Jim Crow and Segregation in the United States

What was the origin of the term 'Jim Crow'?

• It was a song and dance routine performed by a white comedian

• It was a derogatory term used to refer to slaves

• It was a nickname for African Americans in the 1800s

• It was a term used to describe racial segregation laws

What were 'black codes'?

• Laws that severely limited the rights of freedmen after the Civil War

• Laws that mandated racial segregation in public places

• Laws that allowed African Americans to vote and hold office

• Laws that prohibited interracial marriage

What was the period of history called when the Republican-dominated Congress enforced military occupation in the South?

• Reconstruction

• Jim Crow Era

• Civil Rights Movement

• Segregation Period

What was the outcome of the Colfax Massacre in 1873?

• 150 African Americans were murdered by the White League

• The White League successfully took control of the southern governments

• The federal trial resulted in the conviction of those responsible

• The African American community gained political power

What did the Supreme Court rule in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson?

• Segregation by legislation was constitutional as long as it was 'separate but equal'

• Segregation by legislation was unconstitutional and violated the 14th Amendment

• Segregation by custom was unconstitutional and violated the 15th Amendment

• Segregation by custom was constitutional as long as it was 'separate but equal'

What were some of the ways African Americans were segregated under Jim Crow laws?

• Segregation in public schools, libraries, hospitals, and transportation

• Segregation in voting rights and political representation

• Segregation in housing and banking policies

• All of the above

What were some of the voting restrictions imposed on African Americans during the Jim Crow era?

• Poll taxes, literacy tests, and comprehension tests

• Grandfather clauses and segregation by custom

• Separate but equal laws and federal workplace segregation

• Intimidation, humiliation, and violence

Which president segregated the federal workplace and the army?

• Woodrow Wilson

• Harry Truman

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

Who was the spiritual leader of the civil rights movement?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Malcolm X

• Rosa Parks

• Thurgood Marshall

What incident in 1946 led to increased attention on civil rights and segregation?

• The Blinding of Isaac Woodward Jr.

• The Montgomery Bus Boycott

• The Colfax Massacre

• The Brown v. Board of Education case