The consequences of breaking Jim Crow Laws were good. True or False?
False
100
At what age was Emmett til when he was murdered
14
100
What areas in the United States were affected by the Jim Crow Laws?North, South, West, East? Bonus points are given with more detail.
The southern and border parts of the United States
100
What year did Jim Crow Laws end?
1954
200
What was often used to keep blacks at the lowest social and race hierarchy?
Violence such as lynching, shootings, and fights were used.
200
What does lynching mean?
Hanging without legal process.
200
Who were the two men accused of murdering and kidnapping Emmett Till?
Roy Bryant and J.w. Milam
200
Which one of these states did not enforce the Jim Crow Laws, Florida, Mississippi, Iowa, and Wisconsin ?
Iowa
200
How did the different cases taken to the US supreme court contribute to the ending of jim crow laws?
It proved that separation guaranteed inequality
300
Jim Crow Laws changed the lives of Blacks drastically, and prevented them from fighting for equality. True or False?
True.
300
What specific state issued the law that stated "any person guilty of publishing, printing, or circulating matter urging..... intermarriage between white/negroes, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor?
Mississippi.
300
Why was til kidnapped/murdered?
Emmett till was reportedly heard whistling at a white woman.
300
In what year was the Jim Crow laws start?
1875
1880
1883
1877
1877
300
Who was Thurgood Marshall?
Civil Rights Leader
400
Marriages are void if one party is (what fraction) Negro, Japanese, Chinese descent.
1/8
400
How did the Ku Klux Klan intimidate African Americans?
Personal attacks and school burnings.
400
What was the 13th, 14th, 15th amendment supposed to do?
Protect black Americans and ban segregation
500
What were two goals of the enforcement of Jim Crow Laws?
To enforce white superiority and segregation.
500
What does NAACP stand for?
National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People
500
What happened in the Homer V. Plessy case?
A black man was forced out of a white train and jailed even though segregation was illegal