The aftermath of what major war heavily contributed to the Jim Crow laws?
Civil War
100
If a white woman was walking down the road, and you were a black man, what was your best course of action?
Cross the road/head in a completely different direction, don't make eye contact
100
This group of domestic terrorists often went after the black population (as well as Jews and homosexuals) and produced perhaps the most racist movie of all time, "Birth of a Nation".
KKK
100
Most of the Jim Crow laws took place in what REGION of the United States?
South
100
Why is Tom in a predicament when he testifies, as it relates to the Jim Crow laws?
His testimony implies that the Ewells are lying
200
Where did the name Jim Crow come from?
An actor who dressed up as a black man, using "blackface"
200
If a black person was addressing a white person, what did he/she need to make sure they said?
"Mr", "Mrs", "Miss", etc.
200
What was it called when a mob would assault or kill a person based on an "infraction"?
Lynching
200
This was the most violent Jim Crow state; it's not even really close.
Mississippi
200
Jem describes the biracial children as having the loneliest situation out of all the kids. Why?
Whites don't want them; neither do the blacks
300
Roughly, what was the time span that Jim Crow existed? Must have decades correct. (for example, 1810's)
1870's-1960's
300
A white man tells a black man to measure a nine-square-foot patch of land to plant some crops. The black man measures a 3x3 square. The white man calls him an idiot, tells him he is wrong, and tells the black man to remeasure. What should the black man do here?
Remeasure. Without complaint or correction.
300
How did major cities ensure that blacks and whites would not live side-by-side?
"Districting" - putting races together in neighborhoods. Not allowing immediate neighbors to be of differing races.
300
Name four states that had Jim Crow etiquette laws.
Louisiana, Texas, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee
300
What Jim Crow law does Mr. Dolphus Raymond violate pretty much every day?
Whites should not hang out with blacks
400
What is the name of the trial that made it to the Supreme Court, which upheld that segregation was legal as long as "separate but equal" was enforced?
Plessy v. Ferguson
400
When was it okay for a black person to speak with a white person?
Only after the white person had spoken to them first.
400
How did Jim Crow states try to prevent the black population from becoming educated?
White teachers could not teach black students; there were hardly any black teachers
400
This region of America did not have a single black person lynched.
New England/Northeast
400
Exactly how many black people have we seen in the Finches' neighborhood?
One; Calpurnia
500
Explain how sharecropping created a de facto slavery system.
Blacks rented land from farmers; farmers cheated them out of their profits; blacks basically worked the land for free.
500
Why could a black man not shake the hand of a white man?
It implied social equality.
500
Explain why pretty much any case that went to trial involving a black person and a white person was doomed from the start.
Black person can't contradict a white person without implying that they are lying, seeming smarter than they are, etc.
500
The state where Plessy v. Ferguson happened.
Louisiana
500
What is the ONLY instance we have seen of a black person flagrantly violating Jim Crow etiquette?