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African Americans

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Which one of the following was NOT a goal of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry?
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  4. D.
2
She was the first Black woman to serve as a member of a state legislative body in the United States.
  1. A.
  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
3
During this decade, the last all-Black schools in West Virginia were closed due to the integration of public education.
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  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
4
By about what percentage did West Virginia's Black population increase between 1880 and 1930?
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5
By the end of 1957, how many of West Virginia's 55 counties were completely desegregated?
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  2. B.
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  4. D.
6
School segregation was prohibited nationally in 1954. What year did West Virginia remove that clause from the state constitution?
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  2. B.
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  4. D.
7
Who was the first Black woman elected to the legislature in West Virginia?
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  2. B.
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  4. D.
8
Which of the following facts about Booker T. Washington is NOT true?
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  2. B.
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  4. D.
9
Which one of the following did NOT publish a newspaper?
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  2. B.
  3. C.
  4. D.
10
Which of the following was the subject of the 1977 film Banjo Man, narrated by folk/blues musician Taj Mahal?
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  4. D.

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