New South Review Quiz SS8H7b

What is Disenfranchisement?

• Granting voting rights

• Taking away the right to vote

• Providing education

• Offering employment opportunities.

The Grandfather Clause allowed you to vote if your father could vote. True or False?

• True

• False

What was the purpose of the White Primary?

• To allow all people to vote

• To hold elections before the general election where only white people could vote

• To educate voters

• To promote equality.

The Literacy Test was an example of what?

• Educational reform

• Disenfranchisement

• Economic opportunity

• Social equality

Why were the policies of Disenfranchisement put in place?

• To promote equality

• To stop black people from voting and keep white people in political power

• To encourage education

• To improve economic conditions

Which of the following is an example of Jim Crow Laws?

• Integration of schools

• Segregation of school and public places

• Equal employment opportunities

• Universal healthcare.

What law became legal after the Homer Plessy court case?

• Civil Rights Act

• Voting Rights Act

• 'Separate But Equal' Segregation

• Equal Employment Opportunity Act

How long did the Atlanta Massacre of 1906 last?

• 24 hours

• 48 hours

• 72 hours

• 96 hours

Fill in the blank: The Grandfather Clause was an example of ________.

• Disenfranchisement

• Economic opportunity

• Social equality

• Educational reform

Fill in the blank: The purpose of Jim Crow Laws was to provide more opportunities to take away rights from blacks that whites already ________.

• needed

• wanted

• had

• ignored