WorksheetsJim Crow
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
How long was the time period called Reconstruction?
5 years
12 years
20 years
30 years
Which one of these answers is not a reason on why Reconstruction ended in 1877? Pick the answer that does not belong
Republicans took over the South after Reconstruction ended
Union (Northern) troops were taken out of the South in the Compromise of 1877
Democrats took over the South after Reconstruction ended
people cared about the bad economy and the Panic of 1873, not civil rights in the South
What is peonage, and what Amendment did this violate?
this is when a farmer tends crops for a landowner, and this violates the 13th Amendment
a worker must work until a debt is paid off, and this violates the 14th Amendment
a worker must work until a debt is paid off, and this violates the 13th Amendment
this means a worker cannot work if he or she has a criminal record, and this violates the 14th Amendment
What answer is the definition of the 15th Amendment?
the Northern states are not responsible for damages that happened in the South
No former Confederate officer may run for political office unless 2/3 of Congress vote on it
no life, liberty or property can be taken without due process
all people of color and ex-slaves have the ability to vote in an election.
What does it mean to "disenfranchise" somebody?
to take away someone's right to vote in an election
to take away someone's right to serve on a jury
to take away someone's right to marry whoever
putting someone in jail without going to court first
What did Justice John Harlan’s dissent or disagreeing opinion say in the 8-1 decision of Plessy v Ferguson?
the Constitution is color blind and does not allow discrimination
the 14th Amendment applied to state buildings only, not private businesses
the 14th Amendment does not apply to states
people cannot not help who they hate or who is socially of a lower class
What approximate year did the Jim Crow laws in the South start?
1860
1880
1900
1920
What did Frederick Douglass see in 1888 when he traveled to Georgia and South Carolina that made him sad and angry?
he saw the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments being followed by Southerners
he saw Southerners giving food, clothing, and land to ex-slaves
he saw "white only" signs and stories of lynching in these states
he witnessed the first time a black person and a white person getting married in South Carolina
What was the main idea of the Supreme Court's decision in Plessy vs. Ferguson in 1896? What did the 8 judges decide?
the Supreme Court outlawed the practice of lynching
its ok to segregate as long as its "separate but equal facilities and places
all black people finally will have equal rights
all black people and white people can marry each other.
There are 3 answers that describe how the South denied and cut out black voters from voting in elections after 1880. Pick the answer that does not belong
sharecropping
8 Box Law
poll tax
literacy test
How did the South get around and find loopholes in the 14th Amendment?
convict leasing was allowed in the Southern states
Supreme Court allowed segregation in the Civil Rights Cases of 1883 and Plessy v Ferguson case of 1896
the Eight Box law and the grandfather clause was passed
the South used sharecropping to get around it
If a black person saw a murder by a white person in a Southern state, what problem would that black person have with our judicial (court) system in a Southern state?
black people were not allowed to be witnesses against people in Southern states
a black person is not a citizen in the Southern States
a black person is not allowed in a court room in the Southern states
What three Civil Rights Amendments were passed in the time period from 1865-1877 in the time of Reconstruction?
1st, 2nd, and 3rd Amendments
6th, 7th, and 8th Amendments
9th, 10th and 11th Amendments
13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
What President ended Reconstruction by taking the federal troops out of the South who were protecting black people in 1877?
Rutherford B. Hayes
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
What is a "state legislature"?
its a group of individuals that make, write, and vote on state laws
its the head of a state
these men judge the fairness of laws in a state
they are the men that police a state
