Unit 5 Topic 3

Which of these best explains events that led to the Civil War?

Select the TWO correct answers.

• The South formed the Confederacy after Lincoln was elected.

• Southern factory owners did not want Northern comptetion.

• Many Northern states wanted to abolish slavery.

• Southern planters wanted to end slavery.

• President Lincoln wanted the US to be divided into the North and South.

What was the goal of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution?

• To free enslaved African Americans.

• To grant citizenship to African Americans.

• To grant the right to vote to femaile African Americans.

• To grant the right to vote to women.

Which of these best explains the verdict in Plessy V. Ferguson?

• The court did not rule but left it up to the city of New Orleans to decided the case.

• The court ruled in favor of integrating all public schools.

• The court upheld Plessy's rights thus outlawing segregation in the south.

• The court ruled that against Plessy thus allowing Jim Crow laws to continue in the South.

What was the impact of the event shown in the source?

• It made it difficult for African Americans to practice the 15th Amendment.

• It allowed the poor quick and easy access to voting.

• It made it difficult for African Americans to own land.

• It allowed African Americans to own land.

What did Jim Crow laws do in the south?

Select 2 correct answers.

• Jim Crow laws allowed African Americans to easily vote.

• Jim Crow laws forced African Americans to have separate facilities from white people.

• Jim Crow laws helped African Americans to own land.

• Jim Crow laws allowed unfair treatment of African Americans to continue for 50 years.

• Jim Crow laws helped African Americans to want to continue to live in the South.

How was the Great Migration similar to European Immigration to the United States?

• Both groups knew they could run for offices, like mayor, in the North.

• Both groups left their homelands because of natural disasters.

• Both groups hoped to find jobs and a better way of life.

• Both groups were welcomed in the North.

Based on the source, why was the 1954 case a historic event in American history?

Select TWO correct answers.

• It said no student should have to ride a bus to school.

• It forced companies to integrate their businesses.

• It ended school segregation in the United States.

• It left it up to city leaders to decide where children attended school.

• It overturned the 'separate but equal' law.

Which of these accurately describes the Harlem Renaissance?

Select TWO correct answers.

• Writers, like Langston Hughes, contributed ideas through their books and poetry for the Civil Rights movement.

• Hughes led the Civil Rights movement by encouraging people to fight and take property as forms of protest.

• Hughes and other artists left New York after white leaders became upset about the trouble they were causing.

• It was a sad time for African Americans in New York since many were jailed for disturbing the peace and theft.

• It was a movement of art, literatuire, and music where African Americans were recongized for their cultural contributions.

What is the most important impact that these types of events had on the Civil Rights movement?

• Boycotts caused such a disturbance that city bus stations never opened again.

• They encouraged other African Americans to use violence to protest.

• These protests were so few that had very little impact on the Civil Rights Movement.

• In many cases, the boycotts worked and encourged other nationwide protests.

How did this law (Voting Rights Act of 1964) affect African Americans?

• It gave all African American landowners the right to vote.

• It forced citizens to take a civics test before voting.

• It outlawed poll taxes and literacy tests.

• It required poll taxes for voting in local elections.