Jim Crow
After 1877, racial segregation became widespread in the South primarily as a result of the
(1) decline of the Ku Klux Klan
(2) activities of the Freedmen's Bureau
(3) stationing of federal troops in the South
(4) passage of Jim Crow laws
(4) passage of Jim Crow laws
After the Civil War, Southern state legislatures attempted to restrict the rights of formerly enslaved persons by
(1) passing Black Codes
(2) ratifying the 15th amendment
(3) supporting the goals of the Radical Republicans
(4) enacting legislation to strengthen the Freedmen’s Bureau
(1) passing Black Codes
During the Reconstruction Era (1865-1877), the 15th amendment was adopted to grant African Americans
(1) educational opportunities
(2) economic equality
(3) freedom of speech
(4) voting rights
(4) voting rights
What was a major feature of the Reconstruction period?
(1) A spirit of cooperation existed between the executive and legislative branches.
(2) New legislation and constitutional amendments attempted to provide equal rights and opportunities for blacks.
(3) New state governments in the South concentrated on ending corruption and enforcing Reconstruction plans.
(4) The South rapidly developed into the nation's major industrial center
2) New legislation and constitutional amendments attempted to provide equal rights and opportunities for blacks.
What was the major reason the Civil War was fought?
slavery
The Jim Crow laws, upheld by the Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), provided for
(1) free land for former slaves
(2) separate public facilities based on race
(3) racial integration of public schools
(4) voting rights for African-American males
(2) separate public facilities based on race
After the Civil War, the sharecropping system emerged in the South primarily as a way to
(1) diversify agricultural production
(2) provide a labor supply to plantation owners
(3) give forty acres of land to freedmen
(4) guarantee economic equality for African Americans
(2) provide a labor supply to plantation owners
What was a common purpose of the three amendments added to the United States Constitution between 1865 and 1870?
(1) extending suffrage to Southern women
(2) reforming the sharecropping system
(3) granting rights to African Americans
(4) protecting
(3) granting rights to African Americans
How were many African Americans in the South affected after Reconstruction ended in 1877?
(1) A constitutional amendment guaranteed their social advancement.
(2) The Freedmen's Bureau helped them become farm owners.
(3) Jim Crow laws placed major restrictions on their rights.
(4) Southern factories offered them job training and employment opportunities.
(3) Jim Crow laws placed major restrictions on their rights.
law passed by the Louisiana State Government that required all passenger railways to have separate train car accommodations for black and white Americans that were equal in facilities.
Separate Car Act of 1890
2 In the South, the passage of Jim Crow laws in the 1870s and 1880s led directly to the
(1) racial integration of public schools
(2) decline of the Democratic party
(3) organization of the Ku Klux Klan
(4) segregation of public facilities
(4) segregation of public facilities
The literacy test and the poll tax were devised mainly to
(1) eliminate fraudulent voting practices
(2) establish uniform national voting requirements (3) limit the number of African Americans qualified to vote
(4) raise money for political campaigns
(3) limit the number of African Americans qualified to vote
Black Codes were established in the South immediately after the Civil War in an effort to
(1) integrate freedmen into American society
(2) enforce the Emancipation Proclamation
(3) expand educational opportunities
(4) limit the rights of newly freed African Americans
(4) limit the rights of newly freed African Americans
What was a common purpose of the three amendments added to the United States Constitution between 1865 and 1870?
(1) extending suffrage to Southern women
(2) reforming the sharecropping system
(3) granting rights to African Americans
(4) protecting
(3) granting rights to African Americans
racial separation that exists in practice, even without legal enforcement, often stemming from social, economic, or cultural factors, rather than explicit laws.
De facto segregation
The "separate but equal" doctrine established by the Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) upheld the legality of
(1) woman's suffrage in state elections
(2) the activities of the Ku Klux Klan
(3) racial segregation in public facilities
(4) restrictions on voting rights of African Americans
(3) racial segregation in public facilities
Which form of agriculture was created and became dominant in the South in the decades immediately following the Civil War?
1) homesteading (2) sharecropping (3) ranching (4) cooperative farming
2) sharecropping
After the Civil War, which development limited economic opportunities for African Americans in the South?
(1) creation of military districts
(2) establishment of the Freedmen’s Bureau
(3) use of the sharecropping system
(4) ratification of the 14th amendment
(3) use of the sharecropping system
Which statement is a valid generalization about the experience of African Americans during the early Reconstruction period (1865-1870)?
1) They gained economic equality.
(2) Their participation in government decreased.
(3) They achieved legal rights through constitutional amendments.
(4) Their political equality was opposed by most Radical Republicans.
(3) They achieved legal rights through constitutional amendments.
Who was still excluded from voting under the 15th amendment?
women
What was the decision of the Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?
(1) Black Codes were unconstitutional.
(2) The citizenship principle established in Dred Scott v. Sanford was repealed.
(3) The 15th amendment failed to guarantee the right to vote to all males.
(4) Racial segregation did not violate the equal protection provision of the 14th amendment.
(4) Racial segregation did not violate the equal protection provision of the 14th amendment.
segregation enforced by law, meaning separation of people based on characteristics like race, color, or religion is mandated or permitted by law
De jure segregation
In the Compromise of 1877 that ended Reconstruction, Republicans agreed to
(1) withdraw federal troops from the South
(2) support the Black Codes
(3) award the presidency to Democrat Samuel Tilden
(4) accept the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford
1) withdraw federal troops from the South
Plessy V. Ferguson:
1896, this was a Supreme Court case that argued that “separate but equal” was legal. This gave Federal credence to segregation in the South.
13th Amendment 1865:
Abolished slavery