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As a result of the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling,

A
it took decades for segregation to be declared unconstitutional.
B
it took a few years before segregation was declared unconstitutional.
C
fewer facilities became segregated.
D
railcars on trains were desegregated.
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Jim Crow laws were designed to

A
prevent African Americans from gaining equality.
B
support the Plessy v. Ferguson decision.
C
uphold the Fourteenth Amendment.
D
help Africans Americans gain equality
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Booker T. Washington believed that African American accommodation to segregation should be accompanied by

A
resistance to discriminatory laws .
B
hard work, education, and patience.
C
insistence on support from the government.
D
peaceful challenges to daily injustices.
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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

A
intimidation, scare tactics, and violence perpetrated by both the police and the Ku Klux Klan against African American citizens.
B
how the police protected African American citizens from intimidation, scare tactics, and violence perpetrated by the Ku Klux Klan.
C
conflicts between the police and the Ku Klux Klan that caused violence in the city he lived in.
D
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?

A
the right to an education
B
the right to vote
C
the right to travel on trains
D
the right to challenge laws
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W. E. B. Du Bois was a sociologist and activist who

A
helped found the NAACP.
B
helped found the Universal Negro Improvement Association.
C
supported the accommodationist approach.
D
supported the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling.
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded based largely on the beliefs of

A
W. E. B. Du Bois.
B
Booker T. Washington.
C
John Marshall Harlan.
D
Homer Plessy.
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Which best describes W. E. B. Du Bois's opinion of Booker T. Washington’s accommodationist approach?

A
It was an important tool in ending segregation.
B
It reinforced segregation and discrimination.
C
It could work, if paired with more aggressive tactics.
D
It was the cause of violence against African Americans.
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In upholding Louisiana’s Separate Car Act, the Supreme Court claimed that

A
segregation was not the same as discrimination.
B
the Fourteenth Amendment did not apply to Southern states.
C
discrimination was necessary in order to maintain public order.
D
segregation was unconstitutional based on the Fourteenth Amendment.
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Which of the following rights were denied to African Americans as a result of Jim Crow laws?

A
the right to an education
B
the right to vote
C
the right to travel on trains
D
the right to challenge laws
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What effect did Plessy v. Ferguson have on Jim Crow laws?

A
It weakened the laws in southern states.
B
It weakened the laws in northern states.
C
It strengthened the laws throughout the United States.
D
It invalidated the laws throughout the United States.
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most

t
that social rights were a part of civil rights
t
that the Constitution should be interpreted without regard to race
t
that “separate but equal” was a valid legal doctrine
t
that "separate but equal" did not justify racial segregation
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Booker T. Washington believed that African American accommodation to segregation should be accompanied by

r
resistance to discriminatory laws .
h
hard work, education, and patience.
i
insistence on support from the government.
p
peaceful challenges to daily injustices.
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded based largely on the beliefs of

A
W. E. B. Du Bois.
B
Booker T. Washington.
C
John Marshall Harlan.
D
Homer Plessy.
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W. E. B. Du Bois was a sociologist and activist who

h
helped found the NAACP.
h
helped found the Universal Negro Improvement Association.
s
supported the accommodationist approach.
s
supported the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling.
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Which leader in the early 1900s supported the idea that African Americans should temporarily accept inequality while working to gain job skills and obtain economic independence?

A
William English Walling
B
W. E. B. Du Bois
C
Homer Plessy
D
Booker T. Washington
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W. E. B. Du Bois believed in

A
supporting Washington’s accommodation approach.
B
actively working to achieve civil rights for all.
C
actively working for separate but equal rights.
D
supporting the abolitionist spirit movement.

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