WorksheetsREVIEW - Segregation and Jim Crow Laws
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 21mins
What country did the U.S. declare war on in 1898?
Spain
France
Germany
Italy
What group made up the majority of the voting population in Wilmington, NC in 1898?
Asians
Hispanics
Blacks/African Americans
Whites
What mythical monster did white supremacists in North Carolina use to portray black men in 1898 in order to bring public opinion against them?
Werewolf
Zombie
Vampire
Incubus
When intimidation failed, how did white supremacists win the elections in North Carolina in 1898?
Physical violence and stuffing the ballot box
Peaceful protests
Legal challenges
Boycotts
What landmark case of 1896 legalized Jim Crow laws and the segregation of the races as long as the separate facilities were equal?
Roe v. Wade, 1973
Miranda v. Arizona, 1966
Brown v. Board of Education, 1954
Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896
What was the impact of the Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896 case on the African American community?
It led to the end of segregation
It led to the legalization of Jim Crow laws
It led to the end of slavery
It led to the right to vote for African Americans
What was the name of the newspaper published by Alexander Manly in Wilmington, NC in 1898?
The Daily Record
The Wilmington Journal
The North Carolina Gazette
The Wilmington Star
What was the name of the white supremacist group that played a significant role in the 1898 Wilmington insurrection?
The Ku Klux Klan
The Red Shirts
The White League
The Knights of the White Camelia
What was the result of the 1898 Wilmington insurrection for the black community?
They gained political power
They were forced out of the city
They were granted equal rights
They were given reparations
What film was adapted from the play, “The Clansmen”?
What man advised Blacks to work within the system of Jim Crow?
WEB DuBois
If a company needed cheap labor, it could get workers from southern states through
what way?
The Convict-Lease System
Temp Agencies
Who wrote “The Souls of Black Folk,” a book which attacked those who
supported Jim Crow laws?
What city saw a great riot against Blacks as a result of the play “The Clansmen”?
What President was at first supported by W.E.B DuBois but whom he later criticized?
Woodrow Wilson
Lawmakers could not violate the _____ Amendment which guaranteed Black citizens the right to vote, so they devised obstacles to keep Blacks from voting.
pay a poll tax
Thousands of African-Americans were murdered through (a) during the Jim Crow era.
Who developed the idea of crop rotation (changing which crops are grown on the land in order to replace necessary nutrients) which was instrumental in transforming agriculture in the United States?
Booker T. Washington
Black soldiers who fought in the 369th U.S. Army unit during World War I were known as what?
Who wrote the book, "Their Eyes Were Watching God" during the period of the Harlem Renaissance?
Musicians who migrated from New Orleans introduced a new kind of sound to the New York music scene, called what?
Between 1910 and 1930, how many Black people left the South to move to the North and the West Coast in the Great Migration?
Approximately 1.6 million
What famous baseball player was supposed to be a member of the Black Panthers, an all-Black tank division, but was kicked out for refusing to move to the back of a segregated military bus?
Booker T. Washington founded what Institute, which was one of the first HBCUs in the United States?
What was the name of the group which W.E.B. DuBois said should lead Blacks to equality?
What crops did George Washington Carver come up with new uses for?
What was the name of the rebirth of Black culture and art in the 1920s?
What was the main argument between Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois?
DuBois believed in agitation, while Washington believed that Blacks should not make waves, but help themselves instead.
What HBCU did DuBois study at before going to Harvard?
Race riots in the late 1800s and early 1900s across the country are fueled by.......
FUN QUESTION: Which of the following men have NOT dated Taylor Swift?
Travis Kelce
John Cena
FUN QUESTION: Who are the last three football coaches for the Ohio State University? Check all that apply.
Ryan Day
Jim Tressel
Urban Meyer
Jim Harbaugh
