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How did some former masters react to the emancipation of their slaves ?
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Some were tremendously hurt and surprised when their slaves chose to run away or leave after freedom
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How did former slaves react to freedom ?
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What was the first concern of many African Americans once they achieved freedom?
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Reuniting with lost family members
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How did the newly freed slaves go about finding lost family members?
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Advertisements in Black news papers
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Why did many African Americans ace such an important on having land ?
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Because the 19th century Americans of virtually every background associated economic security by owning land
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Which of the following is not true of special field order #15?
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Relative to the freed population slaves , it affected a very large number of people.
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What was the main purpose of the freedman's bureau ?
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To help assist the newly freed slaves in their transitions.
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What was the limitation of the freedman's bureau?
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Who became president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated ?
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Andrew Johnson
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Why did the newly freed slaves organize their own church?
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Which of the following statements is true about the importance of education to blacks after reconstruction?
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They saw education and freedom as closely linked , and often went to great lengths to form and attend them .
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Which of the following was a black college established after the Civil War?
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Morehouse.
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Why was there so much violence in the south after reconstruction?
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White southerners were frustrated by their loss during the civil war , and resented blacks acquiring freedom and status.
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Which black man was selected from South Carolina to participate in the 1864 Republican National Convention?
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Robert Smalls
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how was Lincoln changing his opinion of blacks shortly before he was assassinated ?
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He suggested that perhaps some blacks who were educated or veterans should be able to vote.
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How did Andrew Johnson's becoming president affect blacks ?
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Johnson felt that blacks should not vote or have a role in government , and were vastly inferior to whites .
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What types of arguments did blacks use at conventions to try to persuade whites to give them more rights ?
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What was the first opportunity for many black men to participate in politics in the south?
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Constitutional conventions during recpnstruction
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Which former confederate state had the most blacks holding office during reconstruction?
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South Carolina
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What was the highest state office to which a black man was elected in the south during reconstruction?
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lieutenant Governor
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Which was a problem faced by republicans in establishing schools during reconstruction?
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Some blacks legislators tried to regulate wages for blacks. what effect did this have?
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Very little, since most republicans did not believe that the state had the right to regulate wages or prices
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What was the purpose of "stay Laws"?
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What industry or business was a main source of interest in the south during reconstruction?
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The railroads
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How did class and social status divide blacks during reconstruction?
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Leaders who had been slaves were often worried about land and labor issues , and leaders who had been free were often worried about civil rights issues.
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Where was the klan most powerful in the south?
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Where blacks were a large minority of population
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Why did the freedman's savings bank fail?
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The white leaders of the bank invested unsoundly , and lost everything in the panic o 1873
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What is true about the end of reconstruction?
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All of these answers are true
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Which three states were still un redeemed in 1876?
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Florida , South Carolina an Louisiana
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To what party did most blacks remain loyal in the post Re-Construction South?
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Republican
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How did Democrats limit black political power in the south, even if blacks were voting ?
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They creatively drew congressional districts so that the fewest possible blacks could be elected .
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What is true about farmers in the south during the later nineteenth century?
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More than half were tenants , renting land rather than owning it.
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What view did the white farmers alliance have of black voting?
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They didn't think that blacks should vote , but ironically encouraged them to vote for certain candidates.
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What is significant about the year 1892?
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What new twist did Louisiana add in 1898 to make sure whites voted, but blacks did not ?
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A Grandfather Clause
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Before "Jim Crow" Laws came into effect across the south,
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Whites had already began to set up some restrictions on black access to public facilities
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Where did the term " Jim Crow" come from?
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A white minstrel show, popular at time , which ridiculed black people
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What do the actions of Homer plessy tell us about black people and segregation?
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Some blacks were willing to test the laws by using arrested and trying cases in court .
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What is true about the number of lynching in the south over the period 1889-1932?
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About two to three people were lynched every week
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What were the actual reasons for many lynching ?
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Many Blacks who competed with white economically were lynched .
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Where were black migrants of the late nineteenth century least likely to go ?
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The north
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Why did some people promote migration?
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What was true about most rural black families in the south after reconstruction ?
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They generally stayed in the south , under desperate conditions of poverty .
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Peonage was generally the equivalent of enslavement
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True
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Fredrick Douglass was the last black man from the south to serve in congress before Andrew young in 1972.
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False
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Habeas Corpus is the right to be brought before a judge and to not be arrested or jailed without a cause.
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True
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The KKK was founded in Atlanta Georgia.
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True
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The opposition wanted to remove all the blacks to Africa
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True
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Alcorn A and M College was the first historically black state university, founded in 1872.
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True
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Charlotte E. Ray became the first African American woman to earn a law degree.
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True
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What was social Darwinism?
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A theory applied Darwin's theory of "survival of the fittest" to human society ; white english and Germans were biologically superior to blacks.
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What was the "white mans burden" ?
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The duty of superior , more civilized white countries to educate and bring culture to backward , inferior races .
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What difficulty did black children face in trying to get an education in the late nineteenth century?
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What did many people think was an appropriate education for black students ?
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Vocational training , in skill or trade
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What skills were stressed for blacks and native Americans at the Hampton normal and agriculture institute?
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Learning hard work in a trade , Christian morality , and middle class values .
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Who was the Hampton institute's most famous and prized student ?
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Booker T. Washington
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What black college did Booker T. Washington found it 1872?
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Tuckered Institute in Alabama
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Why were some people critical of Washington's approach with the Tuskegee?
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Which Protestant denomination had the most black members in the south in 1890?
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Baptist
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Which of the following is true about black ministers?
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They were very rarely female
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Why were many black troops assigned to Arizona , New Mexico , and Texas?
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Whites thought that blacks could tolerate the heat better
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Where did the term "Buffalo Soldiers" come from?
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Native Americans admired Blacks fighting abilities , and thought their hair was similar to the buffalo.
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What was the result of the Brownsville Affair?
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Without trial or hearing , and with scant evidence , president Teddy Roosevelt quickly dismissed three companies of black men, blaming them for violence .
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A few blacks became millionaires with their own businesses. What was the more common form of labor for blacks in the late nineteenth century?
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How did the typical progressive reformer feel about racism ?
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Most of them were racist themselves . They showed little interest in altering white supremacy.
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What event cause uproar in the south , as a breach of racial etiquette by the president himself?
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Roosevelt invited Washington to dinner
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How did dubious differ from Washington in his approach to improving the condition of black men?
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What methods did the NAACP use to try to gain black civil and political rights ?
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They worked within the court and legislative system, chipping away at discrimination, racism, and the Plessy v. ferguson decision
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What was the goal of the urban league?
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To help blacks as they moves into the cities , with housing, discrimination issues , and medical care .
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In what were most early black woman's clubs interested when they formed during the 1870's and 1880's ?
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Generally , culturally, religious , and social matters
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What was true about the black upper-class in the early twentieth century?
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What political party did blacks generally support in the early twentieth century?
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Republican
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How did most African Americans feel about entering World War 1?.
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Most supported it, many served in the armed forces as a way to demonstrate their patriotism and loyalty
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How did the French troops feel about black soldiers?
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They praised their ability and courage , and asked for more black troops .
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World war 1 was supported to be a war " to make the world safe for democracy." With all this language , how did Americans apply these ideals to the treatment of blacks ?
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They didn't. Americans continued to hold on racism and reacted violently against blacks.
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What is true about black migration between 1910-1940?
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About 1.75 blacks left the south, doubling the population of blacks outside the region
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What area became known as the "Negro Capital of the World?"
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Harlem, New York City
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What did the film "Birth of a Nation, depict?
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An incredibly racist view of blacks as either ignorant or rapists , along with glorification of the ku klux klan
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What lead to the decline of the Klan?
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On klan leader was convicted of raping a young white woman , when the klan was supposedly committed to protecting white women from danger .
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What benefits did Marcus Garvey and his ideas bring to many black people?
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His ideas brought a opportunity to celebrate their culture , history, and heritage in a world that generally saw them as inferior or meaningless.
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For what proposal is Garvey best remembered ?
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Establishing the black star line , a group of steamships that were supposed to help blacks get to Africa.
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What was true about occupation of black people after world war 1 and the great migration?
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Most black people were still employed on agricultural work or domestic service
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Why was the Pullman company an early area for black labor organizing ?
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By the 1920's it was the largest employer of black people in America
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What was the Harlem Renaissance ?
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An outpouring of literacy and artistic work from blacks during the 1920's
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Why did the Harlem Renaissance end ?
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The Great Depression devastated book sales across the country.
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Which of the following was not a primary cause of the Great Depression?
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The stock market crash
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What case ended the all-white primary strategy altogether
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Smith v allwright
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Who was the black people's all within the Roosevelt administration?
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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By 1912, there were 16 black land-granted colleges
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False
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Virtually all students at the black land grant schools had to take courses in trades, agriculture, and domestic sciences .
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True
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During the late 1890's , many black ministers had little or no education .
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True
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Black clergymen refuses to challenge white supremacy
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True
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Black clergy men, like their white counterparts , often stressed middle class values to the congregation.
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True
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Emancipation was a traumatic experience for many former masters.
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True
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For slave , Robert Fores, recalled that his master assembled the slaves inform them that they were free.
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True
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Information regarding missing ken-folk was published in the colored Tennessean on August 5. 1865
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True
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The organization of the communist party quickly rushed to the aid of the young black men accused inThe Scottsboro Case
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True
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The freedman's bureau was created by the congress to assist freedmen and women making their transition to freedom in 1865
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True
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One liberated , black men and women organized their own churches and ministers
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True
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In 1866, the freedmen's bureau set aside one million dollars for education
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True
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His refrigeration invention change our eating habits and helped the trucking industry with hauling frozen foods long distances.
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Frederick M . Jones
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His inventions of the gas mask and the traffic signals are considered very important life savings
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Garret Morgan
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He drew the plans for Alexander Graham Bell's first telephone and also invented a filament for the lightbulb with Thomas Edison.
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Louis latimer
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In the science / astronomy industry she was skilled in mapping and trucking space missions
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Katherine Johnson
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As an engineer he built bridges, power plants and major structures
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Archie Alexander
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He invented a clean air machine for the environment and health
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Rufus stokes
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She discovered and provided computer codes for energy technology
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Annie easley
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He received his Ph. D at 19 years old of age . During his era he was a leader in Nuclear and space research
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J. Earnest Wilkins Jr..
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He was considered a man on the move with advanced trolleys and safer trains
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Granville woods
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As a physicist, he was known for developing physics research to developing gifted students
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Ernest Coleman