Answer to Question 1
Ideal Answer: The ideal answer should:
1. Note that the exposition attracted blacks as well as whites who wanted to learn more about science and the latest developments in society.
2. Explain that three all-black colleges contributed displays that showed blacks practicing trades and skills.
3. Note that the fair had a separate Negro Day for blacks, that Frederick Douglass spoke at the event, and that Ida B. Wells was critical of it. Douglass's speech was critical of white supremacy and embraced the Constitution.
Answer to Question 2
Ideal Answer: The ideal answer should:
1. Explain that black troops were transferred to Brownsville, Texas in 1906 in a routine stationing of black troops in the South.
2. Point out that the troops were blamed for a shooting spree that killed one person in town.
3. Note that they were sentenced without trial to de dismissed from the military, a blatant example of racism.
4. Conclude that the black community was very angry about the punishment imposed by President Theodore Roosevelt, and viewed the issue of race as central to the outcome of the decision.
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