Which statement about the philosophies of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois is most accurate?
They differed as to the best way that African Americans could effectively achieve equality.
Both demanded programs that would provide for immediate social equality.
Both believed that vocational training would provide the most important kind of education for African Americans.
Neither wanted the Federal Government to play a major role in protecting the civil rights of African Americans.
The Jim Crow laws of the post-Civil War Era were attempts by_________________.
The Federal Government to improve the status of African Americans and Native American Indians
State and local governments to restrict the freedoms of African Americans
States to ban organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan
The Radical Republicans in Congress to carry out Reconstruction plans
The 14th amendment provides that no "state [shall] deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." A direct result of this amendment was that.
The process of amending the Constitution became slower and more complex
The guarantees in the Bill of Rights were applied to state actions
Every citizen gained an absolute right to freedom of speech and assembly
The power of the Federal Government was sharply reduced
After the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, African Americans continued to experience political and economic oppression mainly because.
The amendments were not intended to solve their problems
Many African Americans distrusted the Federal Government
Southern legislatures enacted Jim Crow laws
Poor communications kept people from learning about their legal rights
A major reason the Radical Republicans opposed President Abraham Lincoln’s Reconstruction plan was that his plan.
Demanded payments from the South that would have damaged its economy
Postponed the readmission of Southern States into the Union for many years
Granted too many rights to formerly enslaved persons
Offered amnesty to nearly all Confederates who would swear allegiance to the United States
W.E.B. Du Bois believed that African Americans should attempt to gain equality in the United States by
Setting up a separate nation within the United States
Entering vocational training programs in separate schools
Demanding full and immediate participation in American society
Taking over the leadership of the two major political parties
"Although important strides were made, Reconstruction failed to provide lasting guarantees of the civil rights of the freedmen.” Which evidence best supports this statement.
passage of Jim Crow laws in the latter part of the 19th century
Ratification of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
Refusal of Southern States to allow sharecropping
passage of the Civil Rights Acts of 1866
