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Writer Kate Chopin focused her literary works mainly on the Louisiana area and was known for her use of local color due, for one thing, to her integration of French dialect.

By the end of our The Souls of Black Folks excerpt, Du Bois references the line “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” as he acknowledges that these are rights all people want and deserve. What famous document was he referencing with this line? 

Du Bois claimed that Washington’s Atlanta Exposition speech was justified and made sense; he agreed with Washington on all points although others called Washington’s speech the “triple paradox” of his career. 

Booker T. Washington encouraged his audience of business owners to “cast down their _____” into African Americans for help in industrial areas including agriculture, commerce, and mechanics.

In “Desiree’s Baby,” one boy is described as “_____,” meaning that he is one-quarter black and of mixed ancestry.

W.E.B. Du Bois founded the Niagara Movement. This movement was the precursor to today’s well recognized African American organization known as the ______. 

When Desiree realizes that Armand has turned his back on her and their baby, she and the baby disappear. Where do they go?

Which of the following does not occur as a direct result of a photon hitting a chlorophyll molecule?

In the speech at the Atlanta Exposition, Booker T. Washington stated that African Americans should not settle for vocational education and occupations and should instead immediately fight for equality and civil rights.

Armand, in “Desiree’s Baby,” blames his misfortunes and his “cruel” and “unjust” treatment primarily on