Civil Rights at the Turn of the Century — Quiz

Question 1

Jim Crow laws were designed to

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prevent African Americans from gaining equality.

Question 2

Which of these best describes Booker T. Washington?

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a civil rights leader who was born into slavery and later worked to achieve racial equality

Question 3

In the Plessy v. Ferguson decision, Supreme Court justices claimed that the Fourteenth Amendment did not protect

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social rights.

Question 4

Booker T. Washington believed that African American accommodation to segregation should be accompanied by

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hard work, education, and patience.

Question 5

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded based largely on the beliefs of

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W. E. B. Du Bois.

Question 6

Which statement best describes the relationship between Jim Crow laws and the "separate but equal" doctrine?

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Jim Crow laws were designed to enforce this doctrine because they required racial segregation for public facilities.

Question 7

What effect did Plessy v. Ferguson have on Jim Crow laws?

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It strengthened the laws throughout the United States.

Question 8

As a result of the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling,

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it took decades for segregation to be declared unconstitutional.

Question 9

W. E. B. Du Bois was a sociologist and activist who

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helped found the NAACP.

Question 10

In upholding Louisiana’s Separate Car Act, the Supreme Court claimed that

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segregation was not the same as discrimination.

Civil Rights at the Turn of the Century — Quiz Answers