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What organization's motto, which succinctly describes the self-help era, was "Lifting as We Climb"? |
| | A) | the Jubilee Singers of Fisk University |
| | B) | the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs |
| | C) | the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. |
| | D) | the Afro-American League |
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In 1865, black literacy rates were at 5 percent. What was the black literacy rate in 1910? |
| | A) | 30 |
| | B) | 40 |
| | C) | 50 |
| | D) | 70 |
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What issue arose in black schools of higher education in the North during the self-help era that, surprisingly, was not such a divisive issue in southern black institutions? |
| | A) | the role of whites in the schools' administrations |
| | B) | the educational level of black professors |
| | C) | the role of specific religious denominations in the curricula |
| | D) | the determination of black administrators to refuse money from white-run organizations |
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What event led to an increase, in general, in white philanthropy to assist black education in the South? |
| | A) | the Plessy decision |
| | B) | Booker T. Washington's national prominence as the most vocal advocate of industrial and agricultural education, teacher training, and racial accommodation |
| | C) | the very public debate between Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois over the proper path to racial equality |
| | D) | the national discussion about the role of the "Talented Tenth" |
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Which state's superintendent of education publicly stated in 1899 that "our public school system is designed primarily for the welfare of the white children of the state, and incidentally for the negro children"? |
| | A) | Georgia |
| | B) | South Carolina |
| | C) | Mississippi |
| | D) | Florida |
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What was the only racially integrated college in a southern state in 1900? |
| | A) | Howard University |
| | B) | Fisk University |
| | C) | Berea College |
| | D) | Tuskegee Institute |
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Who coined the term "Talented Tenth"? |
| | A) | Booker T. Washington |
| | B) | Henry Morehouse |
| | C) | W. E. B. Du Bois |
| | D) | Ida B. Wells |
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Who famously stated that "In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the five fingers, yet one as the hand in all things essential to mutual progress"? |
| | A) | W. E. B. Du Bois |
| | B) | Ida B. Wells |
| | C) | T. Thomas Fortune |
| | D) | Booker T. Washington |
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Who stated that "We have been patient so long that many believe that we are incapable of resenting insult, outrage and wrong…"? |
| | A) | W. E. B. Du Bois |
| | B) | Ida B. Wells |
| | C) | T. Thomas Fortune |
| | D) | Booker T. Washington |
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Who wrote the pamphlet Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases as part of an ongoing antilynching crusade? |
| | A) | W. E. B. Du Bois |
| | B) | Ida B. Wells |
| | C) | T. Thomas Fortune |
| | D) | Booker T. Washington |
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Who co-edited the Boston Guardian, was the first black member of Phi Beta Kappa, and disrupted Booker T. Washington's 1903 speech to the National Negro Business League? |
| | A) | W. E. B. Du Bois |
| | B) | William Monroe Trotter |
| | C) | John Hope |
| | D) | George Forbes |
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Who graduated from both Fisk University and Harvard, earned a doctorate in history, studied under Max Weber in Germany, and wrote Souls of Black Folk, among other accomplishments? |
| | A) | W. E. B. Du Bois |
| | B) | William Monroe Trotter |
| | C) | John Hope |
| | D) | George Forbes |
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The text describes "Washington's revenge." What was this? |
| | A) | the actions of Booker T. Washington and his supporters to undermine those who did not support him |
| | B) | the huge amounts of money white philanthropists gave to organizations Booker T. Washington endorsed |
| | C) | the nickname of the magazine Voice of the Negro, edited by Booker T. Washington's supporter, J. Max Barber |
| | D) | the founding of Tuskegee Institute |
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Which of the following was NOT part of the Niagara Movement's platform, written at its inaugural meeting in 1905? |
| | A) | women's suffrage |
| | B) | respect for the working person |
| | C) | a demand for freedom of speech and criticism |
| | D) | recognition of the basic principles of human fellowship |
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At what significant location was the second meeting of the Niagara Movement held in 1906, a meeting which saw the movement make great strides? |
| | A) | Gettysburg |
| | B) | Harpers Ferry |
| | C) | Boston |
| | D) | Philadelphia |
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After 1908, the Niagara Movement became absorbed by what organization? |
| | A) | the Talented Tenth |
| | B) | the Congress on Racial Equality |
| | C) | the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. |
| | D) | the Afro-American League |
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Which of the following did NOT contribute to the exodus of black farmers, which began as early as 1879? |
| | A) | racial violence |
| | B) | agricultural depressions |
| | C) | cruel treatment by landlords and merchants |
| | D) | the growing revival of the "back to Africa" movement |
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The phrase "the real McCoy" refers to black inventor Elijah McCoy who patented fifty different inventions, all of which primarily related to |
| | A) | tobacco production. |
| | B) | the shoe industry. |
| | C) | automatic lubricators for machines. |
| | D) | automatic air brakes. |
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Who wrote The Negro in Business, published in 1907? |
| | A) | W. E. B. Du Bois |
| | B) | Ida B. Wells |
| | C) | T. Thomas Fortune |
| | D) | Booker T. Washington |
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What black woman founded an empire on beauty products for black women, eventually gaining the respect even of the most skeptical of male members of the black business league? |
| | A) | Madame C. J. Walker |
| | B) | Ida B. Wells |
| | C) | Annie Turbo Malone |
| | D) | Fannie Barrier Williams |
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Where was the first bank administered solely by blacks founded in 1888? |
| | A) | Atlanta |
| | B) | Richmond |
| | C) | Washington, D.C. |
| | D) | Kansas City |
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What institutions did Fannie Barrier Williams refer to as "multi-service institutions" in the black community? |
| | A) | schools |
| | B) | churches |
| | C) | banks, especially savings and loans |
| | D) | women's and men's clubs |
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What does the text identify as one of the precipitating factors in the separation between black and white Baptists in the early twentieth century? |
| | A) | white refusal to ordain black ministers |
| | B) | the exclusion of educated black Baptist contributors to a northern white Baptist publication |
| | C) | the black Baptist practice of allowing women to speak from the pulpit |
| | D) | the white Baptist practice of segregating baptisms |
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Which of the following best describes the prevailing opinion of black women (in the courts, in their household employment, in scientific studies, and in the popular media) in the era of self-help? |
| | A) | They were viewed as slightly lesser versions of white women. |
| | B) | Opinions about black women and their role in society depended upon the same standards by which white women were judged: class and educational level. |
| | C) | They were seen as the absolute opposite of white women, who were viewed as delicate and chaste. |
| | D) | There was no consensus opinion; black women were basically ignored in these areas. |
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Who was the first president of the National Association of Colored Women? |
| | A) | Mary Church Terrell |
| | B) | Margaret Mary Washington |
| | C) | Ida B. Wells |
| | D) | Maria Louise Baldwin |
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What was the forerunner of historian Carter G. Woodson's "Negro History Week," which began in the 1920s? |
| | A) | the actions of black clubwomen in Alabama, including essay contests and the celebration of Frederick Douglass's birthday |
| | B) | the celebration that accompanied John Hope's appointment as president of Morehouse College |
| | C) | the celebration of the founding of the NAACP |
| | D) | the anniversary celebration of the first Niagara Movement meeting |
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Why were women excluded from the American Negro Academy at its founding? |
| | A) | The founders argued that the inclusion of women would make the organization social rather than learned. |
| | B) | The founders never considered including women. |
| | C) | The founders felt that including women would make the organization less acceptable to similar white organizations. |
| | D) | It was a religious organization and black church tradition, of most denominations, excluded women. |
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What term described W. E. B. Du Bois's emphasis on the need for "race organizations" such as black newspapers, colleges, etc.? |
| | A) | the Talented Tenth |
| | B) | black nationalism |
| | C) | Pan-Negroism |
| | D) | racial self-help |
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Which of the following correctly matches the literary work with its author? |
| | A) | Up from Slavery, W. E. B. Du Bois |
| | B) | Harriet, the Moses of Her People, Sarah Bradford |
| | C) | Story of the Negro, George Washington Williams |
| | D) | The Suppression of the African Slave Trade, 1628-1870, Booker T. Washington |
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What black boxer defeated Jim Jeffries, who was called the "Hope of the White Race"? |
| | A) | Tom Molineaux |
| | B) | George Dixon |
| | C) | Jack Johnson |
| | D) | Joe Gans |
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