Chapter 1 Lesson 5: The End of Reconstruction / Segregation and Jim Crow

What did the Compromise of 1877 mean for Reconstruction?

• it helped freedmen gain rights

• it ended Reconstruction

• it started Reconstruction

• it sent soldiers to the South

Which of the following happened AFTER Reconstruction?

• Northern soldiers supervised the South

• African Americans were in charge of the South

• Northern soldiers were removed from the South

• enslaved African Americans were sent to the North

In 1896, which Supreme Court case ruled that separate but equal facilities for black and white citizens were constitutional (legal)?

• Brown vs. Board of Education

• Dred Scott vs. Sanford

• Plessy vs. Ferguson

• Plessy vs. Board of Education

If the 14th Amendment guarantees equal protection under the law, how was segregation considered to be legal?

• because facilities were "separate but equal"

• because the 14th Amendment was never passed

• because slaves were not citizens with rights

• because of the separation between church and state

Which group of people were the main target of segregation laws?

• American Indians

• Irish immigrants

• Chinese immigrants

• African Americans

Which group of people were declared citizens in 1924?

• African Americans

• American Indians

• Irish immigrants

• Chinese immigrants

What was the name for laws in the South that enforced segregation against African Americans?

• reservations

• Jim Crow

• suffrage

• integration

Which of the following terms means separating people by race?

• suffrage

• integration

• segregation

• Reconstruction

African Americans experienced unequal opportunities in all of the following areas EXCEPT

• education

• housing

• work

• religion

What was the purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act?

• to ban Chinese people from moving to the east coast

• to ban Chinese people from assembling in large groups

• to ban Chinese people from coming to the United States and becoming citizens

• to ban Chinese people from eating in restaurants