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Total questions: 67

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
You were considered Black if you were 1% African American according to the Black Codes-True or False
a)
True
b)
False
2.
If a Freedman was unemployed, they may be arrested and required to perform forced labor-True or False
a)
True
b)
False
3.
If a Freedman was found drunk, he or she may pay a fine of $5 or work 5 days to drop the charges-True of False
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Freedman were not allowed to marry-True or False
a)
True
b)
False
5.
Due to the 2nd Amendment, Blacks were allowed to carry guns-True or False
a)
True
b)
False
6.
With the 15th Amendment, African Americans were allowed the right of suffrage-True or False
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Black students attended Public School in the South- True or False
a)
True
b)
False
8.
Freedman may not establish churches without permission-True or False
a)
True
b)
False
9.
In Mississippi, Freedman or mulattoes may not assemble themselves will be forced to pay a $50 fine or go to prison-True or False
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Freedman could not learn to read and write-True or False
a)
True
b)
False
11.
No Negro shall be permitted to own or rent land in Louisiana-True or False
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Also in Louisiana, Blacks were required to be in service of some white person or former owner even though they were free-True or False
a)
True
b)
False
13.
In North Carolina, black and white remains of the dead are not to be bury next to each other-True or False
a)
True
b)
False
14.
In many states, Freedman were not allowed to press charges against whites, even if they slapped them in public-True or False
a)
True
b)
False
15.
In Tennessee, a former white master may ride his former slave's back like a horse-True or False
a)
True
b)
False
16.

Black code laws were created to help African American during Reconstruction (T/F)

a)

False

b)

True

17.

Black codes deprived African Americans of (check all that apply)

a)

the right to vote

b)

the right to serve on juries

c)

the right to own or carry weapons

18.

Judges could send African American orphans to plantation owners and be forced to work. (T/F)

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Many African American workers were forced to sign contracts that

a)

forced them to work for free

b)

limited them to work for one employer

c)

made them stay in the old slave quarters

20.

If an African American refused to sign the contract they could be punished by: (check all that apply)

a)

fines

b)

beatings

c)

arrests for vagrancy

d)

deportation

e)

house arrest

21.

If an African American was arrested, they could be forced to work without pay, effectively becoming a slave. (T/F)

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Outrage over the Black Codes spurred this era:

a)

Antebellum

b)

Reconstruction

c)

Industrialization

23.

Black Codes were outlawed, but

a)

many southern states continued to discriminate against African Americans

b)

were soon reinstated

c)

were adopted in the West

24.

A violent, terroristic white supremacist group was the

a)

Ku Klux Klan

b)

Jim Crows

c)

Black Codes

25.

At the end of Reconstruction, newly freed African Americans saw

a)

little improvement in their economic and social status

b)

major improvement in their economic and social status

c)

little improvement in their economic but major improvement in their economic status

d)

major improvement in their economic but little improvement in their social status

26.

The 15th Amendment granted:

a)

citizenship to everyone, regardless of race

b)

equal rights to blacks

c)

voting rights to black males

d)

voting rights to women

27.

"Exoduster" was a name given to:

a)

Klansmen who wanted to scare black voters

b)

laws that regulated the labor of freemen

c)

Republican candidates who ran for office in the South during reconstruction

d)

Former slaves who left the South for better treatment and opportunity in the West

28.

Freedmen, Republicans, carpetbaggers, and scalawags were often the target of:

a)

Radical Republicans

b)

the Ku Klux Klan

c)

Exodusters

d)

former slaves

29.

Who was Nathan Bedford Forrest?

a)

the first black governor of Louisiana

b)

The founder of the Ku Klux Klan

c)

the author of the 15th Amendment

d)

the president of the Confederacy

30.

Jim Crow Laws were an attempt by Southern whites to achieve segregation using the principle:

a)

separate but equal

b)

due process of law

c)

equal protection

d)

integration

31.
Legal separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences.
a)
Integration
b)
Conflagration
c)
Confederation
d)
Segregation
32.

What Supreme Court case ruled "separate but equal" was legal?

a)

Texas vs. Johnson

b)

Tinker vs. DesMoines

c)

Brown vs. Board of Education

d)

Plessy vs. Ferguson

33.

Which of the following BEST explains the purpose of the Jim Crow system?

a)

Keep public facilities cleaner

b)

keep African-Americans as second-class citizens

c)

keep the races pure

d)

keep African-Americans from voting

34.

Tests given to African Americans at the voting polls.

a)

Literacy Tests

b)

Voting tests

c)

Government Tests

d)

Poll tests

35.

What areas were racially segregated?

a)

Schools

b)

Housing

c)

Public Transportation

d)

All of these answers

36.

You are eligible to vote if you grandfather was eligible to vote under this clause.

a)

Grandfather clause

b)

Father Clause

c)

Grandmother Clause

d)

Santa Clause

37.

Which amendment granted African American males ( no females) the right to vote?

a)

15th

b)

19th

c)

1st

d)

14th

38.

Which word means "The Right To Vote"

a)

Democracy

b)

Elections

c)

Suffrage

d)

Rights

39.
Jim Crow was
a)
President of the United States
b)
Donald Duck's best friend
c)
a white actor who put charcoal on his face
d)
a bird 
40.

Where Were Jim Crow Laws Mainly Used?

a)

Eastern Shore

b)

South

c)

North

41.
Segregation in the South was mainly based on 
a)
hair color
b)
religion
c)
race (color of the skin)
d)
economic status
42.
Segregation in the South was mainly based on 
a)
hair color
b)
religion
c)
race (color of the skin)
d)
economic status
43.
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
44.
Define an immigrant
a)
Person who moves to a country from another country
b)
Person who moves from one state to another state
c)
Person who works in the United States
d)
Person who leaves the United States
45.

How did the ruling in Plessy vs. Ferguson relate to the 14th amendment?

a)

It said that separate but equal was unfair

b)

It created laws that separated blacks and whites.

c)

It created laws that desegregated blacks and whites forever

d)

It created laws to unify America

46.

How did the ruling in Plessy vs. Ferguson relate to the 14th amendment?

a)

It said that separate but equal was unfair

b)

It created laws that separated blacks and whites.

c)

It created laws that desegregated blacks and whites forever

d)

It created laws to unify America

47.
Beginning as a social club for former Confederates, this organization terrorized African Americans across the country.
a)
Fraternal Order of Elks
b)
Ku Klux Klan
c)
Freemasons
d)
Illuminati
48.

Jim Crow laws

a)

Segregated blacks and whites

b)

Killed minorities

c)

Resulted in slavery

d)

Were ended after the Civil War

49.

This was the Supreme Court case that legalized segregation in America

a)

Dred Scott v. Sanford

b)

Marbury v. Madison

c)

Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

Garrett v. NFL

50.

Forcing a person to read a paragraph before they were allowed to vote is called a

a)

Poll Tax

b)

Literacy Test

c)

Grandfather Clause

d)

Lynching

51.

Forcing a person to pay a fee to vote is called a

a)

Poll tax

b)

Lynching

c)

Literacy Test

d)

Grandfather clause

52.

A political murder of an African American to intimidate called a

a)

Grandfather Clause

b)

Literacy Test

c)

Poll Tax

d)

Lynching

53.

This famous black leader was born a slave in Alabama

a)

Dred Scott

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

54.

This Black leader was born in the north and was the first African American to graduate with a Ph.D from Harvard University

a)

Malcolm X

b)

W.E.B. DuBois

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

Martin Luther King Jr.

55.

This civil rights leader thought that Black Americans should accept racism and embrace a long term fight for equality

a)

W.E.B DuBois

b)

Booker T. Washington

56.

This civil rights leader said that African Americans should demand their rights now and should be treated equal to whites

a)

W.E.B. DuBois

b)

Booker T. Washington

57.

what is shown in the photo

a)

A poll tax

b)

A grandfather clause

c)

A lynching

d)

A literacy test

58.
Whites Only Water Fountain
.... this sign represents what laws in the South
a)
Racial Rules
b)
Lincoln Laws
c)
Black Codes 
d)
Jim Crow Laws
59.
Jim Crow laws were mainly directed at this group 
a)
Latinos
b)
African-Americans 
c)
Native Americans
d)
Asians
60.
Segregation in the South was mainly based on 
a)
hair color
b)
religion
c)
race (color of the skin)
d)
economic status
61.
What Supreme Court case ruled "separate but equal" was legal?
a)
Redskins vs Giants
b)
Aylor vs Byrd
c)
Brown vs Board of Education
d)
Plessy vs Ferguson
62.
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
63.
1865 - abolished slavery and involuntary servitude
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendent
c)
15th Amendment
64.
1868, makes all persons born 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
65.
1870, grates voting rights to all men regardless of their race or color or because they have previously been slaves
a)
13th Amendment
b)
14th Amendment
c)
15th Amendment
66.
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 Laws
67.
a secret organization that used terrorist tactics in an attempt to restore white supremacy in Southern states after the Civil War. 
a)
Racism
b)
Discrimination
c)
Prejudice 
d)
Ku Klux Klan

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