CHAPTER 27 S.S. REVIEW

What was one requirement of the new Tennessee constitution of 1870?

• All men must pay a poll tax to vote

• All women could vote

• Slavery must be abolished (ban/end)

• Fisk University would be established

What did the new constitution give all men the right to do?

• Vote

• Go to school

• Get a job

• Get married

What was the real goal of the poll tax?

• To allow all men to vote

• To stop African American men from voting

• To allow women to vote

• To allow students to vote

What was reconstruction?

• A time after the Revolutionary War

• A time after the Civil War when farms and factories were being repaired

• A time after WWII when factories were being torn down

• A time after the Civil War when farms were being burned.

What does segregation mean?

• To put on a shelf

• To separate

• To put together

• To mix in a bowl

What are some examples of places that were segregated? Choose ALL that apply!

• Schools

• Movie theaters

• Water fountains

• Restrooms

What were the Jim Crow laws designed to do? (Pick 2)

• Bring blacks and whites together

• Enforced segregation between blacks and whites

• Passed to discriminate against African Americans

• To set up a new government

How was public education funded in Tennessee after the Constitution of 1870?

• More money was provided for black schools

• Less money was provided for black schools

• Both black and white schools were funded equally

• Less money was provided for white schools

What was the purpose of Freedmen’s Bureau?

• It enforced Jim Crow laws

• It provided education to wealthy white children

• It helped freed slaves and poor whites with essentials like food, clothing, shelter, and medical care.

• It funded public schools

Who was Fisk University named for?

• James Fisk

• Major Alisha Fisk

• General Clinton B. Fisk

• President Fisk