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Jim Crow Laws

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
Jim Crow laws were mainly directed at this group 
a)
Latinos
b)
African-Americans 
c)
Native Americans
d)
Asians
3.
Segregation in the South was mainly based on 
a)
hair color
b)
religion
c)
race (color of the skin)
d)
economic status
4.
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
5.
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
6.
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
7.
Legal separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences.
a)
Integration
b)
Conflagration
c)
Confederation
d)
Segregation
8.

What areas were racially segregated?

a)

Schools

b)

Housing

c)

Public Transportation

d)

All of these answers

9.

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

10.

Where Were Jim Crow Laws Mainly Used?

a)

Eastern Shore

b)

South

c)

North

11.

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

12.

What was the purpose of the Jim Crow Laws?

a)

Segregation

b)

To keep black people from voting.

c)

To keep black people from voting.

d)

All Of The above.

13.

What was it called when millions of African-Americans moved north to get away from the Jim Crow laws?

a)

The Underground Railroad

b)

Big move

c)

Great Migration

d)

Giant Exodus

14.

What Supreme Court ruling said that segregation (separating black & White children in public schools was unconstitutional?

a)

Jim Crow vs Harriet Tubman

b)

Brown vs. Board of Education

c)

Plessy vs Ferguson

d)

Smith vs. Jones

15.

What is the main idea of the section "Brown v. Board Of Education"?

a)

The case meant the end of separating students by race in public schools.

b)

The case required all children in the United States to attend public schools.

c)

The case required Kansas to give black schools the same amount of money as white schools.

d)

The case meant that separate schools could offer equal education.