Presidents Day Review

What was the cause? -> Effect: Removal of troops from southern states

• Black Codes

• Jim Crow Laws

• Compromise of 1877

• Civil Rights Act of 1866

How were the lives of many Chinese immigrants affected by the transcontinental railroad? (DOK 2)

• They used the transcontinental railroad to travel west to search for gold, but they had to leave their families behind

• They used factories to manufacture railroad tracks and ties, and they became economically and politically powerful

• They were given jobs to plan the transcontinental railroad, but they were underpaid

• They were employed to build the railroad tracks, but they also suffered from discrimination

What Supreme Court case ruled "separate but equal" was legal?

• Texas vs. Johnson

• Tinker vs. DesMoines

• Brown vs. Board of Education

• Plessy vs. Ferguson

Which of the following BEST explains the purpose of the Jim Crow system?

• Keep public facilities cleaner

• keep African-Americans as second-class citizens

• keep the races pure

• keep African-Americans from voting

What philosopher favored confronting Jim Crow laws?

• Andrew Johnson

• Rutherford B. Hayes

• Booker T. Washington

• W.E.B. Du Bois

What leader favored accepting Jim Crow segregation laws?

• Booker T. Washington

• Andrew Johnson

• Samuel Tilden

• W.E.B. Du Bois

Which of the following supposedly tested reading ability?

• Poll Taxes

• White Primaries

• Grandfather Clauses

• Literacy Tests

The Plessy v. Ferguson case had what impact?

• It increased the civil rights of African Americans

• It upheld segregation laws as unconstitutional.

• It struck down Jim Crow laws as violating the 14th amendment.

• It struck down the Separate but Equal doctrine

This gave Americans 160 acres to claim out west on “federal” land

• Homestead Act

• Reservation Policy

• Morrill Land Grant Act

• Pacific Railway Act

What best describes Jim Crow laws?

• better opportunities for women
• African Americans gaining full civil and political rights
• discrimination laws focused on Native Americans
• unequal opportunities for African Americans in housing, jobs, and education