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Total questions: 111
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Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the main issue in Plessy V. Ferguson?
a)
Separate but equal restrooms, drinking fountains, etc for whites and blacks.
b)
riding the bus
c)
reading rights upon rest
d)
the right to carry a gun
2.
What was the ruling in Plessy V. Ferguson?
a)
Everything became equal.
b)
The court upheld the segregation.
c)
Rosa Parks was nominated for President.
d)
Confederate states could return to the Union.
3.
Homer Plessy challenged
a)
New York's decision to allow blacks on trains.
b)
the Civil Rights Act of 1866.
c)
Louisianna's Separate Car Law
d)
Hiram Revels for his seat in Congress.
4.
Plessy v. Ferguson was
a)
a famous boxing match.
b)
a Jim Crow Law.
c)
a battle during the Civil War.
d)
a landmark constitutional law case of the US Supreme Court.
5.
Homer Plessy was
a)
a black man.
b)
a white man.
c)
a man who was half black and half white.
d)
a man who was 7/8 white and 1/8 black.
6.
In the 1870s most southern states adopted laws which
a)
returned slavery
b)
created a legal form of segragation
c)
improved living and working conditions for African-Americans
7.
The segregation laws lasted from the
a)
1840-1940s
b)
1850-1950s
c)
1860-1960s
d)
1960-1970s
8.
Jim Crow laws were mainly directed at this group
a)
Latinos
b)
African-Americans
c)
Native Americans
d)
Asians
9.
Whites Only Water Fountain .... this sign represents what laws in the South
a)
Racial Rules
b)
Lincoln Laws
c)
Black Codes
d)
Jim Crow
10.
Who say this "An education where I learn to use my hands will help me get a job and support my family"
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
W.E.B. DuBois
c)
Robert E. Lee
d)
Abraham Lincoln
11.
This African-American demanded full political, civil, and social rights to his people, so he started the NAACP
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
W.E.B. DuBois
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Frederick Douglass
12.
What best describes Jim Crow laws?
a)
better opportunities for women
b)
African Americans gaining full civil and political rights
c)
discrimination laws focused on Native Americans
d)
unequal opportunities for African Americans in housing, jobs, and education
13.
laws enacted by Southern state and local governments to separate white and black people in public and private facilities.
a)
Racist
b)
Prejudice
c)
Discrimination
d)
Jim Crow
14.
the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.
a)
Racism
b)
Discrimination
c)
Prejudice
d)
Ku Klux Klan
15.
President who started Reconstruction, but did not live to see it through.
a)
Andrew Johnson
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Ulysses S. Grant
16.
How did states try to keep Black from voting in the United States?
a)
Poll Taxes
b)
Literacy Tests
c)
White Primaries
d)
All of these.
17.
Which law suspended the use of literacy tests and authorized the appointment of federal examiners in states with low black participation rates?
a)
24th Amendment
b)
Civil Rights Act of 1970
c)
Civil Rights Act of 1965
d)
26th Amendment
18.
Segregation in the South was mainly based on...
a)
hair color
b)
religion
c)
race (color of the skin)
d)
economic status
19.
Adopted in 1865 - abolished slavery and involuntary servitude
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendent
c)
15th Amendment
d)
16th Amendment
20.
Adopted in 1868, that makes all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including former slaves— citizens of the country and guarantees equal protection of the laws.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
16th Amendment
21.
Adopted in 1868, that makes all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including former slaves— citizens of the country and guarantees equal protection of the laws.
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
16th Amendment
22.
Adopted in 1870, that prohibits the denial of voting rights to people because of their race or color or because they have previously been slaves
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
d)
16th Amendment
23.
A secret organization that used terrorist tactics in an attempt to restore white supremacy in Southern states after the Civil War.
a)
Freedmen's Bureau
b)
NAACP
c)
Crisis
d)
Ku Klux Klan
24.
Which of the following statements would have been a result of Jim Crow laws?
a)
All men regardless of race were allowed to vote
b)
Anyone born in the United States was a citizen of the United States.
c)
Hiram Revels was the first black person elected to the United States Senate.
d)
Separate schools were established for white children and black children.
25.
Who founded the Tuskegee Institute?
a)
W.E.B. Du Bois
b)
Rosa Parks
c)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
d)
Booker T. Washington
26.
Which person accepted social separation and believed racial equality could be achieved through vocational education?
a)
Booker T. Washington
b)
Martin Luther King, Jr.
c)
. W.E.B. Du Bois
d)
William Lloyd Douglas
27.
According to Booker T. Washington, what would help African Americans gain equality?
a)
Learning skills and trades
b)
Holding protests and strikes
c)
Attending meetings and elections
d)
Working longer and harder
28.
Which organization was created by W.E.B. DuBois to protect the equal rights of African-Americans?
a)
NAACP
b)
NCAA
c)
NFL
d)
NHL
29.
Which activist founded the Neighborhood Union, which set up health clinics, clubs for boys and girls, and job training classes for Atlanta’s slums?
a)
Lugenia Burns Hope
b)
Rebecca Latimer Felton
c)
W.E.B. DuBois
d)
Booker T. Washington
30.
Included Joseph E. Brown, Alfred Colquitt, and John B. Gordon; controlled the Democratic Party in GA from 1870 - 1890, and pushed for industrialization and modernization.
a)
Bourbon Triumvirate
b)
NAACP
c)
Populists
d)
Plessey vs Ferguson
31.
A tactic that required voters to pass a reading and writing test.
a)
Literacy Test
b)
Grandfather Clause
c)
Bourbon Triumvirate
d)
Populists
32.
A procedure for political primary races in which candidates for statewide offices were chosen not by the overall popular votes but by the unit votes of each county.
a)
County-unit system
b)
Bourbon Triumvirate
c)
Literacy Test
d)
Rural Free Delivery
33.
John Hope served as the first African American professor at
a)
Morehouse College and became the first black president of Atlanta University.
b)
UGA
c)
Mercer University
d)
Georgia Tech
34.
Which of the following is NOT a part of “legal” disenfranchisement?
a)
Poll taxes
b)
Literacy test
c)
Grandfather clause
d)
All of these are true
35.
What does the term disenfranchisement mean ?
a)
taking different minorities right to vote away.
b)
democrat that has many beliefs and stays with the democratic party for a long time
c)
a tax on the right to vote for many poor blacks and whites
d)
prevented African-Americans from voting. Many educated blacks were told they still failed the test and were unable to vote
36.
What were jim crow laws originally called?
a)
Black Codes
b)
slave codes
c)
temperance
d)
separate but equal
37.
Who was John Hope?
a)
He was a Jewish carpet bagger and was charged with murder of Mary Phagan and was convicted and sentenced to death. He didn’t really kill Mary Phagan John Conley actually killed her and threatened to kill him if he said anything.
b)
Supported both black and white civic leaders until his death. Though interracial marriage was illegal in Georgia Hope’s parents lived openly as an interracial marriage until his Father’s death.
c)
Wanted the Jim Crow laws to change so that African Americans and white serration is gone.
d)
Fought for better conditions in African-American schools and developed health and education campaigns.
38.
Who was Homer Plessy?
a)
Determined to fight for immediate social and political rights of African Americans and created the Talented tenth.
b)
Wanted Jim Crow laws to change so that African Americans and white segration is gone.He was arrested for sitting in the “Whites Only” car when he refused to move. The end result of his case was that everything will be separate but equal.
c)
Supported the idea that the best approach for African American- Americans to gain a foothold in white society was handwork, education,and economic accomplishments,before gaining civil rights.
d)
Founded Atlanta Mutual Life Insurance company,which offered insurance coverage to African-Americans.
39.
He gave large sums of money to many charities and became the largest donor to Atlanta University, where he served on the Board of Trustees. When he died in 1927, he was the wealthiest African American in Atlanta.
a)
John Hope
b)
Booker T. Washington
c)
Alonzo Herndon
d)
W. E. B. DuBois
40.
In 1906 an Atlanta newspaper ran false claims of black men attacking white women. This started a spree of violence and destruction in Atlanta. What was this event?
a)
International Cotton Exposition
b)
The Emancipation Proclamation
c)
The Atlanta Race Riot
d)
The Civil Rights Protests
41.
This political cartoon has a picture of Lady Liberty holding a newspaper with Mary Phagan's name on it. She is pointing to the detective department asking, "Are you asleep in there". What might this cartoon be referring to?
a)
Plessy v. Ferguson
b)
Disenfranchisement
c)
The Leo Frank Case
d)
The Civil Rights Movement
42.
Which illegal laws forced segregation in public facilities in the South?
a)
Jim Crow laws
b)
Poll taxes
c)
Literacy tests
d)
Grandfather clauses
43.
The county unit system was designed so that which counties had more advantage
a)
urban
b)
town
c)
rural
d)
none of these
44.
Leader in the prohibition and suffrage movements
a)
Tom Watson
b)
Rebecca Felton
c)
Hoke Smith
d)
Henry Grady
45.
What Georgia leader coined the phrase New South in describing the state?
a)
Rebecca Latimer Felton
b)
Henry W. Grady
c)
John B. Gordon
d)
Alfred H. Colquitt
46.
The Populist politician best known for introducing the Rural Free Delivery Bill was
a)
James B. Weaver.
b)
Tom Watson.
c)
Grover Cleveland.
d)
Rebecca Latimer Felton.
47.
A string of violence against African Americans.
a)
1906 Race Riot
b)
1926 Race Riot
c)
1966 Race Riot
d)
1916 Race Riot
48.
This was designed to give small counties more power in the state government.
a)
County Literacy Test
b)
Expositions
c)
Poll Tax
d)
County Unit System
49.
What was designed to show economic recovery in the South?
a)
Bourbon Triumvirate
b)
County Unit Systems
c)
Poll Taxes
d)
International Cotton expositions
50.
What is the term for when a person is charged or has to pay to vote?
a)
Literacy Test
b)
Poll Tax
c)
Grandfather Clause
d)
Taxes
51.
Who was the leader of the Populist Party?
a)
Tom Watson
b)
John Hope
c)
Henry Grady
d)
Leo Frank
52.
The amendment that freed all slaves.
a)
12th
b)
13th
c)
14th
d)
15th
53.
Which part of the U.S referred to as the North during the Civil War?
a)
Confederate
b)
Union
c)
Border
d)
None of the above
54.
Which African- American slave was the conductor of the Underground Railroad?
a)
Frederick Douglas
b)
Sojourner Truth
c)
Nat Turner
d)
Harriet Tubman
55.
The President during the Civil War was ______________________.
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Henry Clay
d)
Robert E. Lee
56.
Which three amendments impacted the ending of slavery?
a)
4th, 5th, and 6th
b)
1st, 2nd, and 3rd
c)
7th, 8th, and 9th
d)
13th, 14th, and 15th
57.
What was was the Dred Scott Decision?
a)
A slave that filed suit and the court said that slaves were not citizens and the case was dismissed.
b)
A slave that set of an rebellion
c)
the Emancipation Proclamation
d)
The compromise of 1850
58.
What is the rights and powers held by an individual US state?
a)
States rights
b)
Abolitionists
c)
Spiritual songs
59.
Which port was closed because of the union blockade?
a)
Atlanta port
b)
The Savannah port
c)
Hawaii
d)
Hinesville
60.
What was the ship's called that got through the Union's blockade at the Savannah port?
a)
Sherman's March to the Sea
b)
blockade runners
c)
indentured servants
d)
slaves codes
61.
What is the definition of an abolitionist?
a)
People/person who wanted slavery
b)
People/person who were slaves
c)
People/person who wanted equal rights
d)
People/person who wanted to get rid of slave
62.
What were the southern states called during the Civil War period?
a)
Las Vegas
b)
United States
c)
The confederate States of America
d)
The Union
63.
What was the first southern state that seceded from the Union?
a)
South Carolina
b)
Tennessee
c)
North Carolina
d)
Georgia
64.
What was the first battle on northern soil?
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Bull Run
c)
Antietam
d)
Shermans March
65.
To break away from a group
a)
state's rights
b)
slavery
c)
Gettysburg
d)
secede
66.
Each state should be able to decide their issues for themselves and the Federal Government should not interfere.
a)
slavery
b)
state's rights
c)
secede
d)
Gettysburg
67.
3 day battle that the South lost and is considered the turning point in the war
a)
Gettysburg
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
The Atlanta Campaign
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
68.
General Sherman led his troops through Georgia toward Savannah and destroyed things that Southerners needed for war.
a)
Sherman's March to the Sea
b)
Fort Sumter
c)
Gettysburg
d)
John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry
69.
This gave slaves their freedom.
a)
The Compromise of 1850
b)
The Gettysburg Address
c)
The Battle of Antietam
d)
The Emancipation Proclomation
70.
This was the government's plan to rebuild the South and reunite the United States.
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Progressive Era
c)
Gilded Age
d)
Urbanization
71.
What is the 15th Amendment?
a)
Abolished Slavery
b)
Defined what it means to be a US Citizen
c)
Gave all men the Right to Vote
d)
Gave Women the Right to Vote
72.
What was the Purpose of the 14th Amendment?
a)
To take away the rights of citizens
b)
To define citizenship
c)
It was approved by the Union
d)
It established slavery
73.
What was the work of the Freedmen's Bureau?
a)
It supported the rich people.
b)
It took away food, clothing and shelter from former slaves.
c)
It provided basic needs to formerly enslaved people.
d)
It closed schools and hospitals.
74.
What is Sharecropping?
a)
To produce a crop.
b)
A friend who shares with you.
c)
A crop that is shared.
d)
A farmer who gives part of each crop as rent.
75.
Which of the following statements describes sharecropping?
a)
Sharecroppers had to give farm owners part of their crop for using the land.
b)
Sharecroppers had to work the land they farmed.
c)
Sharecroppers had little money so they had to buy small plots of land.
d)
Sharecroppers had to share their crops with other sharecroppers.
76.
A Citizen's duty is to participate in society. How can citizens do so?
a)
Voting
b)
Eating
c)
Sleeping
d)
Thinking
77.
The amendment that granted African-American men the right to vote.
a)
12th
b)
13th
c)
14th
d)
15th
78.
The process of getting the country back to one piece after the Civil War.
a)
Reconstruction
b)
Reloading
c)
Remodeling
d)
Refinishing
79.
What was the name of the prison camp in Georgia?
a)
Auschwitz
b)
Savannah
c)
Andersonville
d)
Chickmauaga
80.
Who won the battle of Chickamauga?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
81.
Who won the battle of Gettysburg?
a)
Union
b)
Confederates
82.
After the battle of Antietam, Lincoln issued the following the document
a)
Declaration of Independence
b)
13th Amendment
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
d)
Gettysburg Address
83.
What year did Lincoln won the election?
a)
1860
b)
1861
c)
1862
d)
1863
84.
_________ march to sea was done by who?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Stonewall Jackson
c)
William T. Sherman
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
85.
Who was the Vice-President of the Confederacy?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Alexander Stephens
d)
Stonewall Jackson
86.
This battle was known as the single bloodiest day in the Civil War
a)
Battle of Chickamauga
b)
Battle of Gettysburg
c)
Battle of Antietam
d)
Battle of Bull Run
87.
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
a)
Robert E. Lee
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Alexander Stephens
d)
Abraham Lincoln
88.
Where is Alexander Stephens from?
a)
Kentucky
b)
South Carolina
c)
Georgia
d)
Ohio
89.
What was the name of the famous speech given by Abraham Lincoln?
a)
The Great Speech
b)
Gettysburg Address
c)
Farewell Speech
d)
Viva Mercia Speech
90.
What was the name of the case that declared slaves as property?
a)
The Great Compromise
b)
Scottie Choice's
c)
Dred Scott Decision
d)
Cherokee Land
91.
The March to Sea went from what to city to....
a)
Atlanta - Savannah
b)
Atlanta- Andersonville
c)
Chattanooga - Atlanta
d)
Dalton-Milldgeville
92.
Abraham Lincoln was part of which party
a)
Democrats
b)
Whigs
c)
Dixiecrats
d)
Republican
93.
Who was William T. Sherman?
a)
A. He was the Confederate general who tried to invade the North twice but failed.
b)
B. He was the appointed governor of Georgia during Reconstruction.
c)
C. He was the Union general who conquered Atlanta and marched all the way to Savannah.
d)
D. He was the Union general who finally defeated Robert E. Lee and forced him to surrender.
94.
Which of the following accurately describes Alexander Stephens?
a)
A. He was a southerner who remained loyal to the Union and served as vice president under President Lincoln
b)
B. He was a Georgian who served as vice president of the Confederacy.
c)
C. He was an intimidating politician who despised most southerners
d)
D. He was a passionate secessionist who wanted Georgia to leave the Union immediately.
95.
Which law allowed popular sovereignty in several U.S. territories?
a)
A. Georgia Platform
b)
B. Missouri Compromise
c)
C. Fugitive Slave Act
d)
D. Kansas-Nebraska Act
96.
The Fugitive Slave Act was added to this compromise to please Southern states:
a)
A. Georgia Platform
b)
B. Missouri Compromise
c)
C. Compromise of 1850
d)
D. Kansas-Nebraska Act
97.
Which of the following is a right of a state not to follow a federal law?
a)
Segregation
b)
Abolitionism
c)
Secession
d)
Nullification
98.
People who opposed slavery were known as:
a)
Confederates
b)
Sharecroppers
c)
Secessionists
d)
Abolitionists
99.
What is being described: Maine had to agree to outlaw slavery, territories wanted to become new states, abolitionists wanted to change laws?
a)
A. Tariff of 1865
b)
B. Missouri Compromise
c)
C. Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
D. Georgia Platform
100.
Georgia’s position on slavery in new territories during the mid-1800s was clearly stated in the
a)
A. Georgia Platform
b)
B. Atlanta Compromise
c)
C. Fugitive Slave Act
d)
D. Missouri Compromise
101.
The economy of the South depended largely on
a)
A. New technology.
b)
B. Manufacturing.
c)
C. Politics.
d)
D. Slave labor.
102.
What was the purpose of the Union’s blockade of Georgia’s coast?
a)
A. To destroy rail lines
b)
B. To take Atlanta
c)
C. To keep the South from trading goods by ship
d)
D. To force Lee’s surrender at Gettysburg
103.
The process of rebuilding the South after the Civil War was known as
a)
A. New South
b)
B. Reconstruction
c)
C. Atlanta Compromise
d)
D. Georgia Platform
104.
Who was the African American minister who was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1868?
a)
A. Alexander Stephens
b)
B. Henry McNeal Turner
c)
C. William Sherman
d)
D. Austin Dabney
105.
Which of the following helped African Americans in the South after the Civil War?
a)
A. Most white landowners
b)
B. The Ku Klux Klan
c)
C. The Freedmen’s Bureau
d)
D. Conservative Democrats
106.
Why were Southerners upset when Abraham Lincoln won the Election of 1860?
a)
Southerners were upset because Lincoln planned to abolish slavery
b)
Southerners were upset because Lincoln cheated to get into office
c)
Southerners were upset because Lincoln had no political experience
d)
Southerners were upset because Lincoln planned to industrialize the South
107.
Which northern state was admitted to the United States as a free state as part of the Missouri Compromise?
a)
A. Montana
b)
B. Michigan
c)
C. Maine
d)
D. Missouri
108.
What does the term “popular sovereignty” describe?
a)
A. The right of the states to vote on laws
b)
B. Abolitionism
c)
C. The right of the federal government to nullify laws
d)
D. The vote to end the Civil War
109.
What does the term “popular sovereignty” describe?
a)
A. The right of the states to vote on laws
b)
B. Abolitionism
c)
C. The right of the federal government to nullify laws
d)
D. The vote to end the Civil War
110.
Which law allowed popular sovereignty in several U.S. territories?
a)
A. Georgia Platform
b)
B. Missouri Compromise
c)
C. Fugitive Slave Act
d)
D. Kansas-Nebraska Act
111.
What is being described: Maine had to agree to outlaw slavery, territories wanted to become new states, abolitionists wanted to change laws?
a)
A. Tariff of 1865
b)
B. Missouri Compromise
c)
C. Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
D. Georgia Platform
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