African Americans c.1890-1920

Question 1

When was Booker T Washington around?

Answer 1

1856-1915

Question 2

Name a Black hero was a former slave

Answer 2

Former slave

Question 3

What did Booker T washington favour with whites

Answer 3

Accomodation

Question 4

What institution did Washington set up

Answer 4

Tuskegee Institution, Alabama

Question 5

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

Answer 5

education

Question 6

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

Answer 6

The Atlanta Compromise speech

Question 7

Give two things that critics said about Washington

Answer 7

• he accepted the system of white supremacy
• he made little or no attempt to challenge the second class social position of AA

Question 8

Who focused on working within the system instead of changing the system

Answer 8

Booker T Washington

Question 9

What did Washington underestimate

Answer 9

The importance of the vote

Question 10

Which president did Washington successfully gain the attention of

Answer 10

Theodore Roosevelt

Question 11

When was WE du Bois alive

Answer 11

1868-1963

Question 12

Name the five occupations of du Bois

Answer 12

Sociologist
Historian
Author
Editor
Activist

Question 13

When was du bois really important

Answer 13

in the first half of the 20th century

Question 14

What did du bois share in the creation of

Answer 14

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Question 15

When did du Bois create the NAACP

Answer 15

1909

Question 16

What magazine did du Bois edit from 1910-1934

Answer 16

The Crisis- NAACP magazine

Question 17

What movement did du Bois help to found in 1905

Answer 17

Niagara Movement

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Active resistance

Question 19

What did du bois urge for through unceasing agitation

Answer 19

legal and political processes

Question 20

When was Ida B Wells alive

Answer 20

1862-1931

Question 21

Name the three careers of Wells

Answer 21

activist, civil rights activist, journalist

Question 22

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

Answer 22

led an anti lynching crusade

Question 23

Was Wells born a slave during the civil war

Answer 23

Yes

Question 24

What did Wells force a national debate on

Answer 24

lynching

Question 25

What did Wells rouse international condemnation on

Answer 25

American mob violence

Question 26

Who were Wells most important allies

Answer 26

black women

Question 27

What did Wells help found in 1896

Answer 27

The National Association of Coloured Women (NACW)

Question 28

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

Answer 28

18000 members and 30 local clubs

Question 29

What was the brand of protest Wells pioneered

Answer 29

unequivocal and outspojken

Question 30

What did Wells help co counf in 1909

Answer 30

NAACP

Question 31

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

Answer 31

3320

Question 32

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

Answer 32

723

Question 33

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

Answer 33

The Birth of the Nation

Question 34

Who was the director of Birth of a Nation

Answer 34

DW Griffith

Question 35

What film was America's first feature length motion picture film

Answer 35

The Birth of a Nation

Question 36

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

Answer 36

Because of its explicit racism

Question 37

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

Answer 37

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

Question 38

What did Birth of a Nation cause in society

Answer 38

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

Question 39

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

Answer 39

In the White House in Washington by Wilson

Question 40

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

Answer 40

In Birth of a Nation

Question 41

What happens in the film's climax

Answer 41

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

Question 42

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

Answer 42

1870s

Question 43

Who refounded the KKK in Georgia in dec 1915

Answer 43

William J Simmons

Question 44

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

Answer 44

Anti catholic, anti semitic, and anti immigrant

Question 45

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

Answer 45

throughout the north

Question 46

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

Answer 46

1924

Question 47

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

Answer 47

three million

Question 48

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

Answer 48

The birth of a nation

Question 49

Name two places in NY that are named after immigrants

Answer 49

Little Italy China Town

Question 50

Name political advantages of mass immigration

Answer 50

Growth of trade unionism, tammany hall, democratic party

Question 51

Name a religious advantage of mass immigration

Answer 51

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

Question 52

Name a political disadvantage of mass immigration

Answer 52

Xenophobia (laws, groups)

Question 53

Name a social disadvantage of mass immigration

Answer 53

Romantic image of American Dream not for many

Question 54

Name a social disadvantage of mass immigration

Answer 54

Overcrowding

Question 55

Name an economic/political disadvantage of mass immigration

Answer 55

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

Question 56

Name a political disadvantage of mass immigration on USA

Answer 56

growth of corruption esp. at municipal politics