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Changing Ways Of Life
Test Description: The effects of Jim Crow Laws, Opportunities in the North, African Americans who tried to improve the way of life, and Women\'s Rights
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1) What is one thing that African Americans, Hispanic groups, Chinese immigrants, and Jews had in common in the late 1800s?
A
Many faced prejudice and segregation in different areas of their lives.
B
Most moved away from cities to work on farms.
C
Many became leaders in the manufacturing industry and earned a great deal of money.
D
They ran for public office in great numbers and quickly gained political power.
2) What effect did the passage of Jim Crow laws in the 1880s have on the lives of African Americans?
A
It made racial segregation illegal in the United States.
B
It made better jobs available to African Americans.
C
It improved education for African American schoolchildren.
D
It made racial segregation legal in the South.
3) Which of the following was NOT a factor in the Great Migration?
A
World War I
B
encouragement of northern African Americans
C
northern African American newspapers
D
total equality for African Americans in the North
4) How did African American activist Booker T. Washington respond to discrimination and work toward equality?
A
He helped start the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
B
He became a scientist.
C
He started an African American newspaper.
D
He founded the Tuskegee Institute, a college for African Americans.
5) Which was included in the racial segregation laws of the 1880s?
A
No one but whites could own property.
B
Jewish people were not welcome in the business community.
C
People of different races were protected from racial violence.
D
It was legal to have seperate but equal public facilities.
6) Which was NOT a problem for southern sharecroppers after the Civil War?
A
Falling crop prices
B
High interest rates
C
Crop failures
D
Large debts
7) What did African Americans who moved north incounter?
A
Earned less than in the South
B
Could not find jobs
C
Still faced discrimination
D
Soon returned to the South
8) What were two main reasons for segregationist laws and policies?
A
fear and pride
B
prejudice and lack of communication
C
fear and prejudice
D
discrimination and determination
9) Why did most sharecroppers stay in debt?
A
Crops were to good for them to give half to their landlord so they went in debt.
B
Crop prices were often too low for them to earn enough money to pay off their debts.
C
They became lazy and didn't want to by their bills.
D
They accidently planted to little of crops that would cover their rent and lead to being in debt.
10) How did African Americans in the South learn about life in the North?
A
in resturants, books, and magazines
B
from bosses, strangers, and letters
C
in newspapers or from friend or family members who moved there
D
from school, telegrams, and television
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