Deck 15: African Americans Challenge White Supremacy

Question 1

How did black church services compare to white church services in the South?

A) They were actually very similar because blacks had been members of white churches before forming their own churches.
B) Black members were verbally involved in the sermon and music to a greater degree.
C) Black churches were often more serious and quiet.
D) Black churches included more participation from children, while whites generally excluded them.

Answer 1

Black members were verbally involved in the sermon and music to a greater degree.

Question 2

Why did Holiness churches appeal to some blacks?

A) Holiness churches were less formal and ritualistic than other black churches.
B) Holiness churches generally rewarded their members with a limited source of income.
C) Music, including ragtime, blues, and jazz, were banned from their services.
D) Holiness churches preached the democracy of heaven and equality of all in the eyes of God.

Answer 2

Holiness churches were less formal and ritualistic than other black churches.

Question 3

What difficulty did black children face in trying to get an education in the late nineteenth century?

A) In rural areas, schools were open year round for black pupils.
B) Children were often required to assist parents with agricultural work.
C) Black high schools existed everywhere in the South, and education was not limited to primary levels only.
D) The South gave funding to black schools, but since they wanted black children to be taught to be submissive, black communities refused the money.

Answer 3

Children were often required to assist parents with agricultural work.

Question 4

What was the "Brownsville affair"?

A) an incident where black troops were accused of raping two white women
B) a shooting match in a Texas border town, for which blacks were blamed
C) an effort by white troops to murder an entire black battalion.
D) an incident where black troops were prosecuted for stealing cattle.

Question 5

After the Civil War,where did most black men in the army spend their time?

A) in the South, fighting the Ku Klux Klan
B) in the West, fighting Native Americans
C) stationed in Europe
D) in the North at training stations, performing menial tasks

Question 6

What was the result of the "Brownsville affair"?

A) President Roosevelt dismissed three companies of black soldiers.
B) Black troops were given medals for their valor and heroism.
C) The black man responsible for the rape was quickly lynched.
D) The entire town of Brownsville was burned to the ground by angry blacks.

Question 7

What black college did Booker T.Washington found in 1872?

A) Hampton Institute
B) Tuskegee Institute in Alabama
C) University of Alabama
D) Washington State University

Question 8

How was Booker T.Washington's message received by whites?

A) Whites arrested Washington often for his messages to blacks about social equality.
B) Whites embraced his nonthreatening acceptance of white superiority.
C) Whites generally ignored Washington.
D) Whites elected Washington political office for his message to blacks.

Question 9

What aspects of the photograph of Booker T.Washington reveal his ideology and educational values?

A) The photograph is in black and white.
B) He is black and male
C) He sits on a chair and stares away from the viewer.
D) He is well-dressed and holds two books.

Question 10

Who were the "talented tenth"?

A) They were the most wealthy and influential group of whites; Washington felt all blacks should try to aspire to be like them.
B) They were the top ten percent of black society; leaders like Du Bois felt that this group should lead blacks to greater social and political equality.
C) They were the best group of working class students each year from Tuskegee; Washington generally rewarded them with land of their own to begin their own farms.
D) They were the top ten percent of young female black students who were rewarded by Du Bois with jobs in the North.

Question 11

Where did the term "buffalo soldiers" originate?

A) Blacks would use their free time to herd buffalo.
B) Native Americans admired blacks' fighting abilities and thought their hair similar to that of the buffalo.
C) Blacks would frequently desert and run away during combat, a trait the Indians thought was like the buffalo.
D) Whites thought that blacks were so lazy and cowardly that they were going to be slaughtered like the buffalo.

Question 12

What skills were stressed for blacks and Native Americans at the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute?

A) critical, analytical thinking in traditional liberal arts areas
B) legal training to become future lawyers
C) learning hard work in a trade, Christian morality, and middle-class values
D) how to live life in African colonies for eventual migration

Question 13

What is social Darwinism?

A) the idea that man evolved from monkeys
B) a theory that applied Darwin's theory of "survival of the fittest" to human society
C) the idea that blacks, not whites, evolved from monkeys
D) the theory that all human males were less social animals than human females, and were therefore superior

Question 14

Which of the following is true about black ministers?

A) They often presented thoughtful, deliberate sermons in a calm manner.
B) They were very rarely female.
C) They usually had at least a high-school education.
D) They were generally not very influential in their communities.

Question 15

Which church was the only significant one in early twentieth century America that was truly interracial?

A) the Baptist Church
B) the Pentecostal Church
C) the Methodist Church
D) the African Episcopalian Methodist Church

Question 16

Which Protestant denomination had the most black members in the South in 1890?

A) African Episcopalian Methodist
B) Methodist
C) Baptist
D) Nation of Islam

Question 17

What issues did some blacks and whites use to criticize the Spanish-American War?

A) It was merely a way for Americans to kill off black Americans.
B) The war would worsen America's relations with western Native American tribes.
C) Some saw it merely as an attempt to extend subjugation of darker races abroad.
D) Some feared that the war would drag on far too long.

Question 18

What was a belief of Booker T.Washington about opportunities for blacks?

A) Washington believed blacks should learn cleanliness and better manners.
B) Washington believed that blacks should educate themselves for professional work.
C) Washington believed that blacks should learn skills and do manual labor.
D) Washington believed that blacks should work for the right to vote while they worked for economic success.

Question 19

What did many people think was an appropriate education for black students?

A) vocational training
B) liberal arts education
C) professional training to be a doctor or lawyer
D) professional training in the sciences.

Question 20

How does the Voices document by Thomas Miller reflect the ideology of the Tuskegee model of education?

A) It mentions that only women will comprise the Tuskegee student body.
B) It mentions that the higher intellectual subjects will be taught at Tuskegee.
C) It mentions that only elite and wealthy blacks should receive education.
D) It mentions that the work of Tuskegee is along the industrial line.

Question 21

Why were many black troops assigned to Arizona,New Mexico,and Texas?

A) Those states had significant uprisings of black citizens at the time.
B) Those states had the lowest population numbers, and many whites thought the states would be a good place for blacks.
C) They were needed to fight the frequent forest fires that broke out.
D) Whites thought that blacks could tolerate the heat better.

Question 22

What were "minstrel shows"?

A) puppet shows created by black puppeteers
B) black artists who would exhibit their paintings in public areas
C) groups of white and black actors who performed mime and circus-related acts for free in the southern states
D) traveling groups of white actors and musicians, some portraying blacks in stereotypical, racist caricatures

Question 23

Because the American Bar Association would not include them,what legal organization did blacks form?

A) the Negro Lawyers Protection Association
B) the Black Bar
C) the National Bar Association
D) the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Question 24

How were black nurses exploited during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century?

A) Generally, whites did not allow black women to become nurses.
B) Black physicians would often hire them out to individuals but refuse to allow them to keep their pay.
C) Black nurses were never paid for their services.
D) Black nurses were allowed to work only on the front lines during wartime, and only under the most dangerous conditions.

Question 25

Which of the following is true about blacks in business in the late nineteenth century?

A) Some blacks had the opportunity to rise within white-owned corporations.
B) In order to succeed in business, blacks generally had to cater to other blacks.
C) Many blacks were able to succeed with whites by being totally subservient.
D) Blacks actually had no businesses of their own during the late nineteenth century.

Question 26

How is the film advertisement for "The Bull-Dogger" Bill Picket symbolic of black life in the West?

A) Pickett portrays a slave.
B) Pickett portrays a lawman.
C) Pickett portrays a cowboy.
D) Pickett portrays a slave owner.

Question 27

Why did most strikes fail during the late nineteenth century?

A) Government and the police helped businessmen instead of the workers.
B) Unions were very new and had no real organization.
C) Unions had many black members but very few white members until the twentieth century.
D) Government forbade all unions until 1934.

Question 28

What did the American Federation of Labor think about black involvement in unions?

A) It had a very open membership and allowed any worker into its ranks.
B) It refused entry to blacks or women.
C) It allowed black men into the union, but not black women.
D) It allowed only rural agricultural workers.

Question 29

Why did five of the seven existing black medical schools close down around 1910?

A) They could not attract students.
B) Whites began eliminating black medical schools.
C) White mobs attacked and burned them down.
D) White politicians decided to restrict funding to blacks in the medical profession.

Question 30

At the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition __________.

A) African-American colleges displayed exhibits with academic work.
B) African nations were portrayed as more advanced than typically thought.
C) African Americans were allowed into the fair only on certain days.
D) The fair was welcomed and promoted by all African Americans.

Question 31

Why was the Spanish-American War fought?

A) America wanted to liberate Cuba from Spanish control.
B) America wanted to capture the Philippines.
C) America wanted portions of Canada, occupied at that time by the Spanish.
D) America was attempting to gain control of portions of Spanish Africa.

Question 32

How is the Voices document about black soldiers fighting in Cuba reflective of the black military experience in general at that time?

A) Black men received half the pay of white troops.
B) Black men were allowed to be officers in integrated units.
C) Black military exploits were ignored.
D) Black training opportunities exceeded those of whites.

Question 33

Why did many black lawyers have a hard time making a living?

A) Blacks often hired white lawyers, whom they believed would improve their chances of winning their cases.
B) Judges refused to allow blacks to practice in white courts.
C) Black lawyers were not allowed to work for money because they could not be licensed by any state in the nation.
D) Occupational taxes for black lawyers were higher than for whites.

Question 34

What were some of the differences between life for a black soldier and life for a white soldier?

A) Black soldiers faced long hours of boredom and inactivity.
B) Black soldiers deserted more frequently because of poor treatment.
C) Blacks received far worse food rations, equipment, and horses.
D) Black soldiers always went to fight on the front to safeguard whites.

Question 35

What new development occurred for blacks because of the Spanish-American War?

A) Blacks were involved in combat.
B) Black soldiers reached ranks above private.
C) A few all-black units were commanded by black men.
D) Black women served with the men.

Question 36

What did the National Colored Labor Union emphasize for its members?

A) It was in existence for only a short time because it emphasized pushing for the right to vote.
B) The NCLU organized many strikes which, although unsuccessful, succeeded in bringing attention to black issues and discrimination.
C) The only solution to the black labor problem was a move to Africa to start anew.
D) They should not go on strike and should work hard and be thrifty.

Question 37

Why is Madam C.J.Walker significant?

A) She was a wealthy aristocrat from France who financially supported black protest against segregation.
B) She was an influential author and poet.
C) She became a very wealthy businesswoman.
D) She was the first African-American woman to vote.

Question 38

How did black workers attempt to change their working conditions?

A) Some organized into unions.
B) Black workers were forced into accepting their conditions.
C) Some black workers became violent and worked to overthrow capitalism.
D) Some black workers moved to Europe to escape racism in the United States.

Question 39

Which national labor union included blacks and whites as its members?

A) Knights of Labor
B) American Federation of Labor
C) National Labor Union
D) Equality United Labor Union.

Question 40

Why did blacks serve in the Spanish-American War?

A) They were enthusiastic about fighting against whites.
B) They hoped to demonstrate their bravery and thereby eliminate racism.
C) They were forced into service through the draft.
D) Blacks were not allowed to serve in the military during the Spanish American War.

Question 41

What art form gradually replaced ragtime in popularity in the early twentieth century?

A) a more sophisticated ragtime, with drums and the banjo
B) jazz
C) soul music
D) gospel recordings

Question 42

In 1899 W.E.B.Du Bois composed his best-known tune,the "Maple Leaf Rag," which sold one million copies.

Question 43

Examine the image of heavyweight champion Jack Johnson that appears in Chapter 15.What aspect of the image indicates the integrated nature of the sport of boxing?

A) A boxing ring is shown in the image.
B) Men are depicted in the image standing inside and outside of the ring.
C) Both black and white men are shown in the image as fighters and workers.
D) A woman wearing a large hat is shown in the background of the image.

Question 44

Ferdinand J.La Menthe, regarded as the first prominent jazz musician, was born in 1890 and grew up in a French-speaking family in New Orleans.

Question 45

The ideology of _________ __________ led most Protestant white Americans to believe that people could be ranked from superior to inferior based on their race,nationality,and ethnicity.

Question 46

By 1920 two forms of American music were developing-jazz and the blues.Both drew on African, American, and European musical elements and styles.

Question 47

In 1892 George Dixon, a black boxer, won the world featherweight title.

Question 48

Booker T.Washington was _________ Institute's most famous and prized student.

Question 49

What is the distinctive characteristic of ragtime music?

A) It has very complex rhythms, emphasized by drums and clapping.
B) It is actually an African type of music, imported to America during slavery.
C) It is instrumental only, performed on the piano; lyrics are not used.
D) Ragtime performers never use written music or lyrics of any kind.

Question 50

The results of Jim Jeffries's marriage to a white woman led to his prosecution under the Mann Act by the federal government.

Question 51

Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute was founded in 1868 in
Virginia and was dominated for decades by Samuel Chapman Armstrong,
a white missionary with paternalistic inclinations.

Question 52

Which of the following is true about college athletics in the late nineteenth century?

A) Blacks were generally allowed to play sports at northern schools.
B) Black institutions occasionally played white institutions in athletic events.
C) Black teams never encountered abuse from white opposing teams and fans.
D) Black colleges lacked the funding to play sports.

Question 53

Who was the first prominent jazz musician?

A) Jelly Roll Morton
B) Louis Armstrong
C) Miles Davis
D) Scott Joplin

Question 54

Willie Simms,a white jockey,won the Kentucky Derby in 1894,1895,1896,and 1898.

Question 55

Which is a difference between jazz and ragtime?

A) Jazz is meticulously planned music and never improvised.
B) Jazz uses many different instruments.
C) Jazz originated in New York.
D) Jazz originated among white musicians, but black artists quickly took it over.

Question 56

Blacks reacted to being banned from baseball by quitting baseball entirely as a professional sport until baseball became integrated after World War II.

Question 57

The connection of African Americans to early basketball included leagues organized and games played at the YMCA and between all-black colleges.

Question 58

Through the end of the nineteenth century,many white people were offended by the fact that black and whites regularly contested one another in what sport?

A) baseball
B) football
C) basketball
D) boxing

Question 59

How did white authorities harass heavyweight champion Jack Johnson?

A) They had him arrested for violating the Mann Act when he married a white woman.
B) White police in New York shot at him frequently when he was out in public.
C) Johnson had to pay much higher entry fees than white boxers.
D) They took away his title when he knocked out a white man.

Question 60

The black church is an example of self-help efforts of blacks to create all-black institutions for spiritual solace and community uplift.

Question 61

What role did race play in the lives of the "buffalo soldiers" in the West? How were they treated by Indians and whites?

Question 62

The relationship of ________ _________ with the local white community often included hostility,racial discrimination,and physical abuse.

Question 63

How did the Brownsville Affair exemplify black experiences in the military at the time? How did race play a factor in the outcome of the incident?

Question 64

How did the Chicago World's Columbian Exposition reflect both racism and better attitudes toward race in the late 1800s? How did blacks react to this fair?

Question 65

How was science bolstering theories of racism at the end of the nineteenth century?

Question 66

The concept of the "_________ _________" was coined by the Comanche and Cheyenne in the 1870s.

Question 67

In 1893 the navy and American businessmen toppled the monarchy in __________.

Question 68

The concept of _________ education lay at the core of the Tuskegee school experiment in education for African American youth.

Question 69

The white manager A.C."Cap" __________ began the push to eliminate black men from major league baseball in the late 1800s.

Question 70

How are labor unions and strikes connected to African-American workers and racism during the early twentieth century?

Question 71

The long-term results of _________ schools in the South included lower educational achievement by African American youth.

Question 72

The musician W.C.__________ is regarded as the "father of the blues."

Question 73

How were churches a method of black self-help efforts in the struggle against white supremacy?

Question 74

What roles did blacks play in the Spanish-American War? How were these experiences different from the challenges and opportunities for blacks in other wars?

Question 75

How did life in the navy compare to life in the army for African Americans?

Question 76

The __________ insurrection is an example of guerilla resistance by colonized people to the U.S.government and its expansion into Asia in the twentieth century.

Question 77

What were W.E.B.Du Bois's ideas about education for blacks compared to Booker T.Washington's ideas? Why did they disagree so often about strategy and tactics?

Question 78

Why were some people critical of Booker T.Washington's ideas and leadership?