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
Plessy v. Ferguson was overturned in 1954 when the Supreme Court decided that
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
When he became president, Woodrow Wilson was concerned that banks
How did the 1840 World’s Anti-Slavery Convention affect the women’s suffrage movement?
Two of Theodore Roosevelt’s major successes in protecting consumers were
Read the quotation from Lincoln Steffens’s The Shame of the Cities . "My purpose was . . . to see if the shameful facts, spread out in all their shame, would not burn through our civic shamelessness and set fire to American pride." According to Steffens, what was the purpose of muckraking journalism?
Similar to the Progressives, Wilson supported
Which best describes W. E. B. Du Bois's opinion of Booker T. Washington’s accommodationist approach?
Which best describes how President Taft affected conservation efforts?
As a result of some former Confederate states’ refusal to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment,
Which best states how World War I affected President Wilson’s position on women’s suffrage?
Which of these women’s rights advocates fought for women’s suffrage, abolishment of slavery, and co-authored the Declaration of Sentiments declaring that women were created equal with men?
In the early 1800s, female reformers focused on the issue(s) of:
Which of these abolished involuntary servitude in the United States?
To which of these did Theodore Roosevelt compare the role of a president?
The Fourteenth Amendment affected many court cases, such as Brown v. Board of Education , in which
Read the quotation from Lincoln Steffens’s The Shame of the Cities . "My purpose was...to see if the shameful facts, spread out in all their shame, would not burn through our civic shamelessness and set fire to American pride." Which of the following best describes Steffens' purpose in writing about government?
Read the quotation by Theodore Roosevelt.. “There is filth on the floor, and it must be scraped up with the muck rake; and there are times and places where this service is the most needed of all the services that can be performed . . . The men with the muck rakes are often indispensable to the well-being of society.” According to this quotation, which best describes Roosevelt's view on journalism?
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