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WorksheetsJim Crow Gotta Go Quiz
Total questions: 90
Worksheet time: 56mins
What Supreme Court case ruled "separate but equal" was legal?
Texas vs. Johnson
Tinker vs. DesMoines
Brown vs. Board of Education
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Which of the following BEST explains the purpose of the Jim Crow system?
Keep public facilities cleaner
keep African-Americans as second-class citizens
keep the races pure
keep African-Americans from voting
Tests given to African Americans at the voting polls.
Literacy Tests
Voting tests
Government Tests
Poll tests
What areas were racially segregated?
Schools
Housing
Public Transportation
All of these answers
You are eligible to vote if you grandfather was eligible to vote under this clause.
Grandfather clause
Father Clause
Grandmother Clause
Santa Clause
Which amendment granted African American males ( no females) the right to vote?
15th
19th
1st
14th
Which word means "The Right To Vote"
Democracy
Elections
Suffrage
Rights
Where Were Jim Crow Laws Mainly Used?
Eastern Shore
South
North
How did the ruling in Plessy vs. Ferguson relate to the 14th amendment?
It said that separate but equal was unfair
It created laws that separated blacks and whites.
It created laws that desegregated blacks and whites forever
It created laws to unify America
Was this a real law?
"All marriages between a white person and a negro, or between a white person and a person of negro descent to the fourth generation inclusive, are hereby forever prohibited".
True
False
Was this a real law?
"No person or corporation shall require any white female nurse to nurse in wards or rooms or hospitals, either public or private, where negro men are placed."
True
False
Was this a real law?
"No colored person shall serve as a barber [to] white women or girls."
True
False
Was this a real law?
"Every employer of white or negro males shall provide for such white or negro males reasonably accessible and separate toilet facilities".
True
False
Was this a real law?
"The state librarian is directed to fit up and maintain a separate place for the use of the colored people who may come to the library for the purpose of reading books or periodicals".
True
False
Was this a real law?
"Separate rooms [shall] be provided for the teaching of pupils of African descent, and [when] said rooms are provided, such pupils may not be admitted to the school rooms occupied and used by pupils of Caucasian or other descent."
True
False
Was this a real law?
"All passenger stations in this state operated by any motor transportation company shall have separate waiting rooms or space and separate ticket windows for the white and colored races."
True
False
Was this a real law?
"It shall be unlawful to conduct a restaurant or other place for the serving of food in the city, at which white and colored people are served in the same room, unless such white and colored persons are effectually separated by a solid partition extending from the floor upward to a distance of seven feet or higher, and unless a separate entrance from the street is provided for each compartment."
True
False
Was this a real law?
"All persons licensed to conduct the business of selling beer or wine...shall serve either white people exclusively or colored people exclusively and shall not sell to two races within the same room at any time."
True
False
Was this a real law?
"[The County Board of Education] shall provide schools of two kinds; those for white children and those for colored children."
True
False
What term generated from a former court hearing before the Brown vs. Education case helped to segregate America specifically in schools and at public facilities?
"justice for all"
"one nation, undivided"
"separate but equal"
"whites only, blacks only"
How many families sued the Topeka school board, claiming that to segregate children was unjust?
10
12
13
18
Who was the Brown vs. the Board of Education case named after?
A little girl
A school in Topeka, Kansas
A city in Topeka, Kansas
The color of skin of those being discriminated against
Who was the head of the legal team that presented the school cases?r
Lyndon B. Johnson
Thurgood Marshall
Linda Brown's family
A judge in Topeka, Kansas
What does the NAACP stand for?
Never Allow Anger to Conquer Peace
North America Appreciates Common People
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
No African Americans Can Proceed
President Lydndon B. Johnson appointed Marshall to what position?
Vice President
Secretary of State
Governor
Justice of the US Supreme Court
Brown v. Board of Education was famous because the court ruled that it is illegal
allow children to work.
to pay black people less than white people.
to return a slave.
to segregate schools.
Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine
Sweatt v. Painter
Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson
What are Jim Crow Laws?
Laws that placed freedom limitations on nonwhite people
Laws that made all people work together towards a common goal
Keeping things or people Separate
prejudice
union
confederate
segregation
African Americans were kept apart from other Americans in many public places, such as schools, hotels, and restaurants. This is called ______.
a boycott
civil rights
a debate
segregation
Thurgood Marshall used the U.S. Constitution to protect __________ for African Americans.
segregation
civil rights
authority
citizens
Marshall took the case "Brown vs. the Board of Education" to the Supreme Court and won. What were the results of this success?
It gave Linda Brown the freedom to attend the school close to her home.
It showed that "separate but equal" was not truly equal.
It ended all segregation in public schools.
All answers are correct.
What is the main idea of the section "Brown v. Board Of Education"?
The case meant the end of separating students by race in public schools.
The case required all children in the United States to attend public schools.
The case required Kansas to give black schools the same amount of money as white schools.
The case meant that separate schools could offer equal education.
Why were the families suing the school board of Topeka, Kansas?
Schools were too far away from their homes
segregation was a violation of the Amendment
equal education
qualified teachers
.... this sign represents what laws in the South
Racial Rules
Lincoln Laws
Black Codes
Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow laws were mainly directed at this group
Latinos
African-Americans
Native Americans
Asians
Segregation in the South was mainly based on
hair color
religion
race (color of the skin)
economic status
How did the Jim Crow Laws effect everyday life?
Made white/colored only transportation
White/colored only schools
White/colored only schools
Made white/colored only transportation
All Of The Above
How did Jim Crow Laws receive it's name?
After the man who created the laws.
named for an antebellum minstrel show character.
After the color of the bird family, crows.
What ruling legitimized the principle "separate but equal"?
Board vs Education
Civil Rights Act
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Jim Crow laws mandated that even cemeteries be separated between blacks and whites.
True
False
What year did Jim Crow laws come into effect?
1917
1875
1914
1964
What was the result of Brown Vs. Board of Education of Topeka?
a ruling that no voting rights for blacks was unconstitutional.
a ruling that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional.
a ruling that racial segregation of death burials was unconstitutional.
Brown vs. Board of Education achieved desegregation within schools on its own.
True
False
What were the approximate dates of Jim Crow Era?
1877-1954
1954-1960
1917-1930
What did black codes NOT allow blacks to do?
Marry
Own property
Own firearms
What was the 14th Amendment?
granted American women the right to vote.
abolished slavery in the United States.
defining national citizenship and forbidding the states to restrict the basic rights of citizens or other persons whether black or white.
Who tried to desegregate trains?
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King Jr.
Homer Plessy
This ruling explicitly outlawed racial segregation of public education facilities (legal establishment of separate government-run schools for blacks and whites), ruling so on the grounds that the doctrine of "separate but equal" public education could never truly provide black Americans with facilities of the same standards available to white Americans
Brown vs Board of Ed
Escobedo vs ILL
Dred Scott vs Sanford
Gregg vs Georgia
This ruling said that people of African descent, whether or not they were slaves, could never be citizens of the United States, and that Congress had no authority to prohibit slavery in federal territories.
Brown vs Board of Ed
Gibbons v. Ogden
Furman v. Georgia
Dred Scott v. Sandford
The Supreme Court ruled that the "separate but equal" provision of the Louisiana law was constitutional. The case established this principle of segregation until it was overturned in 1954.
Regents of California v. Bakke, 1978
Roe v. Wade, 1973
Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896
Tinker v. Des Moines School District, 1969
Guaranteed that all people born in the U.S. were considered natural citizens, regardless of race, and no state could take away this right; ratified by the U.S. Congress on July 9, 1868
13th Amendment
14th Amendment
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned the ruling that schools could be segregated and declared racial segregation in schools unconstitutional; ruled on May 17, 1954
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Brown vs. Board of Education
14th Amendment
Lawyer who believed the biggest challenge for civil rights was through the law; worked on Brown vs. Board of Education; first African-American man to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court
Rosa Parks
Freedom Riders
Thurgood Marshall
1st black students to attend an all-white high school (Central High School); upheld Brown vs. Board of Education ruling
Malcolm X
President John F. Kennedy
Little Rock Nine
Who was the president at the time that the Little Rock 9 led the integration in Little Rock high schools?
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Richard Nixon
Dwight Eisenhower
What was the name of the newly integrated high school they attended?
Central High School
Little Rock High School
Central Arkansas High School
Who was the president at the time that the Little Rock 9 led the integration in Little Rock high schools?
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Richard Nixon
Dwight Eisenhower
The Little Rock 9 media sensation came on the heels of...
Brown v. Board of Education
Ruby Bridges v. Education
Little Rock 9 v. Board of Education
What was the governor's response after the first African American student graduated from the previously all white high school?
Applaud the student for heroism
Support future African American graduates
Close all public schools
Honor the Little Rock 9
How many years had passed after the Supreme Courts ruled to integrate schools before Little Rock's high school desegregated?
None
2
3
4
Best way to describe the towns reaction to integration of their schools....
welcoming
unsure
angry mob
The goal in the Preamble that Eisenhower is upholding with his decision is....(click ALL that apply)
Establish Justice
Ensure Domestic Tranquility
Provide Common Defense
Promote General Welfare
Secure Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity
What state was the battleground for integration in public schools going to take place in?
Mississippi
Arkansas
Alabama
.... this sign represents what laws in the South
What areas were racially segregated?
Schools
Housing
Public Transportation
All of these answers
The grandfather clause, established as part of the Black Codes did which of the following?
It denied black Americans the franchise [the right to vote] in the South.
It required federal troops to supervise voting in Southern elections.
It determined whether or not an ex-slave was a freedman.
It determined whether one was able to own or rent land.
The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution was important because of which of the following reasons?
prohibited slavery within the United States.
guaranteed equal protection under the law for every American citizen.
prohibited any state from denying an American citizen the right to vote based on race/ethnic background, color, or having previously been a slave.
provided Congress with the power to establish and collect income taxes.
The refusal of the South to ratify the Fourteenth Amendment had which of the following effects?
It caused most northerners to support the Radicals' demand that more economic opportunity be extended to freedmen.
It caused a thorough restructuring of southern society.
It led to general land reform in the South.
It forced the Republicans to abolish the existing southern governments, form new governments, and extend the vote to freedmen.
to separate groups of people because of their particular race, or religion
lynch
discriminate
era/time period
segregate
racism
to unfairly treat a person or group of people differently from other people or groups. This unfair treatment could be based on things like race, age, religion, or gender.
lynch
racism
segregate
era/time period
discriminate
poor treatment of or violence against people because of their race, the belief that some races of people are better than others
era/time period
racism
lynch
segregate
discriminate
Which of the following were motivations behind Jim Crow laws?
to prevent the mixing of blacks and whites in public
to maintain whites on a higher social level than blacks
to help freedmen adjust to the end of slavery during Reconstruction
to prevent white states from returning to the Union without swearing allegiance to the Constitution
Which of the following represents Jim Crow etiquette rather than Jim Crow law?
white drivers have the right of way at all intersections
white teachers could be fined for teaching racially mixed classrooms
black should never laugh at a white person
buses had to operate separate ticket counters and waiting rooms for blacks and whites
blacks could never call whites directly by their first names
What did the Black Codes keep black men from doing?
Voting
Serving on juries
Own or carry weapons
All of the above
1. What was the first thing Southern people in power did to make segregation legal?
segregation - keeping people of different races separate
legal - allowed under the law
win control of the U.S. Congress
secede from (leave) the Union
take the vote away from African Americans
fight the end of slavery
2. If the Supreme Court had taken the side of Homer Plessy...
"Separate but equal" may still be legal.
The North would have adopted Jim Crow laws.
The Great Migration would have happened sooner.
Formal segregation may have ended sooner. (segregation - separation of people of different races)
3. What is wrong about describing Jim Crow South as "separate but equal?"
Everyone ended up sharing the same spaces.
Segregation wasn't enforced. (No one cared to make sure people of different races were separated).
African American schools and other facilities were usually not as good as those for white people.
These laws applied only to schools.
4. Compared to the Jim Crow South, the North during the same time was...
not as bad for African Americans but still not great.
free of segregation.
free of discrimination.
more dangerous for African Americans.
5. How did the Supreme Court view Jim Crow laws?
It thought they were illegal.
It supported them at first.
It got rid of them right away.
It thought it wasn't their job to say whether they were right or wrong.
