Hour 7 Chapter 9 American History Project
Quiz for chapter 9
- 1.How and why did public schools expand during the late 1800's?
- A.
They wanted to make their business flourish
- B.
The kids loved school so much
- C.
Parents realized that there children needed more skills to advance in life
- D.
The kids parents thought it would make them smarter at video games
- 2.W.E.B. Du Bois urged African Americans to...
- A.
Use violence to fight for civil rights
- B.
Move to Africa
- C.
Accept an inferior role in society
- D.
Become well educated
- 3.Booker T Washington suggested that African Americans put aside their desire for...
- A.
Education
- B.
Gainful employment
- C.
Economic stability
- D.
Political equality
- 4.In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court decided that...
- A.
Black schools were inferior to white schools
- B.
Segregation was illegal
- C.
Blacks had the right to vote
- D.
Segregation was legal
- 5.Describe Vaudeville...
- A.
A theatre town in Southern California near today's Hollywood
- B.
The name of the first popular motion picture
- C.
A form of traveling variety show
- D.
A private black college located near Atlanta
- 6.In 1910, the NAACP began fighting for
- A.
Unions
- B.
Civil rights
- C.
Segregation
- D.
Jim Crow laws
- 7.Which of the following was true of working woman in the late 1800's
- A.
All men supported their to work
- B.
They were paid less than men
- C.
They were often promoted to high-paying jobs
- D.
They often received advanced training
- 8.After the civil war, the Radical Republican believed...
- A.
In completely reconstructing society to guarantee equality to blacks
- B.
That the North should rebuild the South
- C.
That Southern military leaders could serve in the Congress
- D.
That violence was the best was to settle social problems in the South
- 9.The sharecropping system in the South resulted in...
- A.
Higher wages in Southern industries
- B.
Annual debts for many farm families
- C.
The governments giving each black family 40 acres of land
- D.
The end of large-scale cotton production
- 10.The Sherman Antitrust Act initially was unsuccessful because...
- A.
It was passed into law by congress
- B.
It enforced infrequently by the courts
- C.
President Harrison refused to support it
- D.
Rockefeller turned his employees against it
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