What was the most important reason why people were driven to try to establish perfect communities after
the Second Great Awakening?
A. People wanted to continue their current society, without changing it.
B. People wanted to find better ways to live their lives.
C. People wanted to leave society behind and be alone.

b)

it created free trade throughout the colonial territories.

booker t. washington was an educator who established the tuskegee institute. washington argued that african americans should learn trades that would offer them the opportunity to be progressive citizens. instead of fighting against discrimination, washington argued that african americans should use their education and knowledge to become self-sufficient in american society and not in competition with white americans.

w.e.b du bois was the founder of the niagara movement and later the naacp, du bois disagreed with washington. he argued that african americans should consistently fight for racial equality.

ida b. wells was a journalist who wrote about the horrors of lynching in the south. wells work could be considered muckraking as it led to the development of the anti-lynching campaign.