Unit 4.3 Establishing Segregation

Which part of the Constitution of 1895 allowed poor illiterate farmers to vote even though they could not pass the literacy test?

• The Grandfather Clause

• Poll taxes

• The 15th Amendment

• Jim Crow laws

What was the most significant impact of the 1876 election of Wade Hampton III in South Carolina ?

• It caused the fall of the "Redeemers."

• It ended the Republican rule in South Carolina

• It allowed South Carolina to follow Republican policies.

• It allowed the rise of African American political power.

How did the Constitution of 1895 impact race relations in South Carolina?

• The Constitution lowered the rate of violence between white and black South Carolinians.

• The Constitution reversed the decision of Plessy v. Ferguson

• The Constitution limited voting opportunities for African Americans

• The Constitution required proof of land ownership for all voters

How was the gerrymandering of congressional districts used by the conservative elite in South Carolina following Reconstruction?

• To make sure that the Democrats did not have political control in South Carolina

• To limit the political influence of African Americans in South Carolina

• To make sure that poor whites would not be disenfranchised.

• To limit the number of carpetbaggers who could be elected to the United States Congress.

Why did the Redeemers view the recently lost Civil War as a "lost cause"?

• Because of the great advantages of the North in the Civil War.

• Because the south was going to emancipate their slaves before the North attacked.

• Because most Southern states really never wanted to secede from the Union permanently.

• Because the political power continued to be controlled by antebellum political elites.

Why did Ben Tillman want a new constitution for South Carolina in 1895?

• He wanted to help women gain the right to vote.

• He wanted the governor to have more power than the Assembly

• He wanted African Americans to have more Civil Rights than what was provided in the Constitution of 1868.

• He wanted to secure political control of the Democratic Party by disenfranchising African Americans

Which of the following were ways that African Americans were disenfranchised following Reconstruction? (Choose 3 that apply).

• Eight Box Law

• Literacy Tests

• Poll Taxes

• Fifteenth Amendment

How did Governor Wade Hampton III's view on African Americans following Reconstruction differ from the rest of the Democratic Party in South Carolina?

• Hampton supported the Republican party but other Democrats did not.

• Hampton was willing to allow African Americans to keep their voting rights while the rest of the Democratic Party wanted to disenfranchise them.

• Hampton believed in the ideas of the KKK while the rest of the Democratic Party did not.

• Hampton and the Democratic Party agreed on everything.

"[The registrar] brought a big old book out there, and he gave me the sixteenth section of the constitution of Mississippi, . . . I could copy it like it was in the book, but after I got through copying it, he told me to give a reasonable interpretation and tell the meaning of the section I had copied. Well, I flunked out." ---Source:A History of the United States since 1861- Which of the following best describes the action documented above?

• grandfather clause

• poll taxes

• literacy tests

• segregation

How did the Supreme Court ruling Plessy v. Ferguson impact race relations in the United States?

• It required separate but equal facilities for African Americans.

• It ended Jim Crow laws in the Northeast.

• It allowed equal opportunities for African Americans in the workforce.

• It required landowners to pay sharecroppers a minimum wage.