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UST 251 Final Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
What state did Cecil Gains live prior to running away?
⼀Answer:- Georgia
What type of labor did Cecil and his family do?
⼀Answer:- They worked on a cotton plantation in the field
What type of work did Cecil do after his mother's rape and fathers murder?
⼀Answer:- He was a house boy
How many presidents did Cecil serve under?
⼀Answer:- 8
Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan
Why did Cecil Retire from the White House?
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⼀Answer:- He became uncomfortable with the class divisions in the
White House
What organizations and civil right campaigns was Louis Gaines involved in?
⼀Answer:- Freedom Riders, The Black Panthers, 1965 Selma Voting
Rights Movement,
What were the first two cities that blacks migrated to?
⼀Answer:- Harlem and Chicago
What years did the Great Black Migration take place?
⼀Answer:- 1915 - 1970
What did the migration routes follow?
⼀Answer:- Rail lines and the rudimentary roadways
Walter Lee's dream
⼀Answer:- Open the liquor store and become a business man, so that he
can support his family
Lena's (mama) dream
UST 251 Final Questions with Detailed
Verified Answers
What state did Cecil Gains live prior to running away?
⼀Answer:- Georgia
What type of labor did Cecil and his family do?
⼀Answer:- They worked on a cotton plantation in the field
What type of work did Cecil do after his mother's rape and fathers murder?
⼀Answer:- He was a house boy
How many presidents did Cecil serve under?
⼀Answer:- 8
Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan
Why did Cecil Retire from the White House?
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⼀Answer:- He became uncomfortable with the class divisions in the
White House
What organizations and civil right campaigns was Louis Gaines involved in?
⼀Answer:- Freedom Riders, The Black Panthers, 1965 Selma Voting
Rights Movement,
What were the first two cities that blacks migrated to?
⼀Answer:- Harlem and Chicago
What years did the Great Black Migration take place?
⼀Answer:- 1915 - 1970
What did the migration routes follow?
⼀Answer:- Rail lines and the rudimentary roadways
Walter Lee's dream
⼀Answer:- Open the liquor store and become a business man, so that he
can support his family
Lena's (mama) dream
