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Jim Crow laws were a legalized system of

A
integration of facilities in the South.
B
segregation of educational facilities.
C
discrimination against African Americans.
D
separation of the North and South.
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The court case Plessy v. Ferguson challenged the legality of

A
“separate but equal” schools.
B
racially segregated train cars.
C
poll taxes and literacy tests.
D
scare tactics to enforce Jim Crow laws.
5

Which of these directly violated the intent of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution?

A
first-class railroad tickets
B
poll taxes
C
racially segregated hospitals
D
racially segregated schools
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Jim Crow laws, a set of racist and discriminatory rules and regulations against African Americans, were enacted

A
nationwide starting in the early 1800s.
B
in the South starting in the early 1800s
C
in the South starting in the mid- to late 1800s.
D
nationwide starting in the mid- to late 1800s.
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In Plessy v. Ferguson , Homer Plessy claimed that “separate but equal” violated his rights under the

A
Fifteenth Amendment.
B
First Amendment.
C
Thirteenth Amendment.
D
Fourteenth Amendment.
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Read the quotation from Justice John Marshall Harlan in his Plessy v. Ferguson dissent in 1896. “Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens.” The views Harlan expressed in this quotation were

A
similar to the views of the other justices, who ruled against Homer Plessy.
B
used to justify the “separate but equal” doctrine and continued segregation.
C
later adopted by the Supreme Court in the Brown v. Board of Education decision.
D
immediately adopted by southern states to justify the end of Jim Crow laws.
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Which statement best describes the relationship between Jim Crow laws and the "separate but equal" doctrine?

A
Jim Crow laws were created to protest this doctrine by requiring racial segregation for some public facilities.
B
Jim Crow laws were designed to support this doctrine by requiring equal public facilities for African Americans and whites.
C
Jim Crow laws were designed to enforce this doctrine by requiring racial segregation for public facilities.
D
Jim Crow laws were created to undermine this doctrine by requiring racial integration for public facilities.
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During the Jim Crow era, southern states imposed poll taxes and literacy tests in order to

A
support the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment.
B
discourage African Americans from attending school.
C
encourage citizens to vote in local elections.
D
prevent African Americans from exercising their right to vote.

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