History Answers

Which of the following events most directly inspired some activists to set up the organization now known as the NAACP?

A. segregation in the army during World War I
B. the grandfather clause in Alabama and other disenfranchisement methods
C. segregation in the federal government under President Woodrow Wilson
D. a race riot in Springfield, Illinois, in the summer of 1908

Based on what you know about Booker T. Washington, which statement about the Hampton Institute, where he earned a degree, seems the most likely?

A. Its studies were based on the classical languages of Latin and Greek.
B. Its teachers stressed the importance and nobility of hard work.
C. Its founders believed education was a way to overthrow the U.S. government.
D. All answers are correct.

Which sentence about elite African Americans in the period from 1890 to 1920 is correct?

A. They formed professional organizations, such as the National Negro Business League.
B. They formed elite social clubs, such as the Diamond Back Club.
C. They were called the Talented Tenth by W.E.B. Du Bois.
D. All answers are correct.

Which statement about muckraking journalism is correct?

A. It was a feature of the Progressive Movement.
B. It investigated corruption, scandals, and corporate crime.
C. Ida B. Wells's investigation of lynching is a good example.
D. All answers are correct.

How was the experience of African American soldiers in World War I more positive than in earlier wars?

A. They were more likely to serve under African American officers.
B. They served in integrated units for the first time.
C. They served in full-time combat units for the first time.
D. No answer is correct.

Which of the following was a major motivation for African Americans during the First Great Migration to the North?

A. World War I created labor shortages in factories.
B. Booker T. Washington encouraged African Americans to emigrate to the North.
C. African Americans feared falling victim to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
D. African Americans wanted to experience the positive effect of the Plessy v. Ferguson decision.

African American newspapers did all of the following except _____.

A. lead the public campaign to found the Tuskegee Institute
B. investigate lynching and other injustices
C. encourage African Americans to migrate to the North
D. tell the stories of successful migrants who moved to the North

Why did the African American newspaper The Chicago Defender write the following words?

"I beg you, my brother, to leave the benighted land. You are a free man. Show the world that you will not let false leaders lead you. Your neck has been in the yoke....Leave for all quarters of the globe. Get out of the South."

A. to encourage enlistment in the army to fight in World War I
B. to encourage enrollment in the Tuskegee Institute
C. to encourage African Americans in the South to move to the North
D. to encourage African Americans to join the NAACP

Did you know that about 50 per cent of the children going to primary school in 1850s drop out of school by the time they are 13 or 14? Can you think of the various possible reasons for this fact?

witch colonial region was divided into counties and had few cities?