SSUSH 13C: Plessy v Ferguson

When did White Democrats regain power in Southern legislatures following the end of Reconstruction?

• 1909

• 1896

• 1890

• 1876

What was the initial purpose of Jim Crow laws?

• To segregate public transportation

• To prevent Blacks from participating in the political process

• To segregate public schools

• To enforce labor contracts

Which administration extended Jim Crow laws to the federal government?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Woodrow Wilson

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

In what year did Louisiana pass a Jim Crow law requiring separate facilities on railroads?

• 1876

• 1890

• 1909

• 1896

Who decided to challenge the Louisiana Jim Crow law in 1892?

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Homer Plessy

• Booker T. Washington

• Martin Luther King Jr.

What was the Supreme Court's ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?

• "Separate but equal" is constitutional

• Jim Crow laws are unconstitutional

• "Separate but equal" is unconstitutional

• Federal government cannot enforce segregation

In what year was the NAACP founded?

• 1909

• 1890

• 1876

• 1954

Who was among the founders of the NAACP?

• Homer Plessy

• Booker T. Washington

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Malcolm X

What were the NAACP's stated goals?

• To establish separate but equal schools

• To promote Black entrepreneurship

• To secure for all people the rights guaranteed in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

• To end federal segregation

Which Supreme Court case ended public school segregation in 1954?

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Roe v. Wade

• Marbury v. Madison