Assignment task: This quiz is based on material from our textbook "Freedom on My Mind"- focusing on chapters 7-11.
Problem 1: How did the Emancipation Proclamation promote black equality? In what ways did it fall apart?
Problem 2: What factors resulted in the defeat of Reconstruction? Was it inevitable or might things have turned out differently had any of these circumstances been different? Explain.
Problem 3: What connections can be drawn between the growth of Jim Crow laws, the concept of scientific racism, and American and European imperialism abroad? What underlying philosophies informed these developments?
Problem 4: Describe the tensions - between black and whites and between new and more established northern blacks - brought about by the great migration. What challenges did the newcomers face, and how did they seek to address these challenges?
Problem 5: Describe the strategy behind the Double V campaign. How did it enable African Americans to protest their circumstances without risking accusations of disloyalty?