KHAN ACADEMY PLESSY VS. FERGUSON REVIEW
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- Q1Based on the lesson, what did the Thirteenth Amendment say?The institution of slavery had ended.Former slaves had equal rights.When Southern states immediately passed laws keeping African Americans from participating in the political process.It created a society the right of African Americans to have a say in a work contract.30s
- Q2Forced labor on African Americans by Southern whites fell under _________.Slave CodesJim CrowBlack CodesSegregation30s
- Q3The national court case Plessy v. Ferguson concerned which form of transportation?cartraincarriageairplane30s
- Q4Which historical era in the South led up to Plessy v. Ferguson?Gilded EraReconstruction EraProgressive EraRoaring '20s30s
- Q5T/F Based on the lesson, most African Americans had a choice in what kind of work they did.TrueFalse30s
- Q6T/F Segregation only existed in the South.TrueFalse30s
- Q7Based on the lesson, what is one reason the national government enforced military occupation in the South after the Civil War?The government believed Southern states that had just fought a war over slaver needed guidance and not enforcement to show respect to African Americans.The government wanted to make sure the Southern states enforced federal laws.The government believed Southern states that had just fought a war over slavery would not willingly accept equal rights for slaves.The government believed Northern states that had just fought a war over slavery would not willingly accept equal rights for slaves.45s
- Q8When did military occupation by Union troops end?187718651876186620s
- Q9Which party was known to sympathize with white superiority?RedeemersWhigsRepublicansDemocrats20s
- Q10What was another way the South viewed racism?as a way to encourage African Americansas a political rightas a way to give everyone the voteas a social hierarchy20s
- Q11Based on the Khan Academy Plessy v. Ferguson lesson, what does "demeaning" most likely mean?To fight for personal rightsTo fight for the right to have a say in a work contractLoss of pride or dignityThe same as suffrage20s
- Q12T/F Homer Plessy was set up to test the Jim Crow system by a Civil Rights Organization.FalseTrue20s
- Q13What was the plan for Homer Plessy?To ride at the front with the train conductor to earn equal rights for black railway workersTo board a white car on the train, and be arrestedTo insist a black train conductor drive the trainTo board a black car, but leave it to a white car20s
- Q14What does Homer Plessy do?He announces he has a right to sit in the white car immediately.He does nothing.He announces he is black.He tells the train conductor that he has no right to drive the train if black conductors cannot driver white passengers.20s
- Q15According to the lesson at 10:12, what was an issue with the Supreme Court?White Southerners believed the Supreme Court Justices would be to sympathetic to African Americans, and they would not listen to them.The U.S. Supreme Court Justices were not known to be supportive of African American Rights.Northern citizens believed the U.S. Supreme Court Justices would be too sympathetic to white male Southerners and their concerns of segregation.The U.S. Supreme Court Justices had a lot to deal with, and focused on the rights of women to vote instead.45s