Civil Rights at the Turn of the Century

Question 1

What do these laws demonstrate? Check all that apply.

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A: States had similar laws allowing segregation.; B: Laws were created for specific facilities.

Question 2

This quote shows all of the following. Check all that apply.

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A: how Jim Crow laws were enforced through scare tactics and bullying.; B: how white supremacist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan used intimidation.; C: how African Americans were at risk if they opposed Jim Crow laws.

Question 3

The laws are not written to overcome social prejudice, and do not need to change because that was never their original intent.

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A: majority

Question 4

How did the Supreme Court majority argue that “separate but equal” facilities were legal? Check all that apply.

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A: It was said to help preserve the peace and public order.; D: The Constitution did not protect social rights, only civil and political rights.

Question 5

According to Washington, what is the key to ending segregation?

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B: A strong work ethic

Question 6

Read the quote. Put a check next to each of the statements supported in the text.

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B: Du Bois feels that African Americans shouldn’t have to apologize in the face of insults.; C: For African Americans to gain equality, Du Bois believes they must refuse to be treated as inferior.

Question 7

The segregation laws were set up to exclude black people from riding in cars designated for white people, not the other way around.

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B: dissent

Question 8

For two races to feel equal they must willingly appreciate each other’s value.

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A: majority

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