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Chapter 2 Review Post-Reconstruction & Jim Crow Era Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What ended Reconstruction in 1877?

a)

Civil Rights Act

b)

Compromise of 1877

c)

14th Amendment

d)

Louisiana Constitution

2.

What was the main purpose of Jim Crow laws?

a)

To give African Americans new rights

b)

To separate African Americans and whites

c)

To end segregation in schools

d)

To create new jobs

3.

What year was the Louisiana Constitution rewritten to restrict voting rights?

a)

1877

b)

1885

c)

1898

d)

1904

4.

What did the Louisiana Constitution of 1898 require to vote?

a)

Poll tax

b)

Owning a farm

c)

Signing a loyalty oath

d)

Citizenship papers

5.

What was the purpose of the grandfather clause?

a)

To let African Americans vote freely

b)

To allow white men to vote even if they failed other requirements

c)

To stop immigrants from voting

d)

To make voting easier for women

6.

What Supreme Court case created the “separate but equal” rule?

a)

Brown v. Board of Education

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson

c)

Dred Scott v. Sandford

d)

Marbury v. Madison

7.

What does “separate but equal” mean?

a)

People are treated the same regardless of race

b)

Races can be separated as long as facilities are “equal”

c)

Segregation is illegal

d)

Schools must be integrated

8.

Who dissented in the Plessy v. Ferguson case?

a)

Justice Taney

b)

Justice Brown

c)

Justice Harlan

d)

Justice Marshall

9.

What did Justice Harlan mean when he said “Our Constitution is color-blind”?

a)

The Constitution ignores all laws

b)

The Constitution protects everyone equally regardless of race

c)

The Constitution allows segregation

d)

The Constitution only applies to whites

10.

Why did Harlan call the decision “pernicious”?

a)

Because it helped African Americans

b)

Because it would harm the nation over time

c)

Because it ended Reconstruction

d)

Because it gave women the right to vote

11.

What was the impact of the Dred Scott decision of 1857?

a)

African Americans gained citizenship

b)

The Court ruled African Americans had no citizenship rights

c)

Slavery ended immediately

d)

Jim Crow laws ended

12.

How did the Louisiana Constitution of 1898 affect African American voting?

a)

Increased Black voter turnout

b)

Almost eliminated African American voters

c)

Made all men able to vote

d)

Ended segregation

13.

Which African American leader believed in vocational education and economic progress?

a)

W. E. B. Du Bois

b)

Booker T. Washington

c)

Ida B. Wells

d)

Frederick Douglass

14.

Which leader believed in higher education and immediate civil rights?

a)

Booker T. Washington

b)

W. E. B. Du Bois

c)

Justice Harlan

d)

Mary Church Terrell

15.

Who campaigned against lynching?

a)

Ida B. Wells

b)

Mary Church Terrell

c)

Booker T. Washington

d)

Homer Plessy

16.

What was the motto of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW)?

a)

“Separate but Equal”

b)

“Justice for All”

c)

“Lifting as We Climb”

d)

“Color-Blind Constitution”

17.

What was the purpose of HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities)?

a)

To train white politicians

b)

To provide higher education for African Americans

c)

To separate schools by gender

d)

To close Black schools

18.

What does the word “disenfranchisement” mean?

a)

The right to vote freely

b)

Losing or being denied the right to vote

c)

A type of segregation law

d)

The ability to attend HBCUs

19.

What was the impact of Plessy v. Ferguson on the South?

a)

It ended segregation immediately

b)

It legalized segregation for decades

c)

It gave women the right to vote

d)

It stopped Jim Crow laws

20.

Why is Justice Harlan’s dissent important today?

a)

It made slavery legal again

b)

It inspired future civil rights leaders

c)

It banned poll taxes

d)

It ended Jim Crow immediately