History 1530 - History of African Americans Since 1877 » Summer 2021 » Chapter 14 Review Quiz

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Question #1
W. E. B. Du Bois and the NAACP took the position on the World War I that black Americans should __________.
A.   launch a widespread campaign of civil disobedience at home to bring about civil rights
B.   boycott the military until it agreed to integrated units and black officers
C.   “close ranks” and support a patriotic effort in the hopes that it would earn them respect and legal equality at home
D.   unite with people of color around the world to destroy international imperialism
Question #2
The Great Migration was heavily influenced by __________.
A.   the opening of previously undeveloped farmland in the Ohio Valley
B.   widespread calls by black leaders for a large-scale abandonment of the South
C.   expulsion decrees from southern states
D.   poor economic conditions in the South combined with job opportunities in the North
Question #3
Between World War I and 1930, an estimated __________ black people departed the South.
A.   250,000
B.   4,000,000
C.   500,000
D.   2,000,000
Question #4
In 1915, the __________ came alive again, this time as a national organization dedicated to targeting blacks, Jews, and Catholics.
A.   National Association of Club Women
B.   National Urban League
C.   Ku Klux Klan
D.   NAACP
Question #5
A rift developed between Marcus Garvey and W. E. B. Du Bois because __________.
A.   Garvey envisioned separate black nations in many locales across the world
B.   Du Bois advocated a more radical Pan-African agenda than Garvey
C.   Garvey rejected Pan-Africanism as a threat to his integrationist stance
D.   Du Bois believed that Garvey was in the pay of the Department of Justice
Question #6
While W. E. B. Du Bois found a receptive following among African American intellectuals, Garvey’s base of support was to be found in __________.
A.   the American South
B.   industrial cities of the Midwest
C.   poor black communities
D.   the growing black middle class
Question #7
The NAACP won an important Supreme Court ruling against all-white juries in __________.
A.   Nixon v. Herndon (1927)
B.   State v. Young (1919)
C.   Buchanan v. Warley (1917)
D.   Moore v. Dempsey (1923)
Question #8
As black Americans migrated to the cities, upper-class white Americans __________.
A.   lobbied Congress for residential restrictions
B.   migrated to Canada and parts of Europe
C.   fled to the suburbs
D.   bought up urban properties to market to black families
Question #9
In 1927, the black writer __________ published Infants of Spring, a bitter satire of the Harlem Renaissance.
A.   Zora Neale Hurston
B.   Wallace Thurman
C.   Paul Robeson
D.   Claude McKay
Question #10
With black Americans often divided between their allegiances to the Republican Party and their attraction to Democratic Party policies toward wage-earners, the __________ began to make inroads among black working people in the 1920s.
A.   Universal Negro Improvement Association
B.   Communist Party
C.   Progressive Party
D.   Socialist Party

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