Comprehension Check

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Comprehension Check

• Number a piece of notebook paper 1-10

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Wrap-Up Questions

• 1.) Which two individuals were born into slavery?
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• 2.) Which two individuals were presidents and
  founding members of black colleges?
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• 3.) Which two individuals were founding members
  of the NAACP?
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ______
• 4.) Which two individuals believed that if blacks
  were to have jobs and make as much money as
  whites and have a similar standard of living
  (have economic equality with whites), that whites
  would come around and give them equal political
  and social rights eventually?
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ______
• 5.) Which two individuals believed that blacks
  needed to take action and demand equal political
  and social rights from whites?
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ______
• 6.) Which individual made the a famous speech at
  the 1895 International Cotton States Exposition
  called the Atlanta Compromise?
• __________________________________________________
  __________________________________________________
  ______
• 7.) What did the person from the answer above
  mean when he said, In all things that are purely
  social, we can be as separate as the fingers, yet
  one as the hand in all things essential to mutual
  progress?________________________________________
  __________
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• 8.) A.) Which individual originally thought that
  the Talented Tenth would help blacks get equal
  rights? ________________________
• B.) Describe what the Talented Tenth was in one
  sentence. ________________________________________
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  __________________________________________________
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• 9.) Why do you think Booker T. Washington might
  have had more white fans (who liked what he had
  to say) than W.E.B. Dubois?
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  __________________________________________________
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• 10.) Who do you think was right about blacks
  getting equal rights Booker T. Washington or
  W.E.B. Dubois? Explain.

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WRAP UP QUESTIONS 1.) Which two individuals were
born into slavery? Washington
and Herndon 2.) Which two individuals were
presidents and founding members of black
colleges? Washington and Hope 3.) Which two
individuals were founding members of the
NAACP? Dubois and Hope 4.) Which two individuals
believed that if blacks were to have jobs and
make as much money as whites and have a similar
standard of living (have economic equality with
whites), that whites would come around and give
them equal political and social rights
eventually? Washington and Herndon 5.) Which two
individuals believed that blacks needed to take
action and demand equal political and social
rights from whites? Dubois and Hope
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6.) Which individual made the a famous speech at
the 1895 International Cotton States Exposition
called the Atlanta Compromise? Booker T.
Washington 7.) What did the person from the
answer above mean when he said, In all things
that are purely social, we can be as separate as
the fingers, yet one as the hand in all things
essential to mutual progress? Its okay for
blacks and whites to not gather together socially
(Jim Crow), but they must choose to work together
on the things that will benefit them both
economically. (You dont have to love one
another, but youve got to work together) 8.) A.)
Which individual originally thought that the
Talented Tenth would help blacks get equal
rights? WEB Dubois B.) Describe what the
Talented Tenth was in one sentence. Dubois plans
for 10 of African-Americans to become college
educated and to be leaders in the black
community 9.) Why do you think Booker T.
Washington might have had more white fans (who
liked what he had to say) than W.E.B.
Dubois? Washington advocated change over time,
Dubois wanted immediate action and change 10.)
Who do you think was right about blacks getting
equal rights Booker T. Washington or W.E.B.
Dubois? Explain.