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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
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is one thing that African Americans, Hispanic groups, Chinese immigrants, and Jews had in common in the late 1800s?
A
Many became leaders in the manufacturing industry and earned a great deal of money.
B
They ran for public office in great numbers and quickly gained political power.
C
Many faced prejudice and segregation in different areas of their lives.
D
Most moved away from cities to work on farms.
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
northern African American newspapers
B
World War I
C
total equality for African Americans in the North
D
encouragement of northern African Americans
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 started an African American newspaper.
C
He founded the Tuskegee Institute, a college for African Americans.
D
He became a scientist.
5) Which was included in the racial segregation laws of the 1880s?
A
Jewish people were not welcome in the business community.
B
People of different races were protected from racial violence.
C
It was legal to have seperate but equal public facilities.
D
No one but whites could own property.
6) Which was NOT a problem for southern sharecroppers after the Civil War?
A
Large debts
B
High interest rates
C
Falling crop prices
D
Crop failures
7) What did African Americans who moved north incounter?
A
Earned less than in the South
B
Soon returned to the South
C
Still faced discrimination
D
Could not find jobs
8) What were two main reasons for segregationist laws and policies?
A
fear and pride
B
discrimination and determination
C
fear and prejudice
D
prejudice and lack of communication
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
They accidently planted to little of crops that would cover their rent and lead to being in debt.
C
Crop prices were often too low for them to earn enough money to pay off their debts.
D
They became lazy and didn't want to by their bills.
10) How did African Americans in the South learn about life in the North?
A
in resturants, books, and magazines
B
in newspapers or from friend or family members who moved there
C
from school, telegrams, and television
D
from bosses, strangers, and letters
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