Question 1

Based on the lesson, what did the Thirteenth Amendment say?

Accepted Answer

The institution of slavery had ended.

Answer

Former slaves had equal rights.

Answer

When Southern states immediately passed laws keeping African Americans from participating in the political process.

Answer

It created a society the right of African Americans to have a say in a work contract.

Question 2

Forced labor on African Americans by Southern whites fell under _________.

Accepted Answer

Black Codes

Answer

Slave Codes

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Jim Crow

Answer

Segregation

Question 3

The national court case Plessy v. Ferguson concerned which form of transportation?

Accepted Answer

train

Answer

car

Answer

carriage

Answer

airplane

Question 4

Which historical era in the South led up to Plessy v. Ferguson?

Accepted Answer

Reconstruction Era

Answer

Gilded Era

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Progressive Era

Answer

Roaring '20s

Question 5

T/F Based on the lesson, most African Americans had a choice in what kind of work they did.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 6

T/F Segregation only existed in the South.

Accepted Answer

False

Answer

True

Question 7

Based on the lesson, what is one reason the national government enforced military occupation in the South after the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

The government believed Southern states that had just fought a war over slavery would not willingly accept equal rights for slaves.

Answer

The government believed Southern states that had just fought a war over slaver needed guidance and not enforcement to show respect to African Americans.

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The government wanted to make sure the Southern states enforced federal laws.

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The government believed Northern states that had just fought a war over slavery would not willingly accept equal rights for slaves.

Question 8

When did military occupation by Union troops end?

Accepted Answer

1877

Answer

1865

Answer

1876

Answer

1866

Question 9

Which party was known to sympathize with white superiority?

Accepted Answer

Redeemers

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Whigs

Answer

Republicans

Answer

Democrats

Question 10

What was another way the South viewed racism?

Accepted Answer

as a social hierarchy

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as a way to encourage African Americans

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as a political right

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as a way to give everyone the vote

Question 11

Based on the Khan Academy Plessy v. Ferguson lesson, what does "demeaning" most likely mean?

Accepted Answer

Loss of pride or dignity

Answer

To fight for personal rights

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To fight for the right to have a say in a work contract

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The same as suffrage

Question 12

T/F Homer Plessy was set up to test the Jim Crow system by a Civil Rights Organization.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 13

What was the plan for Homer Plessy?

Accepted Answer

To board a white car on the train, and be arrested

Answer

To ride at the front with the train conductor to earn equal rights for black railway workers

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To insist a black train conductor drive the train

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To board a black car, but leave it to a white car

Question 14

What does Homer Plessy do?

Accepted Answer

He announces he is black.

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He announces he has a right to sit in the white car immediately.

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He does nothing.

Answer

He tells the train conductor that he has no right to drive the train if black conductors cannot driver white passengers.

Question 15

According to the lesson at 10:12, what was an issue with the Supreme Court?

Accepted Answer

The U.S. Supreme Court Justices were not known to be supportive of African American Rights.

Answer

White Southerners believed the Supreme Court Justices would be to sympathetic to African Americans, and they would not listen to them.

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Northern citizens believed the U.S. Supreme Court Justices would be too sympathetic to white male Southerners and their concerns of segregation.

Answer

The U.S. Supreme Court Justices had a lot to deal with, and focused on the rights of women to vote instead.

Question 16

Based on the lesson, who had the right to dictate public accommodations?

Accepted Answer

private businesses or corporations

Answer

Congress

Answer

the President

Answer

a vote by the public

Question 17

What did the Supreme Court rule?

Accepted Answer

That a state could provide separate, but equal accommodations

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That a state needed to provide equal rights to every person

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That the president had a right to dictate segregation

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That the Congress had a right to dictate segregation

Question 18

What is the exact name for the act?

Accepted Answer

Separate Car Act

Answer

Separate but Equal Act

Answer

Segregation

Answer

Jim Crow

Question 19

Which amendment did the U.S. Supreme Court say was NOT violated in the Plessy v. Ferguson Case?

Accepted Answer

Fourteenth Amendment

Answer

Thirteenth Amendment

Answer

Eighteenth Amendment

Answer

Fifteenth Amendment

Question 20

According to the lesson, what did society use to explain there were differences between?

Accepted Answer

civil v. social rights

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civil v. religious rights

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religious v. cultural rights

Answer

social v. cultural rights

Question 21

What was a major affect of Plessy v. Ferguson?

Accepted Answer

Allowed society to segregate based on race until 1954

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Allowed society to segregate based on race until 1964

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Approved the right of private industries to segregate based on race only on trains.

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Forbade Southern states from segregating based on race.

Question 22

What was another major result of Plessy v. Ferguson?

Accepted Answer

It was designed to keep African American citizens as inferior.

Answer

It was designed to give African American equal spaces, such as school and on trains, in which to attend and travel.

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It was designed to make Northern whites, who'd supported military reconstruction, uncomfortable.

Answer

It was designed to give African Americans equal rights.

Question 23

Based on the lesson around 16:38, what was in its infancy?

Accepted Answer

Jim Crow

Answer

the fight against segregation

Answer

Black Codes

Answer

NAACP

Question 24

Had the Supreme Court ever reversed a decision at the time of Plessy v. Ferguson?

Accepted Answer

No

Answer

Maybe

Answer

Yes

Answer

I should listen to the lesson

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