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Multiple Choice
Political leaders who dominated Georgia during and after Reconstruction, supported new industry, and wanted white supremacy were called:
Radicals
Populists
Alliance Democrats
The Bourbon Triumvirate
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Multiple Choice
Which of the following would the Bourbon Triumvirate LIKELY have supported?
Allowing African Americans to vote
Lower taxes
Removing industry
Replacing railroads with airplanes
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Multiple Choice
Jim Crow laws are essentially examples of _________.
Integration
Segregation
Civil Rights
Justice
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Which of the following BEST describes the purpose of the Jim Crow laws passed by southern states during Reconstruction?
to provide funding for the construction of factories in the South that would offer employment opportunities for African Americans
to force former slaves to work as indentured servants in order to find housing for their families
to provide African Americans with better access to social services such as education and health care
to keep African Americans from truly becoming equal and to try to keep things as they were prior to the abolition of slavery
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Multiple Choice
Did the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case take place before or after Reconstruction?
Before
After
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What did Homer Plessy do that got him arrested?
He sat in the whites only part of the bus.
He sat at a whites only section of a lunch counter.
He took a seat in the whites only car of a train.
All of the above
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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
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What effect did the Supreme Court’s decision in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson have on U.S. society, particularly in the South?
Publicly funded universities were forced to admit African Americans.
Racial segregation of public facilities was supported by the court.
Taxes were increased to pay for new schools for African Americans.
Discrimination against African Americans was outlawed.
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