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African American Changes

Total questions: 69

Worksheet time: 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Political section 1

a)

1873 Slaughterhouse Case

b)

1865 Black codes

c)

1875 Civil Rights Act

d)

1877 Hayes Tilden Compromsie

e)

1898 Mississippi v. Williams

2.

Sociocultural section 1

a)

KKK formed in December 1865

b)

Freedmans Bureau (closed 1872)

c)

the Black codes set up in 1865

d)

Crop-lien system

e)

Jim Crow laws 1887-1891

3.

Economic section 1

a)

Boll Weevil attack

b)

Sharecropping

c)

some migration to southern cities

d)

Crop-lien system

e)

Trudeau v. Barnes 1933

4.

1873 Slaughterhosue case allowed states to override (a)   th ammendment with discrimination

5.

____ ______________ ____ allowed states to override 14th ammendment with discrimination

(a)  

6.

This act was not enforced and later ruled unconstitutional in 1883

a)

1875 Civil Rights Act

b)

1877 Hayes Tilden Compromise

c)

Jim Crow laws 1887-1891

d)

Plessy Vs Ferguson 1896

7.

the _____ - ______ Compromise (18__) followed a disputed election between Republican Rutherford B Hayes and Democrat Smauel Tilden. Democrats agreed to accept Hayes as President in exchange for a withdrawal of _______ ______ from the south

a)

Hayes-Tilden

b)

1877

c)

1865

d)

federal troops

e)

confderate troops

8.

When was the KK formed? (month, year)

(a)  

9.

True or False:

The Freedmans Bureau closed in 1872

a)

True

b)

False

10.

What percentage of AA children couldn't read in the south, compared to 15% of white children?

a)

65%

b)

50%

c)

90%

d)

1%

11.

the _____ _____ were set up in 1865 to limit the power of AAs. it limted what 'negros' could do (anyone with 1/8 black blood) such as banning inter-racial unions, and limiting legal rights. they were not alowed to testify against a white person and not allowed to vote. education was also segregated

(a)  

12.

What was Sharecropping?

a)

a system where the federal government divided their plantations into small areas and rented them to AAs

b)

a system where AAs divided their plantations into small areas and rented them to landowners

c)

a system where landowners divided their plantations into small areas and rented them to AAs

13.

Why was Sharecropping bad?

a)

in practice it tied them to the land (reminiscent of slavery)

b)

they often had to give half their crop to landowners as rent

c)

they were unable to work with new machinary

d)

landowners would give them money to support their families

14.

the crop- (a)   system was where goods would be used to pay back debt (cycle of poverty)

15.

there was (a)   migration to southern cities - but AA still faced racism and discrimination there

16.

Political Section 2

a)

15th Ammendment overridden by states' laws

b)

Mississippi v. Williams 1898

c)

1898 Plessy v. Ferguson

d)

1915 Guinn v. US

17.

Sociocultural Section 2

a)

Boll weevil 1892

b)

Jim Crow laws 1887-1891

c)

height of lynchings (Ida B Wells)

d)

Plessy Vs Ferguson 1896

18.

Economic Section 2

a)

Sharecropping Boll Weevil in 1892 - convict leasing

b)

some AA work in factories

c)

Great Depression 1929

d)

the New Deal (1930s)

e)

First AA trade unions - growth of AA business

19.

Political Section 3

a)

15th Ammendment overridden by states' laws

b)

Trudeau v. Barnes 1933

c)

1928 Oscar de Priest elected to congress

d)

1923 Moore v Dempsey

20.

Political Section 4

a)

Cold war suspicions

b)

AA registered voters rose by 1947

c)

CRA 1964 and VRA 1965

d)

1923 Moore v Dempsey

21.

Political Section 5

a)

1975 Ford appoints first AA Transport Secretary

b)

Carter appoints 37 AA federal judges

c)

CRA 1964 and VRA 1965

d)

Congress vs Reagan (1980s)

e)

Jesse Jackson 1984/88

22.

Sociocultural Section 3

a)

Boll weevil 1892

b)

350,000 AA served in WW1

c)

Harelem Renaissance

d)

1915 KK revied and widened targets

e)

Gaines v Canada 1938

23.

Sociocultural Section 4

a)

Truman desegregates military 1948

b)

350,000 AA served in WW1

c)

Brown v Board 1954

d)

1915 KK revied and widened targets

e)

slow desegragation in schools

24.

Sociocultural Section 5

a)

Truman desegregates military 1948

b)

California vs Bakke 1978

c)

Blockbusting and readlining

d)

1915 KK revied and widened targets

e)

school admissions based on where you lived

25.

Economic Section 3

a)

Chicago riots 1919

b)

New Deal (30s)

c)

1865 Civil Rights Act

d)

Buchanan v Warley 1917

e)

Black unemployment still high

26.

Economic Section 4

a)

Chicago riots 1919

b)

Roosevelt executive order 1941

c)

1865 Civil Rights Act

d)

NAACP equal opportunities employment

e)

Fair Employment Practices Commission 1941

27.

Economic Section 5

a)

Griggs v Duke Power Company 1971

b)

Employment descrimination, poverty cycle and low incomes under Reagan 1980

c)

1865 Civil Rights Act

d)

Bifurcation

e)

Fair Employment Practices Commission 1941

28.

Which of these was NOT a way of preventing AAs from voting

a)

pole tax

b)

grandfather clause

c)

property qualification

d)

literacy tests

e)

voting drives

29.

by what year was the AA vote eliminated?

(a)  

30.

What SC case ruled the Mississippi poll tax and similar as constitutional? (____ v. ____ date)

(a)  

31.

____ Guinn v. US made grandfather clauses in ________ and ________ unconstitutional

a)

1915

b)

Texas

c)

Maryland

d)

Oklahoma

e)

1815

32.

what period were the Jim Crow Laws?

(a)  

33.

What theory did the Jim Crow laws use?

(a)  

34.

What year was Plessy Vs Ferguson?

a)

1898

b)

1896

c)

1998

d)

1996

35.

______ __ ________ 1896 created the precident separate but eqaual

(a)  

36.

Who led a campaign against lynching that proved unsuccessful?

(a)  

37.

What was Convict leasing?

a)

leasing slaves to railways, mines and plantations for cheap labour in bad conditions

b)

leasing prisioners to railways, mines and plantations for cheap labour in good conditions

c)

killing prisioners to railways, mines and plantations for cheap labour in bad conditions

d)

leasing prisioners to railways, mines and plantations for cheap labour in bad conditions

38.

Why did employers exclude AAs from factories (textiles)

a)

they didnt want them to steal their sandwich

b)

fear of them working close to women

c)

fear of them working close to sheep

39.

What was the case Trudeau v. Barnes 1933?

a)

insisted on all supreme appeals being exhausted before cases could come before supreme court

b)

insisted on all congresional appeals being exhausted before cases could come before supreme court

c)

insisted on all state appeals being exhausted before cases could come before supreme court

d)

insisted on all state appeals being skipped before cases could come before supreme court

40.

Oscar de Priest was elected to congress in 1928, he was the first African American to do so since what date?

(a)  

41.

19__ Moore v. Dempsey failed to uphold the death sentacnes of twelve blacks because their trials had been '_________ __ ____'

a)

1923

b)

limited on impact

c)

Dominated by mobs

d)

Dominated by dogs

42.

How many AAs served in WW1?

(a)  

43.

What areas did the Harlem Renaissance effect?

a)

growth of middle class

b)

sport

c)

military

d)

entertainment

44.

True or False:

Gaines v Canada (1938) ruled that facilities must actually be equal

a)

True

b)

False

45.

True or False:

in 1920 the KKK was revied and widened their targets

a)

True

b)

False

46.

What led to the Chicago riots 1919

a)

tensions after ww1 in the south due to jobs

b)

tensions after ww1 in the north due to jobs

c)

tensions after ww2 in the north due to taxes

d)

tensions after ww1 in the south due to taxes

47.

(a)   % of AA families were on relief during the New Deal compared to 10% of whites

48.

Why was it hard for Roosevelt to help AAs during the New Deal

a)

he needed southern demorcrat support in congress to 'save America'

b)

he needed southern republican support in congress to 'save America'

c)

southern democrats wouldn't agree on anything specifically to help AAs

d)

southern republicans wouldn't agree on anything specifically to help AAs

49.

Black unemployment was still high. sharecroppers were hit hard by the depression as they were not covered by which two acts?

a)

Civil Rights Act

b)

Social Security Act

c)

National Labour Relations Act

d)

Voting Rights Act

50.

Cold war suspicions meant the movement focused more on (a)   rights and individual equality

51.

AA registered voters rose from 2% to what by 1947 thanks to a NAACP campaign

a)

13%

b)

25%

c)

12%

d)

80%

52.

Smith v Allwright 19__ outlawed all white _______ in Texa

a)

44

b)

48

c)

primary

d)

secondary

53.

the CRA 1964 and VRA 1965 did what?

a)

ended segregation

b)

started segregation

c)

banned employment race descrimination

d)

banned employment gender descrimination

54.

True or False:

Churchil used his authority as Commander in Chief to issue executive orders to desegregate the US military in 1948

a)

True

b)

False

55.

Brown v Board 1954 challenged segregation in schools, but had to be enforced by Eisenhower in Little Rock (a)  

56.

desegrigation in schools was slow but was happening (19__ James Meredith was ___________ university's first blakc student

a)

62

b)

74

c)

Texas

d)

Mississippi

57.

True or False:

Roosevelt issued an executive order banning discrimination in federal employment and set up the Fair Employment Practices Commission 1941

a)

True

b)

False

58.

the NAACP ensured that by 1953 __ ______ ___ __ ______ had adopted equal employment opportunities

(a)  

59.

1975 President Ford appointed William T. Coleman as what position?

a)

Trade Secretary

b)

Foreign Secretary

c)

Transport Secretary

d)

Secretary of State

60.

Cater appointed (a)   AA federal judges (x2 more than before) (faces in high places)

61.

Congress stregthened the ___________________________ over Reagan. Congress override Reagan's veto _____ in 1988

a)

updated 1982 Voting Rights Act

b)

once

c)

twice

d)

the updated 1992 Voting Rights Act

62.

J____ J______ ran for president in 1984/88 as part of the Rainbow Coalition

(a)  

63.

True or False:

Rainbow Coalition (included AAs - who were 12% of US voters)

a)

True

b)

False

64.

by ____ University integration was slow - 1/3 AA in black colleges (___ __ _____). Regents of the University of California vs Bakke (1978) allowed affirmative action in college but ______ unconstitutional

a)

1971

b)

90% in south

c)

quotas

d)

queues

65.

True or False:

Blockbusting and redlining reduced de facto urban segregation especially in the north

a)

True

b)

False

66.

school admissions based on where you lived, de facto school segregation - especially in the north (a)  

67.

What was decided in Griggs v Duke Power Company 1971?

a)

confirmed negative action in employment, giving 'handups' over 'handouts'

b)

confirmed affirmative action in employment, giving 'handups' over 'left hands'

c)

removed affirmative action in employment, giving 'handups' over 'handouts'

d)

confirmed affirmative action in employment, giving 'handups' over 'handouts'

68.

What there things under Reagan meant AAs were 43% recipients of aid to families with children, 34% of housing subsidies and 35% of food stamps but 12% of the population?

a)

Employment descrimination

b)

poverty cycle

c)

low incomes

d)

Reagan's low welfare spending

69.

Bifurcation within the AA community meant that 40% was middle class but __% were in poverty in a growing ghettoised underclass

a)

30

b)

20

c)

10

d)

5