Which of the following factors allowed racial discrimination to become institutionalized in the United States

Several Southern States passed “Jim Crow” Laws

How did the Progressive Era change the role of the federal government?

New laws and amendments were created that increased the power of the gov.

What did Southern states sometimes use a grandfather clause for?

To stop African Americans from voting while allowing poor whites to do so

How did the Ku Klux Klan reinforce white supremacy in Post-Reconstruction United States

Through acts of terrorism targeting African Americans

What did Upton Sinclair expose in his writing “the Jungle”?

The unsanitary conditions of the meat packing industry

Which of the following best defines the Progressive Era?

America’s response to the problems of urbanization and industrialization

Identify which of the following most Progressives would have agreed the government should do.

Outlaw bad business practices & improve working conditions

Why did the progressives work so hard to increase voting rights and reform the political process/government?

wanted gov to better serve the needs of and be accountable to the people

Which evidence best supports the statement below:

passage of Jim Crow laws in the latter part of the 19th century

In the Case of Plessy v Ferguson, what did the Supreme Court rule?

Legalized separate but equal segregation laws

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1
Which of the following factors allowed racial discrimination to become institutionalized in the United States
Several Southern States passed “Jim Crow” Laws
The 14th amendment ensured equal protection under the law for all citizens
The former Confederate States were divided into five military districts
The Civil War ended, beginning a period of Reconstruction in the South
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How did the Progressive Era change the role of the federal government?
New legislation was passed that gave more power to big businesses
New laws and amendments were created that increased the power of the gov.
New amendments were created that limited the individual rights of citizens
New laws and amendments were passed that limited the power of the gov.
3
Journalists who brought to light the ills of society in a hope to reform them.
Progressives
Muckrakers
Social Reformers
Reconstructionists
4
What did Progressive Era political reforms aim to fix?
End government corruption
Curb union power
Solve rural problems
Increase immigrant rights
5
Began the period of Prohibition in the United States
18th Amendment
16th Amendment
19th Amendment
17th Amendment
6
gave women the right to vote
19th Amendment
17th Amendment
16th Amendment
18th Amendment
7
During which period were these amendmens: the income tax, direct election of Senators, Prohibition, and womens suffrage
Civil War
Reconstruction
The Guilded Age
Progressive Era
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What did Southern states sometimes use a grandfather clause for?
To stop African Americans from voting while allowing poor whites to do so
To stop poor whites from exercising the right to vote
To grant voting rights to African Americans who passed the literacy test
To distinguish between recent immigrants and established citizens
9
How did the Ku Klux Klan reinforce white supremacy in Post-Reconstruction United States
By allowing former Confederate leaders to regain power in the South
Through forced segregation of public spaces
Through acts of terrorism targeting African Americans
By enacting a series of laws that allowed poor whites to vote
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treating people unfairly because of the color of their skin
Jim Crow Laws
Segregation
Institutionalized
Racial Discrimination
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All of the follow are examples of racial discrimination becoming instiutionalized EXCEPT:
Poll Taxes
Segregation Laws
19th Amendment
Literacy Tests
12
Supreme court case that legalized “separate but equal” segregation laws in the United States
Dred Scott v Standford
Marbury v Madison
Plessy v Furguson
Brown v The Board of Education
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What did Upton Sinclair expose in his writing “the Jungle”?
The unsanitary conditions of the meat packing industry
Dangers of child labor
The corrupt business practices of steel factory owners
Illegal deals between special interests and the US government
14
Laws that enforced racial segregation
14th Amendment
Jim Crow Laws
Grandfather Clauses
15th Amendment
15
This allowed the government to collect income taxes to help address problems of society.
17th Amendment
19th Amendment
18th Amendment
16th Amendment
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Allowed people whose ancestors were qualified to vote prior to 1867 to avoid literacy tests and poll taxes
Grandfather Clauses
Jim Crow Laws
Sharecropping
Plessy v Ferguson
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Which of the following best defines the Progressive Era?
Conservative reaction to the problems of immigration
Upper class response to the competition of big business
Republican response to the unlawful acts of muckraking
America’s response to the problems of urbanization and industrialization
18
Identify which of the following most Progressives would have agreed the government should do.
Outlaw unions who interfere with progress
Outlaw bad business practices & improve working conditions
Ignore problems of workers and the poor
Give political machines more control
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allowed for the direct election of US senators
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
16th Amendment
17th Amendment
20
Why did the progressives work so hard to increase voting rights and reform the political process/government?
They wanted the government to be less efficient
wanted the government to work for the establishment and ignore minorities
They wanted to boost the power of political machines
wanted gov to better serve the needs of and be accountable to the people
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Which evidence best supports the statement below:
refusal of Southern States to allow sharecropping
ratification of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
passage of the Civil Rights Acts of 1866
passage of Jim Crow laws in the latter part of the 19th century
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In the Case of Plessy v Ferguson, what did the Supreme Court rule?
Ordered all legal separation of schools to end
Declared segregation was unconstitutional
Ordered universities to enroll more women and African Americans
Legalized separate but equal segregation laws

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