Early Civil Rights Movements - Quiz Quiz

Question 1

Which leader helped to form the Niagara movement?

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C: W. E. B. Du Bois

Question 2

Which best describes a major problem faced by the Niagara Movement?

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A: lack of organizational structure

Question 3

Which of these was a major goal of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People when it was formed in 1909?

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C: to end segregation

Question 4

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded as a direct response to

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B: the Springfield race riots.

Question 5

Read the quotation by W. E. B. Du Bois. “We refuse to allow the impression to remain that the Negro-American assents to inferiority, is submissive under oppression and apologetic before insults.” In this quotation, Du Bois disagrees with Booker T. Washington’s accommodationist approach because Du Bois believes that

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D: temporarily accepting discrimination will not lead to equality.

Question 6

W. E. B. Du Bois was a sociologist and activist who

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A: supported the “back to Africa” movement.; B: fought for the political and social rights of African Americans.

Question 7

Which best describes one reason that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was formed?

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B: to stop violence against African Americans; C: to start a “back to Africa” movement

Question 8

In the early 1900s, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People strongly urged the federal government to

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D: punish lynch mobs.

Question 9

While Booker T. Washington believed in an accommodationist approach to racial equality, W. E. B. Du Bois believed in

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A: actively working to achieve civil rights for all.

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