Segregation in Gilded Age

What were Jim Crow laws?

• A series of laws that gave African Americans more freedom

• Laws created to enforce segregation

• A decision to grant equal access to public schools.

• Laws created to end segregation

What was the ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?

• Separate but equal was unlawful

• African Americans could not vote

• Separate but equal was lawful

• African Americans must have the right to vote

Select two methods used to deprive African Americans of the right to vote.

• Property Tax

• Poll Tax

• Standardized Testing

• Literacy Tests

What TWO methods did Booker T. Washington emphasize in fighting for equality?

• Creating a "talented tenth" of Black leaders

• learning a valuable trade or job

• Avoiding all forms of racial violence

• Demanding immediate end to segregation

What TWO methods did W.E.B. DuBois emphasize in fighting for equality?

• Creating a "talented tenth" of Black leaders

• Focusing on learning a trade or skill

• Demanding the right to vote immediately

• Avoiding campaigning for right to vote

How were Booker T. Washington and WEB DuBois similar?

• Both men were born in the South and witnessed slavery

• Both stressed education and opposed racial violence

• Both called for an immediate end to segregation

• Both believed in a group of ten-percenters who became leaders

How were Black Americans impacted by poll taxes and literacy tests?

• Voting became more restricted

• Voting became easier

• Black Americans were encouraged to vote for specific political parties

• The 15th Amendment prevented barriers to voting

Ida B Wells participated in the following examples of activism?

• Anti-lynching and women's right to vote

• Trade Schools and earning respect

• Sending the next generation of leaders to college

• Fostering relationships between white and black Americans in the South

How did the Fourteenth Amendment challenge the Black Codes passed in Southern states?

• It allowed Southern states to enforce racial segregation through Black Codes

• It guaranteed citizenship and equal legal protection to formerly enslaved people

• It limited voting rights to property owners

• It strengthened states’ rights to control their own laws