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WorksheetsSegregation in Gilded Age
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
What were Jim Crow laws?
A series of laws that gave African Americans more freedom
Laws created to enforce segregation
A decision to grant equal access to public schools.
Laws created to end segregation
What was the ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson?
Separate but equal was unlawful
African Americans could not vote
Separate but equal was lawful
African Americans must have the right to vote
Select two methods used to deprive African Americans of the right to vote.
Property Tax
Poll Tax
Standardized Testing
Literacy Tests
What TWO methods did Booker T. Washington emphasize in fighting for equality?
Creating a "talented tenth" of Black leaders
learning a valuable trade or job
Avoiding all forms of racial violence
Demanding immediate end to segregation
What TWO methods did W.E.B. DuBois emphasize in fighting for equality?
Creating a "talented tenth" of Black leaders
Focusing on learning a trade or skill
Demanding the right to vote immediately
Avoiding campaigning for right to vote
How were Booker T. Washington and WEB DuBois similar?
Both men were born in the South and witnessed slavery
Both stressed education and opposed racial violence
Both called for an immediate end to segregation
Both believed in a group of ten-percenters who became leaders
How were Black Americans impacted by poll taxes and literacy tests?
Voting became more restricted
Voting became easier
Black Americans were encouraged to vote for specific political parties
The 15th Amendment prevented barriers to voting
Ida B Wells participated in the following examples of activism?
Anti-lynching and women's right to vote
Trade Schools and earning respect
Sending the next generation of leaders to college
Fostering relationships between white and black Americans in the South
How did the Fourteenth Amendment challenge the Black Codes passed in Southern states?
It allowed Southern states to enforce racial segregation through Black Codes
It guaranteed citizenship and equal legal protection to formerly enslaved people
It limited voting rights to property owners
It strengthened states’ rights to control their own laws
