Civil Rights Movement - Review 1

Did the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case take place before or after Reconstruction?

• Before

• After

What did Homer Plessy do that got him arrested?

• He sat in the whites only part of the bus.

• He took a seat in the whites only car of a train.

• He sat at a whites only section of a lunch counter.

• All of the above

What did Homer Plessy do that got him arrested?

• He sat in the whites only part of the bus.

• He took a seat in the whites only car of a train.

• He sat at a whites only section of a lunch counter.

• All of the above

These were any type of law that discriminated against people based on race.

• 14th Amendment

• State laws

• Federal laws

• Jim Crow laws

True or False: the U.S. Supreme court sided with Homer Plessy. They said his 14th Amendment rights were being violated by having to sit in a separate train car.

• true

• false

What was the result of the case?

• The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Plessy saying segregation was illegal.
• The Supreme Court never made a ruling.
• The Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal.
• Plessy never took the case to the Supreme Court.

What famous phrase came out of the Plessy case?

• "Separate but equal"
• "Give me liberty or give me death."
• "May the force be with you."
• "I'll be back."

The Plessy v. Ferguson case had what impact on the U.S.?

• It legalized Jim Crow Laws throughout the U.S.

• It made Jim Crow Laws illegal throughout the U.S.

• It created more equality

• It repealed the 14th Amendment

One problem with the idea of "separate but equal" was that the separate facilities for black people were almost never truly _______________.

• national

• federal

• equal

• unequal

The Plessy decision was not overturned until what famous case was decided by the Supreme Court?

• Worcester v. Georgia
• Marbury v. Madison
• Dred Scott
• Brown v. Board of Education