Reconstruction and Jim Crow 400

After the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, African Americans continued to experience political and economic oppression mainly because

• the amendments were not intended to solve their problems

• many African Americans distrusted the Federal Government

• Southern legislatures enacted Jim Crow laws

• poor communications kept people from learning

“No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges . . . of citizens . . . nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law. . . .” The major purpose of these provisions of the 14th Amendment was to

• limit the power of the federal government

• expand the civil rights of women

• maintain competition in business

• protect the rights of African Americans

The Jim Crow laws, upheld by the Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), provided for

• free land for former slaves

• separate public facilities based on race

• racial integration of public schools

• voting rights for African-American males

During Reconstruction, the Black Codes passed by Southern states were attempts to...

• provide land to former slaves

• punish former Confederate leaders

• repeal the Jim Crow laws

• deny equal rights to African Americans

The Supreme Court decision in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) affected civil rights in the United States by:

• ruling that segregated public schools

• rejecting the legal basis of Jim Crow laws

• approving racial segregation in public facilities

• strengthening the protections of the 14^th amendment

Frederick Douglass was

• an abolitionist

• a slave

• a writer

• all of the above

Harriet Tubman was

• The slave mistress of Thomas Jefferson

• The first African American woman to become a multimillionaire with a hair product business

• A runaway slave who helped fight during the Civil War and fred many slaves

• The inventor of the cooking fork

Which newspaper headline would have appeared during the Reconstruction Period after the Civil War?

• “Jim Crow Laws End”

• “Former Slaves Made Citizens”

• “Supreme Court Issues Dred Scott Decision”

• “Emancipation Proclamation Issued”

What did the 15th amendment accomplish?

• Grants citizenship & equal protection

• Right to bear arms

• Bans slavery

• Guarantees voting rights

He would have said, "It is more important to preserve the Union and reconcile rather than punish the South"

• Frederick Douglass

• Abraham Lincoln

• Robert E. Lee