. the way to dissolve the barriers of segregation and bring about an end to
jim crow laws was by active, violent resistance.
d. the most immediate means for african americans to achieve equality was
to expand their opportunities for vocational education.

1. \although important strides were made, reconstruction failed to provide lasting

guarantees of the civil rights of the freedmen.\ which evidence best supports this
statement?
a. passage of jim crow laws in the latter part of the 1800s
b. ratification of the 13^, 14^ and 15^ amendments
c. refusal of southern states to allow sharecropping
d. passage of the civil rights act of 1866

1. \the registrar brought a big old book out there, and he gave me the sixteenth section

of the constitution of mississippi... i could copy it like it was in the book, but after i got
through copying it, he told me to give a reasonable interpretation and tell the meaning of
the section i had copied. well, i flunked out.\ source: a history of the united states
since 1861. the main intent of the literacy test described in the passage was to
a. encourage reform of the political system.
b. encourage mississippi residents to learn about their states legal system.
c. prevent african americans from exercising their right to vote.
d. enforce the provisions of the united states constitution.

1. the 14^ amendment provides that no \state shall deprive any person of life.

Explanation:

1. Booker T. Washington believed in vocational education for African - Americans as a means to achieve equality. He was more focused on economic self - sufficiency rather than immediate social equality demands.
2. Jim Crow laws were a form of institutionalized racism that restricted the civil rights of African - Americans after Reconstruction, showing that Reconstruction did not provide lasting civil rights guarantees.
3. Literacy tests were often used in a discriminatory way, especially in the South, to prevent African - Americans (who had been historically denied educational opportunities) from voting.

Answer:

1. d. The most immediate means for African Americans to achieve equality was to expand their opportunities for vocational education.
2. a. passage of Jim Crow laws in the latter part of the 1800s
3. c. prevent African Americans from exercising their right to vote