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Jim Crow Laws Vocabulary

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Discrimination

a)

to make a difference in treatment or favor on a basis other than individual merit

b)

Forced separation of people of different races in public places

c)

Laws passed in southern states during Reconstruction that greatly limited the freedom and rights of African Americans

d)

to choose to forget differences/past issues and work together towards a common goal

2.

Racial Segregation

a)

to make a difference in treatment or favor on a basis other than individual merit

b)

Forced separation of people of different races in public places

c)

Laws passed in southern states during Reconstruction that greatly limited the freedom and rights of African Americans

d)

to choose to forget differences/past issues and work together towards a common goal

3.

N.A.A.C.P.

a)

Group formed by W. E. B. DuBois and others in 1909 to pursue the goals of economic, educational, and social equality for African Americans; inspired by the Niagara Movement.

b)

Forced separation of people of different races in public places

c)

Agency established by Congress in 1865 to help poor people in the South.

d)

Laws that enforced segregation in the southern states after Reconstruction

4.

Chinese Exclusion Act

a)

provided an absolute 10-year halt on Chinese labor immigration

b)

Laws that enforced segregation in the southern states after Reconstruction

c)

Laws passed in southern states during Reconstruction that greatly limited the freedom and rights of African Americans

d)

to make a difference in treatment or favor on a basis other than individual merit

5.

Jim Crow Laws

a)

provided an absolute 10-year halt on Chinese labor immigration

b)

Laws that enforced segregation in the southern states after Reconstruction

c)

Laws passed in southern states during Reconstruction that greatly limited the freedom and rights of African Americans

d)

to make a difference in treatment or favor on a basis other than individual merit

6.

W.E.B. DuBois

a)

Believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans and founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP

b)

Believed equality could be achieved through vocational education; accepted social segregation

c)

provided an absolute 10-year halt on Chinese labor immigration

d)

Laws that enforced segregation in the southern states after Reconstruction

7.

Booker T. Washington

a)

Believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans and founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP

b)

Believed equality could be achieved through vocational education; accepted social segregation

c)

provided an absolute 10-year halt on Chinese labor immigration

d)

Laws that enforced segregation in the southern states after Reconstruction

8.

Plessy v. Ferguson

a)

a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality

b)

to make a difference in treatment or favor on a basis other than individual merit

c)

Believed equality could be achieved through vocational education; accepted social segregation

d)

Group formed by W. E. B. DuBois and others in 1909 to pursue the goals of economic, educational, and social equality for African Americans; inspired by the Niagara Movement

9.

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

a)

an African American investigative journalist, educator, and co-founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

b)

Believed equality could be achieved through vocational education; accepted social segregation

c)

Believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans and founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

d)

Laws that enforced segregation in the southern states after Reconstruction

10.

Black Codes are ________________ Reconstruction. Jim Crow Laws are ________________ Reconstruction.

a)

before; during

b)

after; before

c)

during; after

d)

after; during