American History Ch. 9
Chapter 9 Test
- 1.What does the Plessy v. Ferguson case represent?
- A.
Segregation in the school system.
- B.
Segregation in general.
- 2.Why did most children not go to high school?
- A.
They had to stay home and raise the family
- B.
They are afraid of the teachers' harsh punishments.
- C.
They couldn't read or write
- 3.Where the schools all equal for blacks and whites?
- A.
No they were not, black school were in worse shape than white schools.
- B.
White schools were in worse shape than Black schools.
- C.
Woman were not allowed to attend schools at white schools, but they were allowed to attend at black schools.
- 4.Did women have more Higher education oppertunities before or after the Civil War?
- A.
They had less opportunities before the Civil War.
- B.
They had more opportunities before the Civil War.
- C.
They had more opportunities after the Civil War.
- D.
They had less Opportunities after the Civil War.
- 5.Why were Circuses popular in the 1870's?
- A.
With the arrival of the "Circus Train".**
- B.
Children often dreamed of running off to the circus.
- C.
Circus performers often came as 'advanced men' to come to a city early and promote the Circus.
- 6.What is the NAACP, during the 1900's?
- A.
The National Association for the Advocation of corn pollutants.
- B.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
- C.
The Northwestern Assembly for Americans' Cotton Production
- 7.Why did Public schools gain more students in the late 1800's?
- A.
The arrival of black students.
- B.
The departure of whites.
- 8.Why did most women want the right to vote?
- A.
They wanted to be treated equally among men.
- B.
They just wanted to prove the White man wrong.
- C.
They liked the idea of being a part of government.
- 9.During the 1870's where did most woman find their professional opportunities in the world?
- A.
In Woman's Colleges and in Hospitals.
- B.
On the Homestead.
- C.
At the Factories.
- D.
In the Mines.
- 10.What are the 'Jim Crow' laws?
- A.
They Limited White freedoms or rights.
- B.
Laws limiting what Negroes were allowed to do.
- C.
They were laws that gave Negroes complete freedom.
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