Reconstruction, Amendments, and Plessy v. Ferguson Practice

What legalized segregation?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Civil Rights Act of 1868

• Jim Crow

Homer Plessy argued that his arrest violated which amendment?

• 15th

• 13th

• 14th

The Reconstruction Act of 1867 split the South into how many military districts?

• ten

• thirteen

• five

• seven

Which document shifted the Civil War?

• Freedom Declaration

• Treaty Appomattox

• Emancipation Proclamation

• 13th Amendment

What was the purpose of the 13th Amendment?

• Gave the right to vote regardless of race

• Abolished slavery

• Granted citizenship and equal protection

Which two states were the first to pass black codes?

• Virginia

• Mississippi

• South Carolina

• Georgia

What was Homer Plessy arrested for?

• attempting to vote in the election of 1872

• getting on a whites-only train car

• trying to enroll his child in a white school

What were black codes?

What did the supreme court ruling of Plessy v. Ferguson establish?