Week 13/14 Mastery Check Jim Crow and the "New South"

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Jim Crow laws were named after a character from which type of show?

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A Black minstrel show

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What were the consequences of defying Jim Crow laws?

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Arrest, fines, jail sentences, violence, and death

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What was the purpose of the Black codes during the Jim Crow era?

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To put Black citizens into indentured servitude and take away voting rights

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What role did former Confederate soldiers play in the legal system during the Jim Crow era?

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They worked as police and judges, making it difficult for African Americans to win court cases.

Front

Which organization was known as the most ruthless of the Jim Crow era, and where was it founded?

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The Ku Klux Klan, founded in Pulaski, Tennessee

Front

Which act was aimed at keeping minorities from voting and was halted by the Voting Rights Act?

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Jim Crow laws

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What was one of the consequences of the Jim Crow-Era laws after the 15th Amendment and Reconstruction? Options: They provided equal voting rights to all., They restricted Black Americans' access to voting., They abolished the Electoral College., They led to the immediate end of racial discrimination.

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They restricted Black Americans' access to voting.

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Which statement was most likely a result of the Jim Crow Laws? Options: Separate schools were established for white children and black children, Hiram Revels was the first black person elected to the US Senate, Anyone born in the United States is a citizen of the country, All males regardless of race were allowed to vote

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Separate schools were established for white children and black children

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality

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Tests given to African Americans at the voting polls.

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