Assessment: Chapter 2—Post-Reconstruction and the Jim Crow Era

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What was a result of the Compromise of 1877?

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Federal troops were withdrawn from the South.

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What legal doctrine is being justified in this excerpt? “Legislation is powerless to eradicate racial instincts or to abolish distinctions based upon physical differences, and the attempt to do so can only result in accentuating the difficulties of the present situation.” —Justice Brown, Plessy v. Ferguson

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separate but equal

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Based on the map, which statement best describes the population distribution in states with Jim Crow laws?

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Most states with Jim Crow laws had a significantly larger white population compared to the African American population.

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What was one effect of the changes made to the Louisiana Constitution in 1898?

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Segregation in public schools was legalized.

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Why were the first Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) established in the United States?

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to provide higher education opportunities for African Americans who were excluded from other institutions

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According to Booker T. Washington, how could African Americans improve their social status in the United States?

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by focusing on vocational training and self-reliance

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What is the main difference in the approaches suggested by Washington and Du Bois?

“The wisest among my race understand that the agitation of questions of social equality is the extremest folly, and that progress in the enjoyment of all the privileges that will come to us must be the result of severe and constant struggle rather than of artificial forcing.”
—Booker T. Washington

“The way for people to gain their reasonable rights is not by voluntarily surrendering them, but by persistent and organized demand for them. The history of the world is the history of those who have dared to assert their rights.”
—W. E. B. Du Bois

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Washington supports gradual progress, while Du Bois advocates for immediate action.

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Which profession did both of these women share?

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They both served as editors for newspapers.

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What is the term for the voting restriction described in the following quote?

“No person who, on or before January 1, 1867, was eligible to vote under any state law, or any descendant of such a person, shall be denied the right to vote because of failing to meet educational or property requirements.”

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grandfather clause

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According to Justice Harlan, how does segregation relate to the Constitution?

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It is inconsistent with constitutional principles.