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Which was an effect of the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson?
It reaffirmed and strengthened Jim Crow laws in the South. -
The court ruled against Plessy and provided a legal backing for:
segregation. -
Which of the following strategies were used to disenfranchise black Georgians in the early 1900s?
Poll tax, literacy test, white primary. -
Why were "Jim Crow" laws passed in Georgia?
to enforce the policy of segregation. -
In the South after the Civil War, which of the following enforced segregation in public accommodations?
Jim Crow laws.
Which was an effect of the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson?
(1 point)
Responses
It reduced the frequency of racial violence in the South.
It reduced the frequency of racial violence in the South.
It caused increased migrations of people from the North.
It caused increased migrations of people from the North.
It weakened and outlawed Jim Crow laws in the North.
It weakened and outlawed Jim Crow laws in the North.
It reaffirmed and strengthened Jim Crow laws in the South.
During Reconstruction the 14th Amendment was passed in 1868 guaranteeing that no state could take away the rights of United States citizens. In spite of this amendment, Southern states did take away black people's rights as citizens. Homer Plessy, a black person, was arrested on a railroad train and his case was appealed all the way to the Supreme Court. The 1896 court decision in Plessy v Ferguson became the legal basis for the next 60 years. The court ruled against Plessy and provided a legal backing for
(1 point)
Responses
poll taxes
poll taxes
segregation
segregation
literacy tests
literacy tests
slavery
Which of the following strategies were used to disenfranchise black Georgians in the early 1900s?
(1 point)
Responses
Poll tax, literacy test, white primary
Poll tax, literacy test, white primary
Poll tax, white primary, voting rights act
Poll tax, white primary, voting rights act
General elections, Fifteenth Amendment, poll tax
General elections, Fifteenth Amendment, poll tax
Grandfather clause, white primary, Fifteenth Amendment
Grandfather clause, white primary, Fifteenth Amendment
Why were "Jim Crow" laws passed in Georgia?
(1 point)
Responses
to encourage industrial growth
to encourage industrial growth
to enforce the policy of segregation
to enforce the policy of segregation
to protect the civil rights of minorities
to protect the civil rights of minorities
to provide financial relief to farmers
In the South after the Civil War, which of the following enforced segregation in public accommodations?
(1 point)
Responses
property taxes
property taxes
Jim Crow laws
Jim Crow laws
county unit rules
county unit rules
grandfather clauses
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