SS8H7bc - Race Relations

SS8H7bc - Race Relations

Open Ended

What werer the laws called that prevented white men and black men from sitting together on a train?

Open Ended

What was the outcome of Plessy v. Ferguson? This should be a complete sentence.

Multiple Choice

What was the lasting impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's Plessy v. Ferguson decision within the state of Georgia?

• The decision gave the federal government the right to help fight against discrimination within the state of Georgia.

• The decision took away the state of Georgia's right to control social injustices and promote the desegregation of the races in the state.

• The decision gave the state of Georgia the right to control social discrimination and promote segregation of the races throughout the state.

• The decision forced the state of Georgia to integrate the education system, but allowed separate facilities in the business world.

Open Ended

What does "disenfranchisement" mean?

Open Ended

List 2 examples of ways in which African Americans were disenfranchised?

Multiple Choice

Use the list below to answer the following question:

-Poll Tax

-Literacy Test

-Grandfather Clause

-White Primary

What do all of these policies have in common?

• equal rights before the law

• disenfranchisement

• encouraging minorities to vote

• citizenship requirements

Open Ended

The _________________ was a group that used racial violence to keep African Americans from voting.

Open Ended

How did Booker T. Washington think that African Americans could gain equal rights?

Multiple Choice

Why did Booker T. Washington call his famous speech at the International Cotton Exposition the "Atlanta Compromise?"

• He believed that blacks needed to accept social and political inequality for the time being, and if blacks would work toward achieving economic equality, then social and political equality would come with time.

• He believed that blacks needed to accept legal segregation for the time being, and work to gain positions in the Georgia General Assembly so that blacks could eventually gain more economic and political equality.

• He believed that blacks and whites should have equal rights, and that in order to get an education and run for office in the Georgia General Assembly to make changes.

• He believed that blacks needed to accept economic inequality for the time being, and if blacks would work toward achieving social and political equality, then economic equality would come with time.

Open Ended

List 2 things that W.E.B DuBois is credited for. What is he known for?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements BEST describes how people who agreed with W.E.B. DuBois were critical of Booker T. Washington?

• They believed that Booker T. Washington should accept discrimination by supporting "separate but equal."

• They believed that Booker T. Washington should accept that African-Americans could only do vocational or farm work to earn a living.

• They believed that Booker T. Washington should accept the white supremacists' beliefs that whites were superior to African-Americans.

• They believed that Booker T. Washington should accept no less than total equality, and that to accept less than total equality is offensive to African-Americans.

Open Ended

Alonzo Herndon founded which company?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes why Alonzo Herndon is an important figure in Georgia's history?

• African American Entrepreneur

• African American inventor

• African American spokesperson for race relations

• African American political advisor