Progressivism Black Activism

Question 1

Who is Booker T. Washington?

Answer 1

• Former slave
• Encouraged black people to focus on educating themselves
• Tuskegee Institute founder

Question 2

What was the Atlanta Compromise?

Answer 2

• Blacks had to accept segregation
• Blacks could focus on economic gain

Question 3

Who was Web DuBois?

Answer 3

• Critic of Booker T Washington
• Did not experience slavery
• Led the “Niagara Movement”
• Focusses on merit and not poor
• Supported double consciousness

Question 4

What is double consciousness?

Answer 4

• Internal conflict of African Americans looking at themselves through a prejudiced societal lens

Question 5

What is the NAACP? What was a goal?

Answer 5

• Organization for Colored people
• Goal to abolish segregation and discrimination
• Got supreme court to declare grandfather clause unconditional

Question 6

What was the silent parade?

Answer 6

• 10,000 African Americans marched after St. Louis raids