Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. DuBois offered different strategies for dealing with the problems of poverty and discriminatio
n faced by black Americans at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. Using your knowledge of the period 1877-1915, assess the appropriateness of each of these strategies in the historical context in which each was developed.
Both of these leaders had fairly effective strategies when it came to alleviating some of the racial woes during this time. DuBois, however, took a slightly different path in that he emphasized education of blacks as being the most important factor in their advancement.
The answer is: D) He placed family members in charge of regions
In order for the Zhou king to bring the vast regions of the east to the centralized government of the Zhou Dynasty, it was of the utmost importance to place members of the royal family into places of authority and also establish kinship ties via marriage to unify the regions it was looking to control.
In 1968, during the Democratic National Convention held in Chicago, governors gathered to discuss, once again, the future of the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
There were two opposing groups. On the one hand, the ones who didn't want the U.S. to continue participating in the War, led by Eugene McCarthy. On the oher hand, the winning side, who supported the war, led by Hubert Humphrey.
As a result, that same day outside the Convention, thousands of antiwar activists gathered to protest and to show their respect for McCarthy. But they were not alone, because Richard Dale, who was the Major of Chicago by then, deployed thousands of police officers to alleviate the situation. The event ended up in a complete disaster: people beating each other and getting hurt. Therefore, this episode is also known as "the Battle of Michigan"
