This was the classic statement on race relations by Booker T. Washington, made in a speech at the Atlanta Exposition (1895). He asserted that vocational education, which gave blacks a chance for economic security, was more valuable than social equality or political office.
What will be an ideal response?
Atlanta Compromise
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A) Thomas Johnson B) Eugene V. Debs C) Robert M. La Follette D) John Dewey E) William James
Edib's major goal during World War I was
a. Turkish nationalism. b. eliminating the threat of expansionist Russia. c. to regain territory lost to Austria. d. the defeat of the British forces in the Middle East. e. the defeat of the German armies in the Middle East.
What did the Joint Committee on Reconstruction find?
A) Blacks were grossly inferior to whites and should have remained as slaves. B) Southern states were carrying out reconstruction goals to the best of their ability despite federal policies. C) Blacks were being treated very poorly; southern whites were largely defiant. D) Blacks needed education to be able to gain political rights for themselves.
Eldridge Cleaver contrasted his views and approach to black militancy with author __________
A) Eldridge Cleaver B) Huey Newton C) James Baldwin D) Stokely Carmichael