BPQ: Jim Crow

What was the first step in Southern politicians' efforts to legalize segregation?

• Winning control of U.S. Congress

• Seceding from the Union

• Disenfranchising African Americans

• Fighting the abolition of slavery

If the Supreme Court had sided with Homer Plessy:

• The "separate but equal" doctrine might still be legal

• The North would have adopted Jim Crow laws

• The Great Migration would have happened sooner

• Formal segregation likely would have ended sooner

Place the following events in order: A) Brown v. Board of Education; B) Plessy v. Ferguson; C) End of Civil War; D) Jim Crow laws

• C, D, B, A

• B, C, D, A

• D, C, A, B

• C, D, A, B

What is misleading about describing Jim Crow South as "separate but equal?"

• Everyone ended up sharing the same spaces.

• Divisions among groups were rarely enforced.

• African Americans' facilities were usually inferior.

• These laws applied only to schools.

The Jim Crow stereotype harmed African Americans by altering:

• Laws protecting their voting rights

• The public's perception of them

• Laws related to public schools

• Their eligibility to serve in the military

Which city had the biggest increase in African-American population during Great Migration?

• Tallahassee, FL

• Philadelphia, PA

• Atlanta, GA

• Little Rock, AR

Compared to the Jim Crow South, the North during the same era was:

• Less restrictive for African Americans, but still segregated

• Completely free of racial discrimination

• Fully integrated

• More dangerous for African Americans, with less opportunity

The NAACP found its greatest successes in the fight against segregation:

• In Congress

• In state legislatures

• Through appeals to the President

• In the courts

Which best characterizes the Supreme Court's view of Jim Crow laws?

• It always considered them illegal

• It initially supported them

• It overturned them immediately

• It deemed it was not their place to judge their validity

Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice." What did he mean?

• Only if everyone agrees can equal rights be legally protected.

• Right will prevail over wrong eventually.

• Historically, most people have acted ethically and fairly.

• The fight to end discrimination is a cyclical process.