Post-Reconstruction Era Quiz

What was the primary purpose of Jim Crow laws?

• To promote racial equality
• To enforce segregation
• To support African American rights
• To encourage integration

Which Supreme Court case established the doctrine of 'Separate but Equal'?

• Brown v. Board of Education
• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Marbury v. Madison
• Dred Scott v. Sandford

What does 'de jure' segregation refer to?

• Culturally sanctioned segregation
• Legally sanctioned segregation
• Voluntary segregation
• Segregation based on social norms

Which of the following was NOT a method used to disenfranchise African American voters?

• Literacy tests
• Poll taxes
• Grandfather clauses
• Voting rights act

What was the significance of the Niagara Movement?

• It promoted vocational training
• It was a civil rights organization fighting against Jim Crow
• It focused on women's suffrage
• It was a labor union

Who believed in the concept of the 'Talented Tenth'?

• Booker T. Washington
• W. E. B. Du Bois
• Marcus Garvey
• Mary Church Terrell

What was the main goal of Marcus Garvey's movement?

• Integration of African Americans into American society
• Repatriation of African Americans to Africa
• Establishment of vocational schools
• Advocacy for women's rights

Which of the following best describes the term 'exodusters'?

• African Americans who migrated to the North
• African Americans who settled in Freedmen's Towns
• African Americans who fought in the military
• African Americans who remained in the South

What was the role of Buffalo Soldiers during the post-Reconstruction era?

• They were civil rights activists
• They helped with westward expansion
• They were involved in the Harlem Renaissance
• They established black businesses