Racial segregation in the United States - Quiz
A) Separation that occurs without legal sanction B) Separation that ended before the Civil War C) Separation mandated by law D) Separation based on personal preference only
A) 1964 B) 1948 C) 1896 D) 1954
A) Plessy v. Ferguson B) Brown v. Board of Education C) Dred Scott v. Sandford D) Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States
A) Black people were found not to be U.S. citizens B) Segregation in schools was declared unconstitutional C) The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was upheld D) Jim Crow laws were abolished
A) Dred Scott v. Sandford B) Civil Rights Cases C) Plessy v. Ferguson D) Brown v. Board of Education
A) Anti-miscegenation laws B) Slave codes C) Black Codes D) Jim Crow laws
A) Segregation enforced by the military B) Segregation mandated by the Supreme Court C) Segregation mandated by written law D) Segregation that exists without legal sanction
A) Civil Rights Act of 1964 B) Fair Housing Act of 1968 C) Voting Rights Act of 1965 D) Civil Rights Act of 1875
A) It mandated desegregation in the armed forces B) It was enforced until 1964 C) It was overturned by the Supreme Court in 1883 D) It was upheld by Plessy v. Ferguson
A) Jim Crow laws B) Anti-miscegenation laws C) Slave codes D) Black Codes
A) Brown v. Board of Education B) Plessy v. Ferguson C) Dred Scott v. Sandford D) Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States
A) Military service B) Public transportation C) Residential segregation D) Interracial marriage
A) Anti-miscegenation acts B) Black Codes and Jim Crow laws C) Slave codes D) Civil Rights acts
A) Civilians B) Black officers C) White officers D) Elected officials
A) Equal to white students B) Abundant C) Government mandated D) Restricted
A) New Haven B) Philadelphia C) New York City D) Boston
A) Prudence Crandall B) Samuel Powers Emlen Jr C) Richard Humphreys D) David Daggett
A) Canterbury, Connecticut B) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania C) Canaan, New Hampshire D) Boston, Massachusetts
A) Samuel Powers Emlen Jr B) David Daggett C) Richard Humphreys D) Prudence Crandall
A) Canterbury Female Boarding School B) Institute for Colored Youth C) Noyes Academy D) African Free School
A) Shaw University B) Oberlin Academy C) Howard University D) Fisk University
A) Andrew Moulder B) Abraham Lincoln C) Frederick Douglass D) Andrew Johnson
A) 1960s B) 1920s C) 1880s D) 1900s
A) 1890 B) 1875 C) 1872 D) 1867
A) Thirteenth Amendment B) Fourteenth Amendment C) Fifteenth Amendment D) Sixteenth Amendment
A) They sharply cut funding B) They eliminated public schools entirely C) They increased funding D) They made the schools tuition-free
A) The Southern Democratic Party B) The Republican Party C) The federal government D) American Missionary Association
A) Missionary primary school B) Public secondary school C) State-funded Southern college D) Private, federally chartered institution
A) 1890 B) 1877 C) 1867 D) 1910
A) Redeemers B) Missionaries C) Federalists D) Republicans
A) 1860s B) 1880s C) 1920s D) 1900s
A) 1910 B) 1890 C) 1900 D) 1877
A) 247 B) 1600 C) 100 D) 46000
A) Equal opportunity B) Jim Crow equality C) Separate but equal D) Integrated standards
A) Franklin D. Roosevelt B) Theodore Roosevelt C) Woodrow Wilson D) Harry Truman
A) Zoning ordinances B) Income tax mapping C) Property appraisal quotas D) Redlining maps
A) Explicitly segregated B) Integrated by law C) Economically diverse D) Affordable for all races
A) Fair housing acts B) Suburban zoning laws C) Neighborhood integration pacts D) Racially restrictive covenants
A) Integrated residential zones B) The suburbs C) The projects D) Public estates
A) Federal Housing Administration B) National Youth Administration C) Civilian Conservation Corps D) Works Progress Administration
A) Franklin D. Roosevelt B) Woodrow Wilson C) Harry Truman D) Herbert Hoover
A) Franklin D. Roosevelt B) John F. Kennedy C) Harry Truman D) Dwight Eisenhower
A) Ten B) Three C) Five D) Seven
A) Clustering B) Centralization C) Evenness D) Migration
A) Clustering B) Concentration C) Evenness D) Centralization
A) Clustering B) Concentration C) Evenness D) Exposure
A) The Montgomery bus boycott B) The march on Washington C) The passage of the Civil Rights Act D) The desegregation of schools
A) 1924 B) 1691 C) 1776 D) 1858
A) Interracial marriage B) School segregation C) Public housing access D) Voting rights
A) Tuskegee Airmen B) Harlem Hellfighters C) The Buffalo Soldiers D) The Rough Riders
A) Executive Order 9066 B) The Civil Rights Act C) The Emancipation Proclamation D) Executive Order 9981
A) Sing Sing B) San Quentin C) Alcatraz D) Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman
A) The American Academic B) The Heritage Journal C) The Southern Review D) The Mankind Quarterly
A) The St. Helena Four B) E. J. Josey C) The Tougaloo College students D) Benjamin Tillman
A) Stuart Training School Library B) East Henry Street Carnegie Library C) Auburn Regional Library D) Jackson Public Library
A) Direct bribery B) Exclusion from public parks C) Compulsory military service D) Systematic gerrymandering
A) The St. Helena Four B) The Tougaloo Nine C) The Carnegie Activists D) The Palm Beach Group
A) Cicero, Illinois B) Seattle, Washington C) Boston, Massachusetts D) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A) Indiana B) Oregon C) New Jersey D) Illinois
A) 1840s B) 1950s C) 1920s D) 1900s
A) Congress of Industrial Organizations B) Abolitionist societies C) Vigilance committees D) NAACP
A) Twenty-five percent B) Ninety percent C) Fifty percent D) Ten percent
A) Vigilance committees B) Labor unions C) Restrictive covenants D) State militias
A) Oregon B) Massachusetts C) Indiana D) New York
A) 5% B) 10% C) 20% D) 2%
A) Skilled building trades B) Agricultural labor C) Unskilled factory work D) Domestic service
A) African Americans B) Asian immigrants C) European laborers D) Alaska Natives
A) Alberta Schenck B) Elizabeth Peratrovich C) Rosa Parks D) Harriet Tubman
A) Jack Johnson B) Kenny Washington C) Alberta Schenck D) Elizabeth Peratrovich
A) Boxing B) Basketball C) Horse racing D) Baseball
A) Joe Louis B) Jack Johnson C) Max Schmeling D) Muhammad Ali
A) Woody Strode B) Kenny Washington C) Charles Follis D) Marion Motley
A) 1946 B) 1920 C) 1933 D) 1904
A) Shelby Blues B) Chicago Studebakers C) Brooklyn Dodgers D) Cleveland Browns
A) Swimming pools were privatized B) Many municipalities closed their facilities C) New swimming programs were mandated D) All swimming pools became integrated
A) North American citizens B) Amateur golfers only C) The Caucasian race D) The African American race
A) 30 B) 18 C) 20 D) 15
A) Grocery store placement B) Internet service provision C) Mortgage discrimination D) Access to public transportation
A) Transportation B) Education C) Housing D) Employment
A) White flight B) Steering C) Gentrification D) Redlining
A) William Labov B) The US Census Bureau C) Massey and Denton D) Arthur Spears
A) Economic displacement B) Hypersegregation C) Systemic inequality D) Cultural ghettoization
A) Asians B) African Americans C) Native Americans D) Hispanics
A) Increased tax base B) Better educational funding C) Higher property values D) Job shortage
A) Stagnation B) Overall decline C) Total elimination D) Overall increase
A) Mandatory background checks for everyone B) Providing free moving services C) Lying about housing availability D) Hostile greeting
A) 1903 B) 1851 C) 1888 D) 1890
A) 35 B) 20 C) 5 D) 60
A) Twenty years B) Nine years C) Five years D) Thirty-five years
A) Extreme climate conditions B) Lack of transportation C) High unemployment rates D) High tax rates
A) Insurance B) Telecommunications C) Agriculture D) Technology
A) Robert F. Kennedy B) James Farmer C) Rosa Parks D) Martin Luther King Jr.
A) Civil Rights Crusaders B) Freedom Riders C) Interstate Travelers D) Equality Marchers
A) John F. Kennedy B) Ronald Reagan C) James Farmer D) Robert F. Kennedy
A) Property tax rates B) Public transportation access C) School racial composition D) Proximity to parks
A) Roland G. Fryer Jr. B) Jonathan Kozol C) Eric Hanushek D) James Farmer
A) Environmental racism B) Social isolation C) Health disparity D) Epidemic injustice
A) Influenza B) Malaria C) Pneumonia D) Tuberculosis
A) Lack of medical interest B) Government bans C) Geographic location D) High quality of local clinics
A) Nine times more likely B) Five times more likely C) Eleven times more likely D) Twice as likely |
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