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Which provided legal basis for racial segregation in the late 19th century United States?
a) Supreme Court decisions that excluded blacks from voting
b) Adoption of Jim Crow laws by the United States Congress
c) Passage of Jim Crow laws by southern state legislatures
d) Laws in northern states that prevented blacks from working in factories
In the South, Jim Crow laws passed during the late 19th century were designed to
a) Make sure that the 14th amendment would be enforced
b) Provide employment opportunities for the newly freed African Americans
c) Create separate societies for whites and African Americans
d) Guarantee civil rights for African Americans
Poll taxes, grandfather clauses and literacy tests were attempts by Southern white legislators to
a) Restrict migration of African Americans to the North
b) Increase the number of Republican voters
c) Prevent African Americans from voting
d) Improve public education in the South
In the late 1800s, which action led to an increase in violations of the rights of African Americans?
a) Addition of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the US Constitution
b) Integration of public facilities such as restaurants and restrooms
c) Passage of Jim Crow legislation by Southern states
d) Start of affirmative action programs by the federal government
After the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, African Americans continued to experience political and economic oppression mainly because
a) The amendments were not intended to solve their problems
b) Many African Americans distrusted the federal government
c) Southern legislatures enacted Jim Crow laws
d) Poor communications kept people from learning about their legal rights
Poll taxes and grandfather clauses were devices used to
a) Deny African Americans the right to vote
b) Extend suffrage to women and 18-year old citizens
c) Raise money for political campaigns
d) Prevent immigrants from becoming citizens
The actions of the Ku Klux Klan were attempts to limit the effectiveness of
a) The 14th and 15th amendments
b) The Supreme Court's decision in Plessy vs. Ferguson
c) Civil rights legislation passed in all states after the Civil War
d) Immigration laws such as the Chinese Exclusion Act
The Jim Crow laws, upheld by the Supreme Court in Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896), provided for
a) Free land for former slaves
b) Separate public facilities based on race
c) Racial integration of public schools
d) Voting rights for African-American males
The Supreme Court supported Jim Crow laws through the decisions like the one in the 1896 in the case
a) Marbury vs. Madison
b) Plessy vs. Ferguson
c) Brown vs. Board of Education
d) Miranda v. Arizona
Which of the following was an African-American response to Jim Crow laws?
a) Participating in poll taxes
b) Forming the NAACP
c) Attacking the Ku Klux Klan
d) Protesting the Great Migration
How did Booker T. Washington respond to Jim Crow laws?
a) Made speeches that African Americans should gradually achieve civil rights by educating themselves
b) Protested grandfather clauses, literacy tests, and poll taxes
c) Formed the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
d) Attended meetings of the Niagara ovement
How did W.E.B. DuBois respond to Jim Crow laws?
a) Believed immediate action should be taken for civil rights and created the NAACP
b) Attacking the Ku Klux Klan
c) Creating the Tuskegee Institute
d) Completed acts of civil disobedience
How did the 14th amendment affect the American legal system?
a) It required that laws be applied equally to ALL citizens
b) It granted citizenship to all residents of the United States
c) It ensured that a state could not take a citizen's personal property
d) It extended the concept of community standards to state laws
During the 1800s, the movement of large numbers of immigrants from many different countries into large American cities resulted in the rapid growth of
a) Effective public health programs
b) Ethnic neighborhoods
c) Public parks and recreation areas
d) Plentiful and affordable public housing
Why did many immigrants move from eastern and southern Europe to the United States between 1880 and 1920?
a) To escape the threat of war in Europe
b) To spread new political ideas from Europe
c) To bring new industrial techniques to the United States
d) To take advantage of economic opportunities in the United States
Which of the following contributed MOST to he passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882?
a) Widespread support for imperialism in Asia and the Pacific
b) Belief that Chinese immigrations had to be protected against discrimination
c) Concern about the Chinese communism in the United States
d) A fear of unfamiliar Chinese customs and practices
How were the lives of many Chinese immigrants affected by the Transcontinental Railroad?
a) They were given jobs to plan the transcontinental railroad, but they were underpaid
b) They were employed to build the railroad tracks, but they also suffered from discrimination
c) They used factories to manufacture railroad tracks and ties, and they became economically and politically powerful
d) They used the transcontinental railroad to travel west to search for gold, but they ha to leave their families behind
How did political bosses in major industrial cities affect the lives of immigrants to the United States in the late 1800s?
a) The political machines exploited immigrants to by buying votes with favors, jobs, and housing
b) The immigrants created ethnic neighborhoods to insulate themselves from controlling political political bosses
c) The political bosses were outnumbered; the immigrants seized control and passed laws similar to those in Europe
d) The immigrants were unhappy with the corrupt political machines, and joined anarchist and socialist movements instead
During the mid-1800s, what was one reason some citizens of the United States were against Russian and Chinese immigration?
a) Chinese immigrants took jobs away from American citizens
b) Chinese immigrants refused to become American citizens
c) Chinese immigrants had more money than other groups
d) Chinese immigrants did not speak the English language
Which group is described by the following statement: They entered through ports on the West Coast; many workers build railroads for low wages; labor unions usually refused them membership.
a) Chinse
b) Irish
c) Russians
d) Germans
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