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WorksheetsJim Crow Brain Pop
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What was the first step in attempting to legalize segregation in the South?
Winning control of U.S. Congress
Seceding from the Union
Disenfranchising African Americans
Fighting the abolition of slavery
If the Supreme Court had sided with Homer Plessy:
The "separate but equal" doctrine might still be legal.
The North would have adopted Jim Crow laws.
The Great Migration would have happened sooner.
Formal segregation likely would have ended sooner.
Place the following events in order:
A) Brown v. Board of Education
B) Plessy v. Ferguson
C) End of Civil War
D) Jim Crow laws
C, D, B, A
B, C, D, A
D, C, A, B
C, D, A, B
What is misleading about describing Jim Crow South as "separate but equal?"
Everyone ended up sharing the same spaces.
Divisions among groups were rarely enforced.
African Americans' facilities were usually inferior.
These laws applied only to schools.
The Jim Crow stereotype harmed African Americans by altering:
laws protecting their voting rights.
the publics perception of them.
laws related to public schools.
their eligibility to serve in the military.
Which city had the biggest increase in African-American population during Great Migration?
Tallahassee, FL
Philadelphia, PA
Atlanta, GA
Little Rock, AR
Compared to the Jim Crow South, the North during the same era was:
less restrictive for African Americans, but still segregated
completely free of racial discrimination
fully integrated
more dangerous for African Americans, with less opportunity
The NAACP found its greatest successes in the fight against segregation:
in Congress
in State Legislatures
through appeals to the President
in the courts
Which best characterizes the Supreme Court's view of Jim Crow laws?
It always considered them illegal.
It initially supported them.
It overturned them immediately.
It deemed it was not their place to judge their validity.
Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice." What did he mean?
Only if everyone agrees can equal rights be legally protected.
Right will prevail over wrong eventually.
Historically, most people have acted ethically and fairly.
The fight to end discrimination is a cyclical process.
