Question

1. 21-5: What did Washington mean when he told southern blacks to "cast down your bucket where you are"? a. Blacks should leave the region in droves because the South's economy would not improve. b. Blacks should rely on foreign immigrants to improve the southern economy. c. Blacks should work together with white southerners to improve the region's economy. d. Blacks wanting to open their own businesses should avoid the pitfalls and dangers of the northern economy and establish their businesses only in the South.

2. 21-5: How did Washington critique the southern blacks' actions after emancipation? a. He believed they had been too fearful of racial violence. b. He believed they had not placed enough emphasis on political achievement. c. He believed they had not attended to economic stability. d. He believed they had abandoned the struggle for racial equality.

3. 21-5: How did Washington think southern blacks should achieve social equality? a. Through political protest b. Through moral appeals c. Through violent confrontation d. Through steady work and patience

4. 21-6: Which of the following was one of the paradoxes that Du Bois observed in Booker T. Washington's "Atlanta Compromise"? a. Washington encouraged black businesses yet dismissed the legal protection those businesses required. b. Washington advocated for industrial training but also encouraged African Americans to pursue higher education. c. Washington urged southern blacks to be submissive but to also fight for civil rights in the courts. d. Washington urged black women to marry only black men but also praised interracial couples.

5. 21-6: How did Du Bois think southern blacks should achieve racial equality? a. Through emigration to Africa b. Through steady work and patience c. Through concerted pressure for political rights d. Through violent confrontation

Answer 1

Question 1

In his famous speech, popularly knowm as Atlanta Compromise, Washington told the Southern blacks to "cast down your bucket where you are".

Through this phrase, Washington wanted to tell the blacks in South that this is their country and they should join white southerners to rebuild their country as this is the place which they dwell and know.

In other words, blacks should work together with white southerners to improve the region's economy.

Hence, the correct answer is the option (c).