U.S.-History-Sourcebook---Basic

7.4. Washington and Dubois http://www.ck12.org

Disfranchisement

taking away the right to vote

Spectators

onlookers

Questions:

1.Sourcing:What kind of document is this?

2.Sourcing:When was it written?

3.Sourcing:What do you expect Dubois will say?

4.Contextualization:What else was going on at this time?

5.Contextualization:Based on this document, what do you think African-Americans might have been feeling?

6.Close Reading:What is Dubois’s criticism of Washington?

7.Close Reading:In your opinion, what is the most powerful phrase in Dubois’s critique?

Section Questions:

1.Corroboration:Taken together, what do these two documents tell you about American race relations around

the turn of the 20thcentury?