Featured Article Quiz #163
Atlanta Compromise
#1 In 1895, Booker T. Washington’s “Atlanta Compromise” speech mainly urged Black Southerners to:
Accept segregation and pause demands for immediate equal rights, while focusing on jobs and vocational training
Reject all cooperation with Southern governments and demand voting rights immediately
Prioritize ending slavery by launching an armed rebellion in the South
#2 Which event(s) in U.S. history ended slavery and later helped set the stage for Reconstruction voting gains for Black Southerners?
The Emancipation Proclamation and the Thirteenth Amendment
The Fugitive Slave Act and the Dred Scott decision
The Chinese Exclusion Act and the Civil Rights Act of 1964
#3 What did critics of the Atlanta Compromise argue was needed instead of Washington’s strategy?
Stronger protest to defeat racism, especially after segregation was upheld by Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
No opposition was necessary because Jim Crow segregation had already ended
The main solution was to rely on federal courts to immediately secure equal rights without public activism