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Quiz for Document 22–5: Stanley B. Norvell, Letter to Victor F. Lawson, 1919

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. According to Norvell, what impact did World War I have on African Americans?

It set them far back in their efforts to advance economically.

It made them appreciate American freedoms versus European order.

It awakened them to politics and the purpose and function of democracy.

It embittered them toward each other and caused deep divisions.

2. What did Norvell blame for racial violence in Chicago?

Ingrained prejudice among both white and black residents

The influence of radical agitators

White residents’ complete ignorance of their black neighbors

The city’s inability to maintain the rule of law

3. How did Norvell respond to critics of social equality between whites and blacks?

He explained that African Americans did not desire social equality.

He reasoned that other challenges facing the United States were more threatening.

He claimed that the achievement of social equality was inevitable.

He warned that African Americans would rise up in revolution if they could not achieve social equality.