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What do these laws demonstrate? Check all that apply.

States had similar laws allowing segregation.

Laws were created for specific facilities.

Businesses that did not support segregation served all people.

African Americans were to be given equal facilities.

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According to Washington, what is the key to ending segregation?

A leap of faith

A strong work ethic

Unity among the masses

This quote shows all of the following. Check all that apply.

how Jim Crow laws were enforced through scare tactics and bullying.

how white supremacist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan used intimidation.

how African Americans were at risk if they opposed Jim Crow laws.

how African Americans were protected by the police and their communities.

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How did the Supreme Court majority argue that “separate but equal” facilities were legal? Check all that apply.

It was said to help preserve the peace and public order.

It was not really enforced on a day-to-day basis.

It allegedly affected only people with a criminal record.

The Constitution did not protect social rights, only civil and political rights.

Read the quote. Put a check next to each of the statements supported in the text.

Du Bois believes that African Americans should be accommodating to oppression and segregation.

Du Bois feels that African Americans shouldn’t have to apologize in the face of insults.

For African Americans to gain equality, Du Bois believes they must refuse to be treated as inferior.

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