The Economics of Racism in the United States Quiz

What were 'Jim Crow' laws primarily designed to do?

• Promote economic equality
• Enforce racial segregation and discrimination
• Encourage cultural integration
• Support minority business development

The term 'Jim Crow' originated from what cultural source?

• A political speech
• A legal document
• A white minstrel show in blackface
• A Supreme Court ruling

In what year did women gain voting rights in the United States?

• 1856
• 1870
• 1920
• 1965

When did Native Americans receive citizenship and voting rights?

• 1776
• 1856
• 1924
• 1965

What landmark Supreme Court case addressed school segregation?

• Plessy v. Ferguson
• Brown v. Board of Education
• Dred Scott v. Sandford
• Loving v. Virginia

What practice systematically denied African Americans home loans based on neighborhood?

• Mortgage lending
• Redlining
• Credit scoring
• Property taxation

In 1868, the 14th Amendment granted citizenship to whom?

• All women
• Native Americans
• African American men
• Asian immigrants

What year was the Voting Rights Act passed that protected minority voting?

• 1920
• 1924
• 1956
• 1965

Who was the first African American child to integrate a previously all-white school?

• Linda Brown
• Ruby Bridges
• Katherine Johnson
• Rosa Parks

What does HBCU stand for?

• Historical Black Colleges and Universities
• Higher Black Community Unions
• Historically Black Colleges and Undergraduates
• Higher Black Cultural Organizations