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Quiz for Document 21–6: W. E. B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington and Others, 1903

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. Which of the following was one of the paradoxes that Du Bois observed in Booker T. Washington’s “Atlanta Compromise”?

Washington encouraged black businesses yet dismissed the legal protection those businesses required.

Washington advocated for industrial training but also encouraged African Americans to pursue higher education.

Washington urged southern blacks to be submissive but to also fight for civil rights in the courts.

Washington urged black women to marry only black men but also praised interracial couples.

2. How did Du Bois characterize the impact of Washington’s leadership?

He blamed Washington’s leadership for the persistence of racial violence.

He declared that Washington was an ineffective leader with few followers.

He asserted that Washington’s teachings had accelerated the loss of black political rights.

He alleged that Washington was not respected by southern whites.

3. How did Du Bois think southern blacks should achieve racial equality?

Through emigration to Africa

Through steady work and patience

Through concerted pressure for political rights

Through violent confrontation