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 (A)</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 (C)</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 (B)</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 (B)</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 (B)</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 (D)</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 (B)</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) (D)</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 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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