Day 13 Progressive Era Early Civil Rights

Poll taxes and literacy tests were intended to ensure

• Civic responsibility.

• An educated electorate.

• That African Americans were denied the right to vote.

• That Democratic candidates would lose elections.

What was the significance of the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?

• Federal soldiers were removed from the South.

• Segregation was made legal.

• The 14th and 15th Amendments were repealed.

• African Americans could not longer join the military.

Images like this one would be most associated with

• Jim Crow laws

• the Dawes Act

• the Homestead Act

• Obamacare

Which statement best summarizes the ideas of Booker T. Washington?

• Equality can only be achieved through hard work.

• Equality can only be achieved through education.

• Equality can only be achieved by working through the system.

• All of the above.

Unlike Booker T. Washington, WEB DuBois believed that

• Equality can only be achieved by changing the system.

• Equality must be made over time.

• Everyone should take a knee during the National Anthem.

• The cowboys would win the 2019 NFL Championship