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Early Civil Rights Movements — Unit test Answers

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In order to help African Americans in the US gain economic independence, Marcus Garvey founded the

A
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute and the accommodation strategy.
B
“back to Africa” movement and Pan Africanism.
C
Niagara Movement and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
D
Black Star Line and the Negro Factories Association.
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Which leader in the early 1900s supported the idea that African Americans should temporarily accept inequality while working to gain job skills and obtain economic independence?

A
William English Walling
B
W. E. B. Du Bois
C
Marcus Garvey
D
Booker T. Washington
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Read the quotation from the Omaha Platform.“The fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes for a few, unprecedented in the history of mankind; and the possessors of those, in turn, despise the republic and endanger liberty. From the same prolific womb of governmental injustice we breed the two great classes—tramps and millionaires.” What sentence best summarizes the above quotation?

A
The “common people” often take advantage of the wealthy class.
B
The wealthy often profit from the hard work of the lower class.
C
The wealthy succeed because they are stronger than the lower class.
D
There are three economic classes: the rich, the poor, and the middle class.
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Read the quotation from Dr. Oswald P. Bronson, recalling his childhood under Jim Crow. “Even on our way to school some days, men would come by and throw oranges at us, sometimes rock perhaps. We [also] were very much aware of police brutality in that city at that time. We were conscious of the Ku Klux Klan riding around the town to keep everybody in check.” In this quotation, Dr. Bronson is describing

A
intimidation, scare tactics, and violence perpetrated by both the police and the Ku Klux Klan against African American citizens.
B
how the police protected African American citizens from intimidation, scare tactics, and violence perpetrated by the Ku Klux Klan.
C
conflicts between the police and the Ku Klux Klan that caused violence in the city in which he lived.
D
how residents protected each other from the Ku Klux Klan and the police in the city in which he lived.
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Plessy v. Ferguson was overturned in 1954 when the Supreme Court decided that

A
racial segregation was unconstitutional.
B
segregation was necessary for "public peace and good order."
C
the "separate but equal" doctrine applied to education.
D
the government could not legislate equality.

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