U1T2 Review | U.S. & Louisiana History | Mr. Cheramie, BBMS

Which of the following best explains how the Compromise of 1877 affected African Americans in the South?

• It created the Freedmen’s Bureau to protect African American rights

• It led to the removal of federal troops, allowing Jim Crow laws to spread

• It required southern states to end segregation

• It guaranteed African Americans equal access to schools and voting

Which statement best explains how Jim Crow laws affected African Americans?

• They restricted the rights of African Americans and kept races separated

• They were designed to give equal access to schools and public places

• They protected voting rights for freedmen in the South

• They guaranteed equal pay for African American and White workers

What was the Supreme Court’s main argument in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?

• Segregation violated the 14th Amendment

• Segregation did not violate the law if facilities were equal

• Segregation guaranteed full civil rights for African Americans

• Segregation could be overcome by enforcing social mixing

In his dissent to Plessy v. Ferguson, Justice Harlan said the Constitution is “color-blind.” What did he mean?

• The Constitution guarantees equal rights to all, regardless of skin color.

• The Constitution guarantees only White citizens the right to vote

• The Constitution requires people to ignore differences in culture and language

• The Constitution gives states the right to set their own racial laws

What was the long-term impact of the Plessy v. Ferguson decision?

• It ended segregation in public schools and transportation

• It upheld “separate but equal,” allowing segregation to continue for decades

• It expanded voting rights for African Americans in Louisiana

• It forced southern states to abolish literacy tests and poll taxes

What practice led to the trend shown in the chart?

• Suffrage

• Political Disenfranchisement

• Civil Rights

• the NAACP

Which tactics were most often used to prevent African Americans from voting in the South after Reconstruction?

• Literacy tests and poll taxes

• Open primaries and debates

• Sharecropping agreements

• New political parties

What was one way the Louisiana Constitution of 1898 limited the rights of African Americans?

• It abolished the poll tax and literacy test

• It allowed African Americans to serve on juries for the first time

• It created voting requirements that disfranchised most Black citizens

• It guaranteed African Americans could hold office

In the early Jim Crow Era, which group benefited most from Louisiana’s new voting rules?

• Immigrants

• White men

• Black men

• Women

Booker T. Washington encouraged African Americans to—

• focus on industrial skills and economic self-improvement

• demand immediate social equality and voting rights

• move north to find industrial jobs

• protest segregation through marches and boycotts