1. All were effects of racism experienced by African Americans at the turn of the twentieth century except:
(Points: 1)
a) poverty as a result of sharecropping.
b) segregation enforced by Jim Crow laws.
c) forced relocation to northern cities.
d) violence and death from lynching.
2. Which is not a method southern state legislatures used to make it difficult for southern blacks to vote?
(Points: 1)
a) They attempted to overturn the 15th Amendment.
b) They imposed literacy and citizenship tests.
c) They enacted poll taxes.
d) They threatened blacks with violence.
3. Who publicly argued that blacks should accept their inferior social position, yet secretly worked to advance their civil rights?
(Points: 1)
a) W.E.B. Du Bois
b) Booker T. Washington
c) John Marshall Harlan
d) Marcus Garvey
4. Who would most likely have said: "We must have equal rights, but let those of us who are educated and know the ways of politics lead the way?"
(Points: 1)
a) W.E.B. Du Bois
b) Booker T. Washington
c) John Marshall Harlan
d) Marcus Garvey
5. Who founded the Tuskegee Institute, gave lectures around the country, and established the National Negro Business League?
(Points: 1)
a) W.E.B. Du Bois
b) Booker T. Washington
c) John Marshall Harlan
d) Marcus Garvey
6. Which statement about women at the turn of the twentieth century is false?
(Points: 1)
a) They couldn't vote.
b) Once married, they had no property rights.
c) They received lower pay and few opportunities than men in the workforce.
d) They were barred from volunteering in social work.
7. Which quote best explains the discrimination women faced at the turn of the twentieth century?
(Points: 1)
a) "The Bible tells us that women have no need to be involved in the world of politics and business."
b) "Men alone of the sexes have the intelligence to work outside the home."
c) "Women are best suited for domestic service, and not the rough world of work and politics."
d) "Women are wonderful caregivers to their children and husbands."
8. Who was the first woman elected to Congress?
(Points: 1)
a) Jane Addams
b) Alice Paul
c) Jeanette Rankin
D) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
9. The 19th Amendment became the law of the land
(Points: 1)
when President Woodrow Wilson signed it into law.
after 36 states had ratified it.
once Congress had passed the measure.
when the Republican and Democratic parties endorsed it.
10. In which region of the country did the women's suffrage movement achieve its earliest victories?
(Points: 1)
the South
the East
the West
the North
11. Who founded the National Woman's Party and called for a constitutional amendment to give women the right to vote?
(Points: 1)
Susan B. Anthony
Jeanette Rankin
Lucy Stone
Alice Paul
12. Who led the National American Woman Suffrage Association (created when the NWSA and AWSA merged) and made great progress by developing a highly flexible, state-by-state strategy?
(Points: 1)
Alice Paul
Julia Ward Howe
Carrie Chapman Catt
Jeanette Rankin
(Points: 1)
a) poverty as a result of sharecropping.
b) segregation enforced by Jim Crow laws.
c) forced relocation to northern cities.
d) violence and death from lynching.
2. Which is not a method southern state legislatures used to make it difficult for southern blacks to vote?
(Points: 1)
a) They attempted to overturn the 15th Amendment.
b) They imposed literacy and citizenship tests.
c) They enacted poll taxes.
d) They threatened blacks with violence.
3. Who publicly argued that blacks should accept their inferior social position, yet secretly worked to advance their civil rights?
(Points: 1)
a) W.E.B. Du Bois
b) Booker T. Washington
c) John Marshall Harlan
d) Marcus Garvey
4. Who would most likely have said: "We must have equal rights, but let those of us who are educated and know the ways of politics lead the way?"
(Points: 1)
a) W.E.B. Du Bois
b) Booker T. Washington
c) John Marshall Harlan
d) Marcus Garvey
5. Who founded the Tuskegee Institute, gave lectures around the country, and established the National Negro Business League?
(Points: 1)
a) W.E.B. Du Bois
b) Booker T. Washington
c) John Marshall Harlan
d) Marcus Garvey
6. Which statement about women at the turn of the twentieth century is false?
(Points: 1)
a) They couldn't vote.
b) Once married, they had no property rights.
c) They received lower pay and few opportunities than men in the workforce.
d) They were barred from volunteering in social work.
7. Which quote best explains the discrimination women faced at the turn of the twentieth century?
(Points: 1)
a) "The Bible tells us that women have no need to be involved in the world of politics and business."
b) "Men alone of the sexes have the intelligence to work outside the home."
c) "Women are best suited for domestic service, and not the rough world of work and politics."
d) "Women are wonderful caregivers to their children and husbands."
8. Who was the first woman elected to Congress?
(Points: 1)
a) Jane Addams
b) Alice Paul
c) Jeanette Rankin
D) Elizabeth Cady Stanton
9. The 19th Amendment became the law of the land
(Points: 1)
when President Woodrow Wilson signed it into law.
after 36 states had ratified it.
once Congress had passed the measure.
when the Republican and Democratic parties endorsed it.
10. In which region of the country did the women's suffrage movement achieve its earliest victories?
(Points: 1)
the South
the East
the West
the North
11. Who founded the National Woman's Party and called for a constitutional amendment to give women the right to vote?
(Points: 1)
Susan B. Anthony
Jeanette Rankin
Lucy Stone
Alice Paul
12. Who led the National American Woman Suffrage Association (created when the NWSA and AWSA merged) and made great progress by developing a highly flexible, state-by-state strategy?
(Points: 1)
Alice Paul
Julia Ward Howe
Carrie Chapman Catt
Jeanette Rankin