Week 4: Civil Rights at the Turn of the Century Answers

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

Which of these ideas would supporters of the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling most likely have agreed with?

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded based largely on the beliefs of

In upholding Louisiana’s Separate Car Act, the Supreme Court claimed that

Which best describes a similarity between W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington?

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?

Booker T. Washington believed that African American accommodation to segregation should be accompanied by

In the Plessy v. Ferguson decision, Supreme Court justices claimed that the Fourteenth Amendment did not protect

Jim Crow laws were designed to

Which best describes W. E. B. Du Bois's opinion of Booker T. Washington’s accommodationist approach?