Reconstruction & Aftermath Pages 5-8

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Separate but equal was established by

• The Civil Rights Act of 1866

• Plessy v Ferguson

• The Freeman's Bureau

• The NAACP

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What were the methods used by southern states to disenfranchise African Americans after the 15th Amendment?

• Literacy tests

• Poll tax

• Grandfather clauses

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

In 1964, the 24th Amendment to the United States Constitution was added, outlawing poll taxes. How did poll taxes discriminate against African Americans?

• They kept many African Americans from voting.
• They prevented African Americans from attending certain schools.
• They kept many African Americans from finding employment.
• They segregated African Americans on buses and in restaurants.

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What is the meaning behind this political cartoon?

• That whites required African Americans to take a literacy test, when they themselves were barely literate

• That whites did not require African Americans to take a literacy test, because they themselves were barely literate

• That the police were at the voting poll to ensure that African Americans took their literacy test before they voted

• That the police were at the voting poll to ensure that African Americans and whites took their literacy test before they voted

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Is Louisiana's law mandating racial segregation on its trains an unconstitutional infringement on both the privileges and immunities and the equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment?

• Yes, it is unconstitutional

• No, it is constitutional

• It depends on the context

• It is not relevant

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The Supreme Court decision that allowed segregation to be legal as long as facilities were “separate but equal”—1896

Multiple Choice

What famous phrase came out of the Plessy case?

• "Separate but equal"
• "Give me liberty or give me death."
• "May the force be with you."
• "I'll be back."