Jim Crow Laws

What are the local and state laws that were passed to keep things 'separate but equal' and that continued to limit African Americans?

• Segregation Laws

• Jim Crow Laws

• The Unfair Laws

• Reconstruction Laws

Who performed a solo skit that took on the persona of a fictional character named Jim Crow?

• the Civil War

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jim Crow

• Thomas Dartmouth Rice

What negative term was used to describe African Americans as a result of the skit performed by Rice?

• the Civil War

• Thomas Dartmouth Rice

• Jim Crow

What was the period of time following the Civil War when the "separate but equal" laws were put into place?

• Reconstruction

• Civil War

• Revolutionary

The Civil Rights Act of 1875 might have given African Americans equal treatment under the law, but Jim Crow laws kept things separate by ___________ African Americans and whites.

• separating

• segregating

• maltreating

According to the text, which option below shows examples of public facilities that were segregated?

• schools, public transportation, restaurants, and even water fountains

• court houses, colleges, parks, and libraries

• schools, cars, libraries, colleges, and water fountains

According to the text, what rights were also limited for African Americans?

• petition

• speech

• voting

What other unfair actions were also imposed on African Americans according to the paragraph above?

• Literacy tests to vote and poll taxes

• Quartering tests were required and extra sales tax

What court case found the "separate but equal" laws to be constitutional?

• Brown vs. Board of Education

• Roe vs. Wade

• Plessy vs. Furguson

Homer Plessy, a man of mixed race, __________ the law by riding in a railway car for whites.

• followed

• challenged

• complied