Plessy v. Ferguson

The Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) affected African Americans by

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• granting voting rights

• upholding racial segregation

• expanding civil rights

• guaranteeing equal wages

This group, sought full social and economic equality for African Americans during the Progressive

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• Ku Klux Klan

• Southern Christian Leadership

  Conference (SCLC)

• Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)

• National Association for the

  Advancement of Colored People

  (NAACP)

The Supreme Court's decision in Plessy v. Ferguson

• ended segregation in the United States

• allowed African Americans to serve in

  the armed forces

• upheld the doctrine of "separate but

  equal".

• overturned the earlier Dred Scott

  decision

Along with 9 other whites leaders, this Civil Rights Leader was instrumental in creating the NAACP:

• George Washington Carver
• Lewis Lattimer 
• W.E.B. BuBois
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 

What was the Plessy v. Ferguson case known as?

• "The Right Answer"

• "The Purge"

• "Separate but Equal"

• "Eat a taco"

What was Plessy's ethnicity?

• 1/64 caucasian 63/64 African American

• 1/8 African American 7/8 caucasian

• 100/100 African American

• 7/8 African American 1/8 caucasian

Which of the following BEST explains the purpose of the Jim Crow system?

• Keep public facilities cleaner

• keep African-Americans as second-class citizens

• keep the races pure

• keep African-Americans from voting

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What Supreme Court ruling prompted the creation of the NAACP?

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Scott v. Stanford

• Roe v. Wade

In Plessy v. Ferguson(1896), the Supreme Court ruled that:

• States may not secede from the Union 
• Racial segregation was constitutional
• Slaves are property and may not be taken from their owners
• All western territories should be open to slavery 

Which group was founded by W.E.B. DuBois and others in 1909 to promote equal treatment of Blacks in America?

• The Black Panthers
  
• The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
  
• The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
  
• The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)