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African Americans c.1890-1920 Flashcards

1
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When was Booker T Washington around?

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1856-1915

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2
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Name a Black hero was a former slave

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Former slave

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3
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What did Booker T washington favour with whites

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Accomodation

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4
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What institution did Washington set up

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Tuskegee Institution, Alabama

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5
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What did Washington also favour and believed is necessary for AA to progress

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education

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What was the name of Washington’s speech in 1895 that focussed on economics

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The Atlanta Compromise speech

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7
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Give two things that critics said about Washington

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  • he accepted the system of white supremacy
  • he made little or no attempt to challenge the second class social position of AA
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8
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Who focused on working within the system instead of changing the system

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Booker T Washington

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9
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What did Washington underestimate

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The importance of the vote

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10
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Which president did Washington successfully gain the attention of

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Theodore Roosevelt

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11
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When was WE du Bois alive

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1868-1963

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12
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Name the five occupations of du Bois

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Sociologist
Historian
Author
Editor
Activist

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13
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When was du bois really important

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in the first half of the 20th century

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14
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What did du bois share in the creation of

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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15
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When did du Bois create the NAACP

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1909

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16
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What magazine did du Bois edit from 1910-1934

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The Crisis- NAACP magazine

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17
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What movement did du Bois help to found in 1905

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Niagara Movement

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18
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What did Du bois begin to argue for by 1909 after initially supported Booker T W gradual approach

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Active resistance

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19
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What did du bois urge for through unceasing agitation

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legal and political processes

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20
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When was Ida B Wells alive

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1862-1931

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21
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Name the three careers of Wells

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activist, civil rights activist, journalist

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22
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What crusade did Wells lead in the US in the 1890s

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led an anti lynching crusade

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23
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Was Wells born a slave during the civil war

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Yes

24
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What did Wells force a national debate on

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lynching

25
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What did Wells rouse international condemnation on

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American mob violence

26
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Who were Wells most important allies

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black women

27
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What did Wells help found in 1896

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The National Association of Coloured Women (NACW)

28
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How many members did the National Association of Coloured Women have by 1900 and how many local clubs did they have

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18000 members and 30 local clubs

29
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What was the brand of protest Wells pioneered

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unequivocal and outspojken

30
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What did Wells help co counf in 1909

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NAACP

31
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How many lynchings were there between 1880-1930 of black people

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3320

32
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How many lynchings were there of white people between 1880-1930 of white people

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723

33
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What landmark film in the history of cinema premiered at Clune’s Auditorium in LA on Feb 8 1915

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The Birth of the Nation

34
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Who was the director of Birth of a Nation

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DW Griffith

35
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What film was America’s first feature length motion picture film

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The Birth of a Nation

36
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Why is The Birth of a Nation regarded as one of the most offensive films ever made

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Because of its explicit racism

37
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What does the film provide a highly subjective history of (3)

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The Civil War, Reconstruction, and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan

38
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What did Birth of a Nation cause in society

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Riots in several cities and was banned in others but was seen by millions

39
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Where suprisingly was the Birth of a Nation shown and by which president

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In the White House in Washington by Wilson

40
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In which film are AA portrayed as brutish, lazy, morally degenerate and dangerous

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In Birth of a Nation

41
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What happens in the film’s climax

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the KKK rise up to save the South from the Reconstruction and from AA

42
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In which decade was the Ku Klux Klan suppressed by the federal government

A

1870s

43
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Who refounded the KKK in Georgia in dec 1915

A

William J Simmons

44
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In addition to being anti black, what 3 other things was KKK now anti

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Anti catholic, anti semitic, and anti immigrant

45
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By the early 1920s, where else apart from the south did the KKK spread to

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throughout the north

46
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In what year was the KK at the peak of its strength

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1924

47
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What did membership in the KKK estimate to be at in 1924

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three million

48
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What helped play a part in winning wide public acceptance for an organisation that was originally founded as an anti black and anti federal terrorist group - KKK

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The birth of a nation

49
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Name two places in NY that are named after immigrants

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Little Italy
China Town

50
Q

Name political advantages of mass immigration

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Growth of trade unionism, tammany hall, democratic party

51
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Name a religious advantage of mass immigration

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enduring ethos of USA being a sanctuary of religious freedom (Jewish immigration)

52
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Name a political disadvantage of mass immigration

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Xenophobia (laws, groups)

53
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Name a social disadvantage of mass immigration

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Romantic image of American Dream not for many

54
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Name a social disadvantage of mass immigration

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Overcrowding

55
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Name an economic/political disadvantage of mass immigration

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AA still excluded from employment even though the demand for cheap labour is there

56
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Name a political disadvantage of mass immigration on USA

A

growth of corruption esp. at municipal politics

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