Question 1

What view did the white farmers' alliances have of black voting?

Accepted Answer

A)  They fully supported blacks voting in all cases. 
B)  They didn't think that blacks should vote, but ironically encouraged them to vote for certain candidates. 
C)  They thought that blacks should only be agricultural workers, and should not participate in politics. 
D)  They were a white supremacist organization, devoted to terrorism like the Klan, and wanted to keep all blacks from voting. 
A)  They fully supported blacks voting in all cases. 
B)  They didn't think that blacks should vote, but ironically encouraged them to vote for certain candidates. 
C)  They thought that blacks should only be agricultural workers, and should not participate in politics. 
D)  They were a white supremacist organization, devoted to terrorism like the Klan, and wanted to keep all blacks from voting. B

Question 2

___________________ was generally the equivalent of enslavement. A black family would get into debt and would not be allowed to leave the land until it had paid off the debt.

Accepted Answer

Peonage

Question 3

What were the actual reasons for many lynchings?

Accepted Answer

A)  In many cases, blacks had committed a crime, and whites were impatient for justice. 
B)  Many blacks who competed with whites economically were lynched. 
C)  Lynchings occurred only because the lowest element of white society felt threatened by blacks. 
D)  Blacks had started some sort of violent protest in urban areas. 
A)  In many cases, blacks had committed a crime, and whites were impatient for justice. 
B)  Many blacks who competed with whites economically were lynched. 
C)  Lynchings occurred only because the lowest element of white society felt threatened by blacks. 
D)  Blacks had started some sort of violent protest in urban areas. B

Question 4

What was the problem, as viewed by many southern states, of voting laws like literacy tests, poll taxes, and property qualifications?

Accepted Answer

A)  They thought the laws were too subtle and that voting should just be outlawed directly. 
B)  Since quite a few blacks owned property, they could still vote. 
C)  Since blacks could be voting registrars, they could simply override the tests and allow anyone in. 
D)  They might possibly also eliminate poor, illiterate white voters as well as black voters. 
A)  They thought the laws were too subtle and that voting should just be outlawed directly. 
B)  Since quite a few blacks owned property, they could still vote. 
C)  Since blacks could be voting registrars, they could simply override the tests and allow anyone in. 
D)  They might possibly also eliminate poor, illiterate white voters as well as black voters.

Question 5

What do the actions of Homer Plessy tell us about black people and segregation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Blacks were very afraid of the KKK during this period. 
B)  Some blacks were willing to test the laws by being arrested and trying cases in court. 
C)  Blacks would risk being sent to jail rather than test segregation laws. 
D)  Blacks would protest with outright violence and murder when provoked. 
A)  Blacks were very afraid of the KKK during this period. 
B)  Some blacks were willing to test the laws by being arrested and trying cases in court. 
C)  Blacks would risk being sent to jail rather than test segregation laws. 
D)  Blacks would protest with outright violence and murder when provoked.

Question 6

How did the railroad companies feel about segregation?

Accepted Answer

A)  They opposed the idea, mainly because they wanted equal access for blacks. 
B)  They opposed the idea, because they wanted the additional money from blacks buying first class tickets. 
C)  They opposed the idea, because they did not want to have the added expense of maintaining separate cars. 
D)  Railroad companies were strongly behind segregation. 
A)  They opposed the idea, mainly because they wanted equal access for blacks. 
B)  They opposed the idea, because they wanted the additional money from blacks buying first class tickets. 
C)  They opposed the idea, because they did not want to have the added expense of maintaining separate cars. 
D)  Railroad companies were strongly behind segregation.

Question 7

What is true about the justice system in the South after Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

A)  Some blacks were allowed to serve on juries, as long as they were prominent leaders and showed proper deference to whites. 
B)  Black defendants always received very harsh punishments, regardless of whom they knew or whom they worked for. 
C)  Blacks often were not charged with crimes like adultery and bigamy. 
D)  Generally, the system of justice in the South was balanced to a certain extent.. 
A)  Some blacks were allowed to serve on juries, as long as they were prominent leaders and showed proper deference to whites. 
B)  Black defendants always received very harsh punishments, regardless of whom they knew or whom they worked for. 
C)  Blacks often were not charged with crimes like adultery and bigamy. 
D)  Generally, the system of justice in the South was balanced to a certain extent..

Question 8

How did blacks not react to segregation laws regarding streetcars?

Accepted Answer

A)  They attempted to form separate transportation companies. 
B)  They held boycotts and sit-ins in cities across the South. 
C)  They walked rather than rode the cars, seriously hurting the streetcar companies economically. 
D)  Streetcar segregation was the one public transportation that blacks accepted as needing to be segregated, because of the high level of violence surrounding it. 
A)  They attempted to form separate transportation companies. 
B)  They held boycotts and sit-ins in cities across the South. 
C)  They walked rather than rode the cars, seriously hurting the streetcar companies economically. 
D)  Streetcar segregation was the one public transportation that blacks accepted as needing to be segregated, because of the high level of violence surrounding it.

Question 9

What is true about most rural black families in the South after Reconstruction?

Accepted Answer

A)  Many were attaining close to high school level education. 
B)  Their diet was adequate, and although not up to today's standards, fairly balanced. 
C)  They generally stayed in the South, under desperate conditions of poverty. 
D)  Rural black families often had some levels of savings, although they were never rich. 
A)  Many were attaining close to high school level education. 
B)  Their diet was adequate, and although not up to today's standards, fairly balanced. 
C)  They generally stayed in the South, under desperate conditions of poverty. 
D)  Rural black families often had some levels of savings, although they were never rich.

Question 10

Which is a true statement about lynching?

Accepted Answer

A)  Whites were actually lynched in greater numbers, but without much of the violence. 
B)  Only blacks were lynched. 
C)  Lynchings were another way to prove white supremacy. 
D)  Lynchings were not really something most blacks had to worry about. 
A)  Whites were actually lynched in greater numbers, but without much of the violence. 
B)  Only blacks were lynched. 
C)  Lynchings were another way to prove white supremacy. 
D)  Lynchings were not really something most blacks had to worry about.

Question 11

What system did white southerners devise for convicts, which provided very cheap (and mostly black) labor for businessmen?

Accepted Answer

the convic

Question 12

What was not a reason to promote migration?

Accepted Answer

A)  The railroads saw it as a way to make more money. 
B)  White southerners hoped to get rid of their black populations. 
C)  Blacks hoped to find a better, less restrictive life. 
D)  Northern communities wanted to encourage more voters to their areas. 
A)  The railroads saw it as a way to make more money. 
B)  White southerners hoped to get rid of their black populations. 
C)  Blacks hoped to find a better, less restrictive life. 
D)  Northern communities wanted to encourage more voters to their areas.

Question 13

What were "grandfather clauses"?

Accepted Answer

A)  voting restrictions, which said that someone could only vote if his father or grandfather had been able to vote before a certain time (generally right at the end of slavery) 
B)  limitations on voting to those people who were grandfathers 
C)  limitations on voting to those who could prove that their grandfathers had been residents of the state as well; since blacks moved around so much after Reconstruction, they rarely qualified 
D)  a clause requiring all grandfathers to vote before their sons 
A)  voting restrictions, which said that someone could only vote if his father or grandfather had been able to vote before a certain time (generally right at the end of slavery) 
B)  limitations on voting to those people who were grandfathers 
C)  limitations on voting to those who could prove that their grandfathers had been residents of the state as well; since blacks moved around so much after Reconstruction, they rarely qualified 
D)  a clause requiring all grandfathers to vote before their sons

Question 14

How were the Democrats beginning to split up?

Accepted Answer

A)  Poor and middle class whites occasionally resented the domination of the party by wealthy, elite groups. 
B)  They didn't split up; the Democrats remained a solid party. 
C)  Many Democrats, angry over support of violence and terrorism, began to turn to the Republicans. 
D)  Black Democrats pushed for more rights, angering some of the whites in the party. 
A)  Poor and middle class whites occasionally resented the domination of the party by wealthy, elite groups. 
B)  They didn't split up; the Democrats remained a solid party. 
C)  Many Democrats, angry over support of violence and terrorism, began to turn to the Republicans. 
D)  Black Democrats pushed for more rights, angering some of the whites in the party.

Question 15

Which of the following was a belief of the Populist Party?

Accepted Answer

A)  Government ownership of railroads and communication systems. 
B)  Blacks and whites should be social equals in America. 
C)  Economic control of the nation should move to bankers and industrialists. 
D)  That the government should become more involved in foreign affairs, particularly in Europe. 
A)  Government ownership of railroads and communication systems. 
B)  Blacks and whites should be social equals in America. 
C)  Economic control of the nation should move to bankers and industrialists. 
D)  That the government should become more involved in foreign affairs, particularly in Europe.

Question 16

What were the similarities between the racial violence in Washington County, Texas, in 1886 and Phoenix, South Carolina, in 1898?

Accepted Answer

A)  Both involved the alleged rape of a white woman by a black man. 
B)  Both involved instances where blacks were protesting segregation. 
C)  In both instances, whites were attempting to maintain, or gain, political control. 
D)  Both involved instances where groups of blacks attempted to register to vote. 
A)  Both involved the alleged rape of a white woman by a black man. 
B)  Both involved instances where blacks were protesting segregation. 
C)  In both instances, whites were attempting to maintain, or gain, political control. 
D)  Both involved instances where groups of blacks attempted to register to vote.

Question 17

Before "Jim Crow" laws came into effect across the South,

Accepted Answer

A)  blacks and whites mingled freely in many public accommodations. 
B)  whites had already begun to set up some restrictions on black access to public facilities. 
C)  the North had already outlawed all segregation. 
D)  racial etiquette rules were non-existent. 
A)  blacks and whites mingled freely in many public accommodations. 
B)  whites had already begun to set up some restrictions on black access to public facilities. 
C)  the North had already outlawed all segregation. 
D)  racial etiquette rules were non-existent.

Question 18

What was the effect of the Plessy v. Ferguson decision?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Supreme Court basically made the Tenth Amendment completely ineffective for blacks. 
B)  The Supreme Court declared that Alabama's segregation laws were acceptable under the constitution. 
C)  It demonstrated that the highest court in the land accepted unequal, discriminatory treatment of blacks. 
D)  It eliminated segregation in public facilities. 
A)  The Supreme Court basically made the Tenth Amendment completely ineffective for blacks. 
B)  The Supreme Court declared that Alabama's segregation laws were acceptable under the constitution. 
C)  It demonstrated that the highest court in the land accepted unequal, discriminatory treatment of blacks. 
D)  It eliminated segregation in public facilities.

Question 19

What was the result of black protest of segregated transportation?

Accepted Answer

A)  In a few cities, they reversed segregation, but not permanently. 
B)  Southern officials paid no attention to the protests. 
C)  Blacks who protested got some significant gains, but would not see further action until the 1960s. 
D)  Blacks refused to protest segregated transportation, fearing outbreaks of violence. 
A)  In a few cities, they reversed segregation, but not permanently. 
B)  Southern officials paid no attention to the protests. 
C)  Blacks who protested got some significant gains, but would not see further action until the 1960s. 
D)  Blacks refused to protest segregated transportation, fearing outbreaks of violence.

Question 20

To what party did most blacks remain loyal in the post-Reconstruction South?

Accepted Answer

A)  Democrats 
B)  Populists 
C)  Republican 
D)  Whigs 
A)  Democrats 
B)  Populists 
C)  Republican 
D)  Whigs

Exam 14: White Supremacy Triumphant: African Americans in the South in the Late Nineteenth Century

What view did the white farmers' alliances have of black voting?

___________________ was generally the equivalent of enslavement. A black family would get into debt and would not be allowed to leave the land until it had paid off the debt.

What were the actual reasons for many lynchings?

What was the problem, as viewed by many southern states, of voting laws like literacy tests, poll taxes, and property qualifications?

What do the actions of Homer Plessy tell us about black people and segregation?

How did the railroad companies feel about segregation?

What is true about the justice system in the South after Reconstruction?

How did blacks not react to segregation laws regarding streetcars?

What is true about most rural black families in the South after Reconstruction?

Which is a true statement about lynching?

What system did white southerners devise for convicts, which provided very cheap (and mostly black) labor for businessmen?

What was not a reason to promote migration?

What were "grandfather clauses"?

How were the Democrats beginning to split up?

Which of the following was a belief of the Populist Party?

What were the similarities between the racial violence in Washington County, Texas, in 1886 and Phoenix, South Carolina, in 1898?

Before "Jim Crow" laws came into effect across the South,

What was the effect of the Plessy v. Ferguson decision?

What was the result of black protest of segregated transportation?

To what party did most blacks remain loyal in the post-Reconstruction South?

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