Reconstruction Era Achievements Quiz
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What was the practical outcome of Plessy v Ferguson as mentioned in the text?

  • Equal rights for all citizens
  • Overturning of segregation laws
  • Integration of public spaces
  • Institutionalization of America's racial caste system (correct)
  • What did the 'Nurses Exemption' provide an exception to?

  • Transportation segregation on buses
  • Educational segregation in schools
  • Employment discrimination based on race
  • Racial segregation in 'Whites only' spaces (correct)
  • In Justice John Harlan's dissent, what did he find difficult to reconcile with the state of the law?

  • The brand of servitude and degradation on fellow citizens (correct)
  • The lack of segregation laws
  • The freedom enjoyed by Americans
  • The equal treatment of all races
  • Which term is used to describe the unhealthy and poor conditions in places where Black people lived?

    <p>Environmental Racism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following territories inhabited by people of color is mentioned in the text as being affected by American imperialism?

    <p>Cuba</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was a common method used to deny Black Americans their right to vote, as described in the text?

    <p>Poll taxes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Civil Rights Act of 1875 affirm?

    <p>The equality of all men before the law</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the impact of judicial culpability in paving the way for Jim Crow laws?

    <p>It overturned gains and paved the way for Jim Crow</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the 15th Amendment aim to achieve?

    <p>Prohibited denial of the vote based on race, color, or previous enslavement</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was a key factor leading to the emergence of White supremacist groups like the Ku Klux Klan?

    <p>Outright violence against Blacks</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which court case exemplified the Color Line and America’s Racial Caste System?

    <p>Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was Homer Plessy demanding in his case that led to 'Plessy v. Ferguson'?

    <p>Right to sit wherever he wanted in public transport</p> Signup and view all the answers

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