Question

What taboo subject did Ida B. Wells suggest was consensual between black men and white women?

drinking

smoking pot

sex

co-habitation

How did Ida B. Wells attempt to change the way Americans viewed lynchings?

as an institution where whites were not guilty of crimes done against humanity

as a crime where whites could be rehabilitated through community service

as a historical tradition where blacks were helpless to change the prevailing system

as a practice where whites were the problem and blacks those in need of justice

"Place" refers to:

the notion that immigrants should stay in their own neighborhoods.

the idea that immigrants should stay in Europe, Asia, or Latin America.

the belief that black folks should stay in the rural South, away from northern cities.

the feeling that black folks should remain segregated from whites, and make no demands for better schools, housing, or high-wage jobs.

To what does the author of "Tulsa Burning" credit for the lack of knowledge of the riot in the city of Tulsa today?

the city has been rebuilt

Black folks got over it, moved back to town, but never forgot the past.

The city of Tulsa has a bad case of collective denial about what happened.

The Ku Klux Klan "white-washed" the historical accounts of the event.

Answer 1

Question 1:

Answer: sex

Explanation: Ida B.Wells challenged the consensual sexual relationships and its racist ideas that were circulated mostly among whites but also black thinkers.

Question 2:

Answer: as a practice where whites were the problem and blacks those in need of justice

Explanation: Ida B. Wells documented the horrifying practice of lynching blacks that were happening in America after three black businessmen she knew was killed by a white mob.

Question 3:

Answer: the notion that immigrants should stay in their own neighborhoods.

Explanation: Ida B.Wells began advocating for the black citizens of Memphis (Tennessee) to move to the Western part of America in order to get people to boycott the American South and do business in the American West.

Question 4:

Answer: The city of Tulsa has a bad case of collective denial about what happened.

Explanation: The Tulsa burning was a collective denial as it failed to act, set up a scholarship fund, pay the victims, or make a real attempt to restore or rebuild the city.