Ida B. Wells Flashcard

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What significant event occurred just before Ida B. Wells was born?

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The signing of the Emancipation Proclamation

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What was James Wells' occupation?

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Carpenter

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What did Ida Wells' parents do when she was born?

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They were enslaved and worked on Spires Bolling's property

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How many emancipated African Americans in Mississippi had to look for jobs after the Civil War?

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450,000

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What did James Wells do shortly before he died?

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He apprenticed his son to learn building trades

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What did Spires Bolling do after emancipation?

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He invited James to continue working for him

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What college did Ida Wells attend with her family's savings?

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Rust College

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What happened to Ida Wells two years after she started teaching?

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She was expelled

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What significant event occurred on a train trip from Memphis to Woodstock for Ida B. Wells?

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She was asked to move to the smoker car

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What did Ida B. Wells begin writing after her frustration with the court's decision?

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Political columns in church newspapers