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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does DuBois say leadership for blacks will have to come from?
(a) Foreigners.
(b) The old Southern aristocracy.
(c) The blacks themselves.
(d) Northerners.

2. What state is the Black Belt in?
(a) Georgia.
(b) Tennessee.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Florida.

3. Who was the founder of the Freedmen’s Bureau?
(a) Cameron.
(b) Lincoln.
(c) Pierce.
(d) Eaton.

4. In what way does DuBois say his son was fortunate?
(a) He was better loved than anyone else in DuBois’ family.
(b) He got to experience the sweetest part of life.
(c) He never had to contend with a world that would see him as inferior.
(d) He never learned language in order to curse being born.

5. What was the result of the Revolution of 1876?
(a) The emancipation of slaves.
(b) Armed conflict.
(c) The Fourteenth Amendment.
(d) The suppression of black votes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the central problem DuBois addresses?

2. How frequently did DuBois have to convince the parents about the value of book-learning?

3. How many students did DuBois have in his first classroom?

4. What ideal does DuBois say has vanished?

5. Where does DuBois say he met Alexander Crummell for the first time?

(see the answer key)

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