1/30 - Progressive Era Civil Rights

What was the purpose of literacy tests?

• To ensure that all people could read in order to vote.

• To prevent African Americans from voting.

• To prevent women from voting.

• To improve the education system in the South.

What is the significance of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?

• It prevented women from voting.

• It legalized racial segregation and discrimination.

• It ruled that slavery was legal.

• It outlawed sharecropping.

The name given to racial segregation and discrimination laws was

• "Jim Crow."

• "Jen Cow."

• "Black Codes."

• "Jimmy Neutron."

Which statement best summarizes Booker T. Washington's views on civil rights?

• Racial equality must be established immediately.

• Violence is the only way to achieve racial equality.

• Racial equality can only be achieved gradually through hard work and education.

• Make America Great Again

WEB DuBois believed that college education was the avenue that the "talented 10th" should use to achieve racial integration.

• True

• False