US History Final Unit 4

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  • 1. 
    Some southern states limited voting only to people that could?
    • A. 

      Sing in Spanish

    • B. 

      Read English

    • C. 

      Drive cars

  • 2. 
    What was the purpose of the Grandfather Clause?
    • A. 

      Provide health care to Grandfathers

    • B. 

      Allow people that couldn't pay taxes or read to vote if his father or grandfather could vote

    • C. 

      To restrict Grandfathers to vote

  • 3. 
    Southern states passed laws to separate white and blacks in what places? 
    • A. 

      Bathrooms

    • B. 

      Houses

    • C. 

      Most public and private places

  • 4. 
    What did the supreme court rule in the Plessy Vs. Ferguson case?
    • A. 

      Separation of races was legal

    • B. 

      Plessy was right

    • C. 

      Ferguson was right

  • 5. 
    What clause did the Plessy Vs. Ferguson case establish?
    • A. 

      Separate but Equal Clause

    • B. 

      Voting Clause

    • C. 

      Child Labor Clause

  • 6. 
    What was the race relations between Blacks and Whites?
    • A. 

      They were very friendly with each other

    • B. 

      There was a lot of violence and blacks would be shot or hanged without trial

    • C. 

      The whites were jailed without traial

  • 7. 
    By the 1900's where did the Blacks move to in order to find better paying jobs and social equality?
    • A. 

      The North

    • B. 

      The South

    • C. 

      The East

  • 8. 
    What happened after the Blacks moved to the new part of the country?
    • A. 

      They were welcomed by a large parade

    • B. 

      Their lives improved

    • C. 

      They were forced into segregated neighborhoods and faced discrimination at work

  • 9. 
    In the late 1800's ___________ workers were highered to construct rail lines in the south west and worked for less money.
    • A. 

      Indians

    • B. 

      Mexicans

    • C. 

      Chinese

  • 10. 
    Which of the following industries did Mexicans not become a large labor force in?
    • A. 

      Mining

    • B. 

      Agriculture

    • C. 

      Technology

  • 11. 
    Definition of Debt Peonage
    • A. 

      Having all your debt paid off by a wealthy business man

    • B. 

      Paying debt through valuable items

    • C. 

      System that bound laborers into slavery in order to pay of debt to employers

  • 12. 
    What did whites do to Chinese immigrants when they feared they were a threat to their jobs?
    • A. 

      Forced them into segregated neighborhoods and schools

    • B. 

      Helped them open Chinese restaurants

    • C. 

      Sent them to Jamaica

  • 13. 
    What was the Jim Crows Laws?
    • A. 

      A part of the Amendents

    • B. 

      A bill passed by congress

    • C. 

      A law that was called Jim Crow

    • D. 

      A famous Inventor

    • E. 

      A law part of the constitution

  • 14. 
    An annual tax that should be paid before qualifying to vote, this is called
    • A. 

      Jim Crow Laws

    • B. 

      Grandfather Clause

    • C. 

      Poll Tax

    • D. 

      Segregation

    • E. 

      Debt Peonage

  • 15. 
    All of these made the Jim Crow Laws segregational EXCEPT
    • A. 

      In hospital

    • B. 

      In School

    • C. 

      In the Parks

    • D. 

      In the Church

    • E. 

      In the Transportation Systems

  • 16. 
    African Americans were shot, burned, or hung without trial in the South. This is known as what?
    • A. 

      Lynching

    • B. 

      Segregated

    • C. 

      Jim Crow laws

    • D. 

      Debt peonage

  • 17. 
    In the late 1800s, the railroads hired what ethnic group to construct rail lines?
    • A. 

      Caucasian

    • B. 

      African Americans

    • C. 

      Asians

    • D. 

      Mexicans

  • 18. 
    African Americans began migrating to Northern cities where there was no racial discrimination.
    • A. 

      True

    • B. 

      False

  • 19. 
    Mexicans were vital to railroads being developed and also the development of what?
    • A. 

      Factories

    • B. 

      Mining and agriculture

    • C. 

      Stores

    • D. 

      Peonage

  • 20. 
    Mexicans worked for the railroads for less money than other ethnic groups.
    • A. 

      True

    • B. 

      False

  • 21. 
    White people's fear of job competition with the Chinese immigrants pushed the Chinese into segregated schools and neighborhoods.
    • A. 

      True

    • B. 

      False

  • 22. 
    Under segregation (or "Jim Crow") laws, many southern states passed "disfranchisement" laws.  What does disfranchisement mean?
    • A. 

      Taking away someone's business.

    • B. 

      Taking away someone's farm land or home.

    • C. 

      Taking away someone's right to vote.

    • D. 

      Separating the races on transportation.

  • 23. 
    Which of the following were disfranchisement laws passed by southern states?  Check all that apply. (Fun Fact:  Most states only used one or two of these correct answers.  Mississippi used all of them!)
    • A. 

      Poll Tax

    • B. 

      Literacy Test (unfairly administered)

    • C. 

      Racial test

    • D. 

      Grandfather Clause-If your grandfather did not vote, you cannot vote.

  • 24. 
    The poll tax was not made illegal until the passage of the 24th Amendment to the US Constitution in 1964.
    • A. 

      True

    • B. 

      False

  • 25. 
    What is lynching?
    • A. 

      Arresting someone and not telling them why they have been arrested

    • B. 

      When a person is murdered by a mob for breaking a social rule, usually a racial rule.

    • C. 

      Denying someone the right to vote

    • D. 

      Using the police to protect a person's rights.

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