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Directions: Using the Atlanta Compromise and Souls of Black Folk primary
sources, answer the following questions using complete sentences.
1. In Booker T. Washingtons Atlanta Compromise what does he mean,
when he says Cast down your bucket where you are?

2. What do you think that Booker T. Washington is trying to say in the first
paragraph of the Atlanta Compromise? Explain.

3. Who do you think Booker T. Washington is talking to in the 2nd

paragraph of the Atlanta Compromise?

4. Read the 3rd paragraph of the Atlanta Compromise. What is Booker T.

Washington preaching people not to do? Why would he say that?
5. What do you think W.E.B. DuBois is telling people they need to fight
for? Explain.

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6. At the end of The Souls of Black Folk, why do you think W.E.B. DuBois
quoted the Declaration of Independence? Explain.

7. After reading The Souls of Black Folk do you think that W.E.B. DuBois
agreed or disagreed with Booker T. Washingtons stance?

8. If placed in a similar situation like what Booker T. Washington and

W.E.B. DuBois went through whose approach would you use? Booker T.
Washingtons patience and show that you deserve the same
opportunities? Or W.E.B. DuBois method of peacefully challenging and
politically fighting for you rights? Explain your answer.