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Up From Slavery

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  • What job does Booker take to pay for his room and board at Hampton?
    He takes a job as a janitor
  • During the winter months, Mrs. Ruffner allows Booker to spend an hour a day to do what?
    Go to School
  • What were some of the challenges Washington faced making bricks?
    Failing kilns
  • What object must students have to gain admission to Tuskegee?
    A toothbrush
  • What does Booker nickname the night school he teaches at Hampton?
    The plucky class
  • Who was Washington’s rumored father?
    A white man from a nearby plantation
  • On his way to Hampton, Booker stops at Richmond to earn money for the remainder of his journey. What work does he do in Richmond?
    He works on a boat
  • How does Washington spends his early years, from his birth until the end of the Civil War?
    As a slave
  • What do the Hampton night school students do during the day?
    They worked in the saw-mill and laundry during the day
  • On his journey to Hampton, Booker runs out of money for public transportation. How does he continue his journey?
    Walking
  • Where does Washington sleep his first time in Richmond?
    Under a raised sidewalk
  • Teachers at Tuskegee are largely recruited from where?
    Graduates of Hampton
  • In what state was Washington born?
    West Virginia
  • Why does Booker have his students build the Tuskegee Institute's buildings?
    Because he believes that it will teach them a hard work ethic. He wants them to see the positive result of their actions.
  • Which US Pres. visits the Tuskegee Institute?
    William McKinley
  • Which school of higher education grants Washington an honorary degree?
    Harvard
  • What is the name of the first building built by students on Tuskegee’s campus?
    Porter Hall
  • Booker is invited to serve on what kind of board?
    Department of Education in Atlanta
  • After emancipation, where was Washington’s first job?
    A salt-furnace
  • What does Booker purchase to help his students learn more about working with their hands?
    An old rundown plantation so the students could farm the land