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APUSH 6.4 New South and Plessy v. Ferguson

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What did Homer Plessy do that got him arrested?
a)
Sat in the white only part of the bus.
b)
Took a seat in the white only car of a train.
c)
Sat at a white only section of a lunch counter.
d)
All of the above
2.

True or False: The “Separate Car Act” required “separate but equal” train cars for Blacks and Whites.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The 14th amendment was to give all U.S. citizens what?

a)

right to vote

b)

right to bear arms

c)

equal protection under the law

d)

right to free speech

4.

These were any type of law that discriminated against people based on race.

a)

14th Amendment

b)

Jim Crow laws

c)

federal laws

d)

state laws

5.

Homer Plessy wanted to try to get the courts to say that Jim Crow laws were _____________________________.

a)

separate but equal

b)

legal

c)

constitutional (in accordance with the 14th Amendment)

d)

unconstitutional (a violation of the 14th Amendment)

6.

The U.S. Supreme Court saw the "Separate but Equal" law as constitutional?

a)

Yes

b)

No

7.

One problem with the idea of "separate but equal" was that the separate facilities for black people were almost never truly _______________.

a)

national

b)

federal

c)

equal

d)

unequal

8.

The Plessy decision of "Separate but Equal" was not overturned until what famous case decided by the Supreme Court?

a)

Worcester v. Georgia

b)

Marbury v. Madison

c)

Dred Scott

d)

Brown v. Board of Education

9.

What did the Separate Car Act do?

a)

Said that all people should own their own car

b)

Forced blacks and whites to sit in same train car

c)

Segregated trains in Louisiana

10.

The "New South" movement pushed Georgia's economy to depend more heavily on what?

a)

industry, railroads & manufacturing

b)

farming & railroads

c)

manufacturing, shipping

11.

The New South era refers to the time period

a)

between World War I and World War II

b)

after Reconstruction and before the turn of the century

c)

after the Civil War and before Reconstruction

12.

Who is credited with coining the term, "New South"?

a)

Thomas Watson

b)

Henry W. Grady

c)

Booker T. Washington