Booker T. Washington believed that the key to political and civil rights for African Americans was
a. the adoption of Socialism in the United States.
b. rigorous academic training.
c. the rejection of accommodationist attitudes.
d. to directly challenge white supremacy.
e. economic independence and education in agriculture and the trades.
Question 2
In an effort to improve the defense of America's coastal shores, Thomas Jefferson
a. built a fleet of large frigates and destroyers.
b. signed a mutual defense treaty with Spain which also involved the purchase of Spanish naval vessels.
c. constructed two hundred small gunboats.
d. signed a peace treaty with Great Britain.
e. signed a new mutual defense treaty with France.
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