Author Question: What was Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Compromise? Was it a surrender or a tactical retreat? ... (Read 88 times)

melina_rosy · **on:** Sep 11, 2019

Question 1

The first response by the United States after September 11, 2001, was to

a. overthrow Afghanistan's Taliban regime.
b. negotiate a tentative truce with nuclear North Korea.
c. invade Iraq and destroy the repressive regime of Saddam Hussain.
d. seize Iranian monetary assets in Europe and North America.
e. condemn the pro-terrorist statements of the French and German governments.

Question 2

What was Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Compromise? Was it a surrender or a tactical retreat?

What will be an ideal response?

bitingbit · **Reply #1 on:** Sep 11, 2019

Answer 1

a

Answer 2

Washington proposed that African Americans defer demands for political equality until they had built up an economic base. Assessing this compromise requires that students look closely at the context. Defenders of Washington might well argue that at a time when lynchings were occurring every other day, the likelihood that black people could defend their political rights was nonexistent and that Washington was advocating a temporary expedient in the face of overwhelming white power. Critics will emphasize that Washington's failure to defend these rights legitimized their continued erosion. They will also emphasize that the alleged economic gains were often ephemeral.