Jim Crow Laws and Civil Rights

What was the primary purpose of Jim Crow laws?

• To enforce racial segregation

• To provide equal rights for all races

• To eliminate racial discrimination

• To abolish slavery

Under Jim Crow laws, which of the following was segregated?

• Schools

• Transportation

• Restaurants

• All of the above

Which group of people were most affected by Jim Crow laws?

• Native Americans

• African Americans

• Asian Americans

• Hispanic Americans

Jim Crow laws were primarily enacted in which region of the United States?

• Northeast

• South

• Midwest

• West

What was the outcome of the Supreme Court decision in *Plessy v. Ferguson* (1896)?

• Segregation was declared unconstitutional

• Segregation was upheld as constitutional

• Slavery was abolished

• Voting rights were extended to African Americans

What legal doctrine was established by *Plessy v. Ferguson*?

• "Separate but equal"

• "Equal opportunity for all"

• "Justice for all"

• "One nation, indivisible"

Who was Homer Plessy?

• A civil rights leader

• A man arrested for refusing to leave a whites-only train car

• A Supreme Court justice

• The author of Jim Crow laws

What impact did *Plessy v. Ferguson* have on the civil rights of African Americans?

• It expanded their rights

• It limited their rights by legally upholding segregation

• It ended segregation

• It granted African Americans voting rights

Which of the following methods was used to disenfranchise African Americans?

• Literacy tests

• Poll taxes

• Grandfather clauses

• All of the above

How did literacy tests disenfranchise African Americans?

• They required African Americans to pay to vote

• They imposed unfair reading and interpretation requirements

• They allowed anyone to vote regardless of literacy

• They restricted voting to landowners