Read pages 320-325 (Chapter 9, Section 1) and answer the following…
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1. How did public schools help with the assimilation of new immigrants?
2. Describe how one philanthropist contributed to higher education.
3. How did educational opportunities for women change at this time?
4. Who were Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois? What are each best known for?
5. What was the Niagara Movement?
6. Compare and contrast the educational goals and opportunities for immigrants and African Americans at the turn of the century.
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