Civil Rights at the Turn of the Century Answers

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

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helped found the NAACP.
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helped found the Universal Negro Improvement Association.
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supported the accommodationist approach.
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supported the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling.
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In upholding Louisiana’s Separate Car Act, the Supreme Court claimed that

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segregation was not the same as discrimination.
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the Fourteenth Amendment did not apply to Southern states.
C
discrimination was necessary in order to maintain public order.
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segregation was unconstitutional based on the Fourteenth Amendment.
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that social rights were a part of civil rights
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that the Constitution should be interpreted without regard to race
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that “separate but equal” was a valid legal doctrine
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that "separate but equal" did not justify racial segregation
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Which statement best describes the relationship between Jim Crow laws and the "separate but equal" doctrine?

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Jim Crow laws were created to undermine this doctrine because they required racial integration for public facilities.
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Jim Crow laws were created to protest this doctrine because they required racial segregation for some public facilities.
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Jim Crow laws were designed to support this doctrine because they required equal public facilities for African Americans and whites.
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Jim Crow laws were designed to enforce this doctrine because they required racial segregation for public facilities.
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Jim Crow laws were designed to

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prevent African Americans from gaining equality.
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support the Plessy v. Ferguson decision.
C
uphold the Fourteenth Amendment.
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help Africans Americans gain equality
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What effect did Plessy v. Ferguson have on Jim Crow laws?

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It weakened the laws in southern states.
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It weakened the laws in northern states.
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It strengthened the laws throughout the United States.
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It invalidated the laws throughout the United States.
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Read the quotation from Dr. Oswald P. Bronson recalling his childhood under Jim Crow. Even on our way to school some days, men would come by and throw oranges at us, sometimes rock perhaps. We [also] were very much aware of police brutality in that city at that time. We were conscious of the Ku Klux Klan riding around the town to keep everybody in check.In this quotation, Dr. Bronson is describing

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intimidation, scare tactics, and violence perpetrated by both the police and the Ku Klux Klan against African American citizens.
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how the police protected African American citizens from intimidation, scare tactics, and violence perpetrated by the Ku Klux Klan.
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conflicts between the police and the Ku Klux Klan that caused violence in the city he lived in.
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how residents protected each other from the Ku Klux Klan and the police in the city he lived in.
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Which of the following rights were denied to African Americans as a result of Jim Crow laws?

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the right to an education
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the right to vote
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the right to travel on trains
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the right to challenge laws
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As a result of the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling,

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it took decades for segregation to be declared unconstitutional.
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it took a few years before segregation was declared unconstitutional.
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fewer facilities became segregated.
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railcars on trains were desegregated.

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