8-4.3 Segregation STUDY GUIDE

What law restricted poor whites and African Americans from voting due to having to pay in order to vote?

• 8 Box Law

• Literacy Test

• Poll Tax

• Gerrymandering

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.

How did referring to the Civil War as the "lost cause" change the southern narrative of the war?

• They focused on the great advantages of the South in the Civil War.

• They said the South was going to emancipate their slaves before the North attacked.

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

• They focused on Northern aggression and downplayed the role of slavery in secession.

Why was there a push for a new constitution for South Carolina in 1895?

• To help women gain the right to vote.

• The governor to have more power than the Assembly

• For African Americans to have more civil rights than what was provided in the Constitution of 1868.

• 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

• Fifteenth Amendment

• Poll Taxes

• Literacy Tests

 "[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.