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1
Q

Was he born free or a slave?

A

A slave

2
Q

What is one of his general achievements?

A

He was one of the few African Americans to complete his studies

3
Q

What was one of his first occupations?

A

Being a teacher

4
Q

What was the Tuskegee?

A

A leading school

5
Q

What did he stress the importance of?

A

Patience and that economic success would take time. AAs had to prove that they were worthy of full economic and political rights

6
Q

What was the Atlanta Compromise?

A

Americans should accept segregation as long as whites allow them economic progress, educational opportunity and justice

7
Q

What area opposed the Atlanta Compromise?

A

North

8
Q

What did Washington not demand that annoyed Du Bois?

A

Equality (granted by 14th Amendment)

9
Q

Did he improve treatment in the South?

A

No

10
Q

What were limitations for him at the time?

A

Blacks were excluded from the vote, there were black codes and Jim Crow Laws

11
Q

When was the Atlanta Compromise?

A

1895