WorksheetsChapter 43
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
The excerpt below is from a 1923 Alabama law. What was this law written to enforce?
All railroads carrying passengers in this state, other than street railroads, shall provide equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races, by providing two or more passenger cars for each passenger train, or by dividing the passenger cars by partition, so as to secure separate accommodations.
de facto segregation
miscegenation
de jure segregation
desegregation
The excerpt below is from an agreement made among homeowners in the Washington Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, in 1927. This agreement is an example of
This Agreement entered into this 30th day of September, 1927, by and between the undersigned owners of land . . . That no part of said premises shall be sold, given, conveyed or leased to any negro or negroes, and no permission or license to use or occupy any part thereof shall be given to any negro except house servants or janitors or chauffeurs employed thereon.
a restrictive covenant.
a class-action lawsuit.
reverse discrimination.
affirmative action.
Which of the following was not a tactic used to disenfranchise African American voters in the first half of the 20th century?
gerrymandering
the poll tax.
filibustering
the White primary
In 1948, President Harry Truman issued Executive Order 9981. What did this order call for?
preferential treatment in hiring
the end of the White primary
desegregation of the armed forces
the outlawing of racial zoning
What lawsuit was brought before the Supreme Court to challenge the constitutionality of school segregation laws?
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
Which statement about Black schools in the 1940s is false?
Classrooms in Black schools were often in poor condition and lacked heating.
Black schools often lacked the school supplies that White schools had.
Students often had to walk miles to Black schools because there were no buses.
Teachers in Black schools were all volunteers and did not receive a salary
What achievement did Jackie Robinson make that helped combat segregation in the 1940s?
He was the first Black Major League Baseball player and led his team to many victories.
He was the first Black recipient of a Ph.D and became a well-respected college professor.
He was the first Black fighter pilot in the armed forces and had many successful defenses.
He was the first Black U.S. politician and was a popular mayor in a small town in Maine.
What did the pamphlet Black Monday, published in 1955, show about the reactions to desegregation?
It showed that desegregation occurred without incident in the North.
It showed that the South was extremely resistant to desegregation.
It showed that the NAACP was dissatisfied with the rate of desegregation.
It showed that Congress was against the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision.
How was segregation evident in the workplace?
Few Black people held white-collar jobs.
Many Black people earned much lower wages than White people did.
Illiteracy and a lack of education prevented Black people from obtaining higher-level jobs.
all of the above
Racial zoning is an example of
de jure segregation.
separate but equal doctrine.
restrictive covenants.
de facto segregation.
How did the methods used to disenfranchise African Americans after World War II compare to those used after Reconstruction?
After World War II, the White primary limited African Americans’ political representation.
After Reconstruction, violence aimed to forcibly prevent African Americans from voting.
After Reconstruction, gerrymandering diluted the Black vote.
After World War II, public lynchings scared African Americans from voting.
The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) was an organization that
aimed to defeat segregation through the court system.
channeled its efforts towards African Americans in the North.
was committed to nonviolent direct action.
focused on promoting civil rights legislation.
How did the “doll test” play a role in the progression of Brown v. Board of Education?
It was regarded as the NAACP’s strategy of bringing comic relief to the court case that lasted a year and a half.
It showed that African American children identified the brown doll as “nice” but were confused because this contradicted how they were treated in society.
It used dolls to act out the educational experiences of African American children compared to those of White children.
It supplied evidence that segregation harmed African American children by perpetuating negative stereotypes.
In 1955, the Supreme Court issued a second ruling, Brown II, which instructed states to begin desegregation “with all deliberate speed.” What was the justices’ intent behind this choice of words?
They demanded that states immediately address the obstacles and resistance to desegregation.
They wanted desegregation to happen quickly but also recognized the obstacles that stood in the way.
They allowed each state to implement desegregation at its own pace by choosing not to enforce a timeline.
They aimed to put pressure on states because they believed that states were not implementing desegregation quickly enough.
The __________ became known for its activism on civil rights and free speech.
Warren Court
University of Missouri
Supreme Court
National Urban League
