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Early Civil Rights Movements Answers

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African Americans are stronger as a result. African Americans are more hopeful of the future. African Americans are better off than other black people around the world. African Americans have material and intellectual advantages in the US.

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Which of the following did you include in your response?

A
African Americans are stronger as a result.
B
African Americans are more hopeful of the future.
C
African Americans are better off than other black people around the world.
D
African Americans have material and intellectual advantages in the US.
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What does Du Bois mean by the fact that every African American “ever feels his twoness”?

A
African Americans feel like both free Americans and enslaved people.
B
African Americans feel like both Americans and Africans.
C
African Americans feel as though they are being judged and measured.
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Which of the following statements from the second reading best expresses Du Bois’ hope for the future?

A
“a world that looks on in contempt and pity”
B
“to bleach his Negro soul in a flood of white Americanism”
C
“to be both a Negro and American without [facing discrimination]”
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Now, write one or two paragraphs that compare how Washington and Du Bois felt about the legacy of slavery. Use examples from the text and the lesson to support your comparisons.

Answer:

Du Bois believed activism was necessary to achieve equality. Du Bois felt that African Americans were still facing discrimination. Washington viewed the legacy of slavery as a benefit. Washington believed that equality would eventually occur. Both men believed slavery was a moral wrong.

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Which of the following phrases does Washington use to express his opinion of the institution of slavery?

A
“any spirit of bitterness”
B
“moral wrong”
C
“recognized and protected
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Who does Washington blame for the introduction of slavery in the US?

A
the white Southerners
B
the general government
C
no one
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Which of the following did you include in your paragraphs?

A
Du Bois believed activism was necessary to achieve equality.
B
Du Bois felt that African Americans were still facing discrimination.
C
Washington viewed the legacy of slavery as a benefit.
D
Washington believed that equality would eventually occur.
E
Both men believed slavery was a moral wrong.

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