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Quiz for Document 21–5: Booker T. Washington, The Atlanta Exposition Address, 1895

Choose the best answer to each question.

Question 21.13

1. What did Washington mean when he told southern blacks to “cast down your bucket where you are”?

Blacks should leave the region in droves because the South’s economy would not improve.

Blacks should rely on foreign immigrants to improve the southern economy.

Blacks should work together with white southerners to improve the region’s economy.

Blacks wanting to open their own businesses should avoid the pitfalls and dangers of the northern economy and establish their businesses only in the South.

Question 21.14

2. How did Washington critique the southern blacks’ actions after emancipation?

He believed they had been too fearful of racial violence.

He believed they had not placed enough emphasis on political achievement.

He believed they had not attended to economic stability.

He believed they had abandoned the struggle for racial equality.

Question 21.15

3. How did Washington think southern blacks should achieve social equality?

Through political protest

Through moral appeals

Through violent confrontation

Through steady work and patience