EOC Practice

Impact of Plessy v. Ferguson

• Legalized suffrage

• Legalized segregation

• Legalized westward expansion

• Legalized reservations

Disenfranchisement

• Process of having your rights taken away

• Process of having more rights given to you

• Process of immigrating to the United States

• 15th Amendment

Jim Crow Laws did what?

• Disenfranchised African Americans and segregate society

• Disenfranchised wealthy white planters and segregated society

• Forced Republicans to become sharecroppers

• Led to an increase in voting activity among African Americans

In 1896, in the landmark case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court upheld a Louisiana law requiring "separate but equal accommodations" for white and black passengers on railroads. The Court ruled that the Louisiana law did not violate the 14th Amendment's guarantee of "equal protection of the laws. These federal court decisions supported a wave of segregation laws, commonly known as Jim Crow laws. These laws required segregated washrooms, drinking fountains, park benches, and other facilities in all public spaces.

Question: According to this passage what was the effect of the Plessy v. Ferguson decision?

• Society grew less segregated because of the 14th Amendment

• Society became more segregated because the Supreme Court ruled that "separate but equal" did not violate the 14th Amendment

• Freedom of speech was lost for a majority of citizens.

• Fewer and fewer Jim Crow Laws were created

The photographs are of the same student at Carlisle Indian School during the late nineteenth century.

• Immigration

• assimilation

• nullification

• Nativism

What was Benjamin "Pap" Singleton known for?

• Leading 50,000 African Americans to northern states during the Civil War
• Leading 50,000 African Americans to Kansas and Nebraska during Reconstruction
• Leading a revolt against Southern slave holders
• Murdering Nathan Bedford Forrest

Which statement describes the impact of this case?

• This case established limits on the freedom of speech

• This case recognized the rights of the individual during a time of war.

• This ruling led to an amendment being created to expand free speech.

• This ruling determined the authorization needed for military mobilization

This image demonstrates what effect of World War I on the home front?

• Americans were encouraged to ration

• Americans were encouraged to work in war factories

• Americans were encouraged to enlist in the military

• Americans were encouraged to buy government war bonds

What was the reason Charles Schenck opposed America's war effort?

• Schenck didn't have the money to buy war bonds

• Schenck felt the military draft was unconstitutional

• Schenck supported Germany's war aims

• Schenck felt that Congress didn't have the right to declare war on foreign nations

Senator Lodge made this statement in opposition to -

• U.S. membership in the League of Nations

• the funding of a massive buildup of the U.S. Navy

• a relaxation of U.S. citizenship requirements

• U.S. entry into the Spanish-American War