Quiz 3 - White Supremacy Triumphs
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1. Which of the following is true of politics in the south in the late 19th century?
a) Democrats forced a decrease in back political involvement
b) odd shaped districts kept black political leaders from being in control over white people
c) most black politicians remained loyal to the republican party
d) all of the above are true of politics in the south in the late 19th century
2. The term “Jim Crow” later came to represent harsh segregation laws in the south that limited black
people to certain lesser roles in southern society. What did the term “Jim Crow” come from?
Answer: The name Jim crow came from Thomas daddy rice, who used to do blackface of black people.
3. Which of the following represented an achievement for black politicians during the period?
a) getting laws passed against discrimination in the south
b) helping black farmers who were struggling
c) getting black people appointed to federal jobs (such as the post office)
d) stopping discrimination against black voters
4. During racial segregation in the south, black people were expected to do which of the following?
a) show respect for white people during conversation
b) enter a white-owned house through the back door only
c) a black man was never to look, or smile at a white woman
d) all of the above
5. An attempt by black people in Norfolk, Virginia, and Chattanooga and Nashville, Tennessee to form a
transportation company in 1905 resulted from which of the following?
a) congressional help for many blacks in the south
b) segregation in the street car industry
c) increased lynching of black people in the south
d) blacks experimenting with opening businesses
6. Which of the following was used to disfranchise black voters?
a) literacy tests
b) poll taxes
c) the grandfather clause
d) all of the above were used to disfranchise black voters
7. African Americans who moved west in the late 19th century to avoid discrimination became known
as:
Answer: The name of the people who move west was Exodusters
8. To which of the following cities did African Americans move in order to avoid violence during Jim
Crow segregation?
a) cites within the south
b) cities in Africa (Liberia)
c) cites in the North
d) all of the above were cities African Americans moved to
9. The “8 box law” to discriminate against black voters originated in which of the following states?
a) Mississippi
b) Oklahoma
c) Georgia
d) none of the above
10.Nicodemus, Kansas became a very wealthy western black city in the late 19th century, but soon
declined. What caused the decline of this prosperous black town? (Be specific)
Answer: white democrats had made sure to not have any Trains( streetcars) past by or through the
town ,which cause lack of resources, and product.
11.Which of the following is true concerning the convict lease system?
a) prisoners who were mostly black were sent to work for free at privately operated companies
b) convicts worked from sun-up to sundown
c) most of the convicts died before being released
d) all of the are true concerning the convict lease system
12. Which occupation led to the exploitation of most black workers?
a) Blacksmith work
b) Barber shop work
c) the transportation industry
d) sharecropping
13.Another form of slavery that became popular in the south after slavery ended was:
a) peonage
b) Sharecropping
c) crop liens
d) none of the answers given
14.How might a black or a white sharecropper lose a portion or all of his share of a crop?
Answer: If was in debt or didn’t grow what was expected in the contract they would have to give it as a
form of payment many farmers were illiterate
15.Which of the following is accurate concerning a black land ownership increase between the period,
1870 to 1900?
a) 100% increase in land ownership
b) 150% increase in land ownership
c) 300% increase in land ownership
d) 500% increase in land ownership