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

A
Jim Crow laws were created to undermine this doctrine because they required racial integration for public facilities.
B
Jim Crow laws were created to protest this doctrine because they required racial segregation for some public facilities.
C
Jim Crow laws were designed to support this doctrine because they required equal public facilities for African Americans and whites.
D
Jim Crow laws were designed to enforce this doctrine because they required racial segregation for public facilities.
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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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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.
5

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

A
voting rights.
B
civil rights.
C
political rights.
D
social rights.
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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.
7

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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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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Which of these ideas would supporters of the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling most likely have agreed with?

A
that social rights were a part of civil rights
B
that the Constitution should be interpreted without regard to race
C
that “separate but equal” was a valid legal doctrine
D
that "separate but equal" did not justify racial segregation
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Which best describes a similarity between W. E. B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington?

A
both believed in the accommodationist approach to racial segregation
B
both engaged in activism to end racial segregation
C
both supported full racial equality
D
both were founders of the NAACP

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