Jim Crow Laws - Studies Weekly

What were the first laws called that suppressed the rights and privileges of free blacks?

• Black Box

• Civil War Laws

• Black Codes

• Freedman Codes

What did the Black Codes keep black men from doing?

• Voting

• Serving on juries

• Own or carry weapons

• All of the above

Without land or money, what did most African Americans have to continue doing?

• Work in restaurants

• Work for white farmers

• Protest

• They could not work at all

A system where a landlord allowed a tenant to live on his land in exchange for a share of his crop was called what?

• Slavery

• Freedman's Bureau

• Sharecropping

• Segregation

About 10 years after the black codes, what began to take their place?

• Black Box Laws

• Harper's Ferry Laws

• Jim Crow Laws

• Crow Feet Laws

One Jim Crow law that _________ were void if one person is white and the other is 1/8 or more negro, Japanese, or Chinese.

• births

• living conditions

• friendships

• marriages

Another Jim Crow law said that black children and white children had to go to separate ______.

• parks

• restaurants

• playgrounds

• schools

Another Jim Crow law made it illegal for a negro and a white person to do what together?

• ride bikes

• take a walk

• play a game of card or dice, dominoes or checkers

• play sports

What ended the JIm Crow laws?

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Civil War

• Protests

• Segregation

What important step did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 take?

• Protected African Americans' Right to Vote

• Outlawed Slavery

• Gave Citizenship

• Gave women the right to vote