A Segregated South

Which best describes how Gerrymandering disenfranchised black voters?

• approved in 1882, this law required voters to place their ballots in one of eight separate boxes

• changing the boundaries of voting districts to help a certain political party or group

• a special tax that had to be paid either before or on election day

• required registering voters to read or explain the meaning of a section of the state constitution

Which best describes how poll tax disenfranchised black voters?

• approved in 1882, this law required voters to place their ballots in one of eight separate boxes

• this loophole allowed white voters who could not afford to pay the poll tax or pass a literacy test to vote if their grandfather or father had voted in the 1860 election

• a special tax that had to be paid either before or on election day

• changing the boundaries of voting districts to help a certain political party or group

Which best describes how literacy tests disenfranchised black voters?

• required registering voters to read or explain the meaning of a section of the state constitution

• a special tax that had to be paid either before or on election day

• changing the boundaries of voting districts to help a certain political party or group

• approved in 1882, this law required voters to place their ballots in one of eight separate boxes

Which best describes how Grandfather cause disenfranchised black voters?

• required registering voters to read or explain the meaning of a section of the state constitution

• this loophole allowed white voters who could not afford to pay the poll tax or pass a literacy test to vote if their grandfather or father had voted in the 1860 election

• a special tax that had to be paid either before or on election day

• changing the boundaries of voting districts to help a certain political party or group

Which best describes how Eight Box Law disenfranchised black voters?

• approved in 1882, this law required voters to place their ballots in one of eight separate boxes

• this loophole allowed white voters who could not afford to pay the poll tax or pass a literacy test to vote if their grandfather or father had voted in the 1860 election

• required registering voters to read or explain the meaning of a section of the state constitution

• a special tax that had to be paid either before or on election day

Why was there a push for a new constitution for South Carolina in 1895?

• To help women gain the right to vote.

• The governor to have more power than the Assembly

• For African Americans to have more civil rights than what was provided in the Constitution of 1868.

• To secure political control of the Democratic Party and restore white supremacy by disenfranchising African Americans

How did the Supreme Court ruling Plessy v. Ferguson impact race relations in the United States?

• It required separate but equal facilities for African Americans.

• It ended Jim Crow laws in the Northeast.

• It allowed equal opportunities for African Americans in the workforce.

• It required landowners to pay sharecroppers a minimum wage.

How were Land Grant Colleges like Clemson established? 

• The federal government contributed money. 

• Former Confederate money was donated.

• From the sale of the remaining slaves in SC.

• The state government contributed money. 

Who was the Populist Democrat that became governor of SC on a platform of pro-farmers and racism? 

• Ben Tillman 

• Wade Hampton III

• John Rutledge 

• Benjamin Randolph

How did South Carolina Democrats keep many Black Republicans from voting? 

• Through Disenfranchisement 

• The Democrats fully supported Black voters.

• Through seperate special elections.

• They paid them not to vote.