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Segregation in Gilded Age

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were Jim Crow laws?

a)

A series of laws that gave African Americans more freedom

b)

Laws created to enforce segregation

c)

A decision to grant equal access to public schools.

d)

Laws created to end segregation

2.

What was the ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?

a)

Separate but equal was unlawful

b)

African Americans could not vote

c)

Separate but equal was lawful

d)

African Americans must have the right to vote

3.

Select two methods used to deprive African Americans of the right to vote.

a)

Property Tax

b)

Poll Tax

c)

Standardized Testing

d)

Literacy Tests

4.

What TWO methods did Booker T. Washington emphasize in fighting for equality?

a)

Creating a "talented tenth" of Black leaders

b)

learning a valuable trade or job

c)

Avoiding all forms of racial violence

d)

Demanding immediate end to segregation

5.

What TWO methods did W.E.B. DuBois emphasize in fighting for equality?

a)

Creating a "talented tenth" of Black leaders

b)

Focusing on learning a trade or skill

c)

Demanding the right to vote immediately

d)

Avoiding campaigning for right to vote

6.

How were Booker T. Washington and WEB DuBois similar?

a)

Both men were born in the South and witnessed slavery

b)

Both stressed education and opposed racial violence

c)

Both called for an immediate end to segregation

d)

Both believed in a group of ten-percenters who became leaders

7.

How were Black Americans impacted by poll taxes and literacy tests?

a)

Voting became more restricted

b)

Voting became easier

c)

Black Americans were encouraged to vote for specific political parties

d)

The 15th Amendment prevented barriers to voting

8.

Ida B Wells participated in the following examples of activism?

a)

Anti-lynching and women's right to vote

b)

Trade Schools and earning respect

c)

Sending the next generation of leaders to college

d)

Fostering relationships between white and black Americans in the South

9.

How did the Fourteenth Amendment challenge the Black Codes passed in Southern states?

a)

It allowed Southern states to enforce racial segregation through Black Codes

b)

It guaranteed citizenship and equal legal protection to formerly enslaved people

c)

It limited voting rights to property owners

d)

It strengthened states’ rights to control their own laws