Question

Booker T. Washington urged African Americans to:


A. Work hard and achieve economic success.


B. Move to the North to avoid lynching.


C. Move back to Africa to escape American racism.


D. Reject segregation and fight for equality with whites.

SUBMIT

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Work hard and achieve economic success.

Explanation:

Booker T Washington, an educator, believed that learning industrial skills and crafts plus the cultivation of patience, enterprise and thrift could help African-Americans to advance in the post-Reconstruction  era (19th century). He encouraged his fellow black Americans to attain economic security first before pushing for civil rights.

Answer 2

Answer:

A. Work hard and achieve economic success.

Explanation:

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