What was the decision of Plessy vs. Ferguson?

Segregation is legal IF facilities are equal.

What were Black Codes?

Laws passed in the South to limit the rights of African Americans., The South’s way around the 13th Amendment.

What were Jim Crow laws?

Laws that enforced segregation.

What was the 14th amendment?

All people born or naturalized in the U.S. except Natives are citizens

What were Black Codes designed to do?

To limit the rights of African Americans

What was the Poll Tax?

A tax you had to pay before voting

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Reconstruction Quiz

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1
The shot fired at Lincoln’s head instantly killed him
True
False
2
What was the decision of Plessy vs. Ferguson?
Segregation is legal IF facilities are equal.
No one knows for sure.
Segregation is not legal.
Segregation is legal.
3
Who was the 19th President of the United States?
U. S. Grant
James K. Polk
Rutherford Hayes
Hebert J. Clark
4
How many districts was the South divided into due to the Military Reconstruction Act?
7
5
12
This plan was never followed through
5
What were the Ku Klux Klan’s original costumes?
White robes and pointed hats
Confederate uniforms
Burlap sacks and horns
Wore everyday clothes to not be suspicious
6
What was the Law that kept Plessy from sitting in an all white train car?
The Ferguson Act.
The Separate Car Act.
The Segregation Act.
The Seperate Train Act.
7
What movement had the Radical Republicans supported before the Civil War?
The Great 1865 movement
The sharecroppers movement
The abolitionist movement
The Reconstruction movement
8
Who was the first African American man elected to Congress?
Joseph Hayne Rainey
Hirman Revels
Jefferson Davis
Blanche K. Bruce
9
Who was the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan?
Jefferson Davis
Nathan Bedford Forest
Homer Plessy
Thomas Dartmouth Rice
10
What were Black Codes?
Laws passed in the South to limit the rights of African Americans.
The South’s way around the 13th Amendment.
A way to keep African Americans from voting.
The legal separation of whites and blacks in public places.
11
What Plan must you disband state governments?
Reconstruction Act
Wade Davis Bill
Johnson’s Plan
Reconstruction Plan
12
What were Jim Crow laws?
Laws that made segregation illegal.
Laws that made it legal for African Americans to vote.
A way to enforce rules in the South.
Laws that enforced segregation.
13
What was the 14th amendment?
Gives African American men the right to vote
All people born or naturalized in the U.S. except Natives are citizens
Gives African Americans the right to vote
All people born or naturalized in the U.S are citizens
14
Who was NOT one of John Wilkes Booths co-conspirators?
Micheal O’ Laughlen
Dr. Samuel Mudd
Louis Powell
Gorge Atzerodt
15
What were Black Codes designed to do?
To enforce voting restrictions
Enforce segregation
To prevent African Americans from voting
To limit the rights of African Americans
16
When was the Civil Rights Act passed?
1925
1964
1957
1899.
17
The 15th Amendment was ratified in 1871.
False
True
18
Who were scalawags?
Southerners who supported Reconstruction in the south.
A nickname for southern Republicans.
Southerners who wanted to strengthen their relationship with the North.
All of the above are correct.
19
What was the Poll Tax?
A poll you took before voting about if you liked the current president.
Two are correct.
A test where you had to read and explain a part of the constitution.
A tax you had to pay before voting
20
Voting Restrictions were laws in the South to keep African Americans from voting.
False
True

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