Why did many whites support Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Compromise?
A) It called for blacks to gain rights slowly through self-improvement, and not through activism.
B) It rejected the idea that blacks needed equal rights in American society.
C) It called for blacks to get a college education and to fight actively for their rights.
D) It called for the integration of schools and an end to "separate but equal."
E) It promoted the idea of professional careers for blacks.
Answer: A
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