Treatment Of Blacks And Response

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This quiz tests student knowledge of Treatment of blacks and response during US History 1877-Present.

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1.

These laws institued racial segregation of public facilities.
- A.
  
  Jim Crow laws
- B.
  
  Amerian laws
- C.
  
  Southern State laws
Correct Answer
A. Jim Crow laws
2.

This landmark Supreme Court case involved a law that required separate seating for blacks and whites on railroads.
- A.
  
  Brown v. Board of Education
- B.
  
  Cumming v. Board of Education
- C.
  
  Plessy v. Ferguson 1896
Correct Answer
C. Plessy v. Ferguson 1896
3.

This is known as white violence against blacks and it increased as another means of controlling blacks through terror and intimidation and inhibiting their agitation for equal rights.
- A.
  
  Mob Violence
- B.
  
  Lynchings
- C.
  
  Riots
Correct Answer
B. Lynchings
4.

A black journalist who launched an international antilynching movement whose goal was a federal antilynching law.
- A.
  
  Booker T. Washington
- B.
  
  W.E.B. Dubois
- C.
  
  Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Correct Answer
C. Ida B. Wells-Barnett
5.

A chief spokesman for the black middle class that emerged in the New South. He was founder and president of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. His self-improvement message urged blacks to seek a technical, rather than a classical, education.
- A.
  
  W.E.B. Dubois
- B.
  
  Henry Clay
- C.
  
  Booker T. Washington
Correct Answer
C. Booker T. Washington
6.

A critic of Booker T. Washington. He urged the "talented tenth" of the black race to attend college and become professionals.
- A.
  
  Booker T. Washington
- B.
  
  Marcus Garvey
- C.
  
  W.E.B. Dubois
Correct Answer
C. W.E.B. Dubois
7.

This was an interracial organization whose goal was the attainment of equal rights for blacks through the use of lawsuits in federal courts.
- A.
  
  WASP
- B.
  
  PECO
- C.
  
  NAACP
Correct Answer
C. NAACP

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Treatment Of Blacks And Response

These laws institued racial segregation of public facilities.

This landmark Supreme Court case involved a law that required separate seating for blacks and whites on railroads.

This is known as white violence against blacks and it increased as another means of controlling blacks through terror and intimidation and inhibiting their agitation for equal rights.

A black journalist who launched an international antilynching movement whose goal was a federal antilynching law.

A chief spokesman for the black middle class that emerged in the New South. He was founder and president of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. His self-improvement message urged blacks to seek a technical, rather than a classical, education.

A critic of Booker T. Washington. He urged the "talented tenth" of the black race to attend college and become professionals.

This was an interracial organization whose goal was the attainment of equal rights for blacks through the use of lawsuits in federal courts.