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Jim Crow Part 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The 13th Amendment abolished (a)   .

2.

The 14th Amendment granted ______________ regardless of _______.

a)

citizenship; race

b)

citizenship; wealth

c)

slavery; race

d)

voting; citizenship

3.

The 15th Amendment granted the ability to (a)   regardless of race.

4.

What were Southern states required to do before they could rejoin the United States?

a)

reject the Reconstruction Amendments

b)

ratify the Reconstruction Amendments

5.

What was the purpose of Jim Crow laws?​ (a)  

a)
to limit African American rights
b)
to give African Americans unlimited rights
c)
to change rights given to African Americans
d)
to take away all African American rights
6.

When did the Jim Crow era end?

a)

1877

b)

1776

c)

1999

d)

1965

7.

When did Reconstruction end?

a)

1877

b)

1896

c)

1965

d)

1791

8.

What was the name of this minstrel character?

a)

Jim Rice

b)

Jim Beam

c)

JImbo

d)

Jim Crow

9.

Who is credited with creating this minstrel character?

a)

Jerry Rice

b)

Jim Rice

c)

Thomas Rice

d)

Glenn Rice

10.

What is the definition of minstrelsy?

a)

entertainment including songs, dances, and comedy based on stereotypes of African Americans

b)

entertainment including songs, dances, and comedy based on stereotypes of Native Americans

c)

entertainment including songs, dances, and comedy based on stereotypes of Chinese Americans

d)

entertainment including songs, dances, and comedy based on stereotypes of ministers

11.

True or False: The idea for Rice's minstrel show came from watching a disabled Black enslaved man who sang and danced as he worked.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What does this image represent?

a)

blackface

b)

black phishing

c)

cat phishing

d)

whiteface

13.

By the 1880s, ______________ _______________ were a requirement to vote.

a)

driver's license

b)

college diploma

c)

school identification

d)

literacy test

14.

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

15.
Segregation in the South was mainly based on 
a)
hair color
b)
religion
c)
race (color of the skin)
d)
economic status