Quiz for Document 17.3: Thomas E. Watson, The Negro Question in the South (1892)
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1. Thomas E. Watson’s essay suggests which factor prevented whites and blacks in the South from acting together?
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2. What does Thomas E. Watson argue is the main reason most blacks fled the Republican Party to join the Populists?
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3. In his argument about the need for political cooperation between the races, Watson writes, “The question of social equality does not enter into the calculation at all. That is a thing each citizen decides for himself. No statute ever yet drew the latch of the humblest home—or ever will. Each citizen regulates his own visiting list—and always will.” Which of the following messages is he trying to convey?
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