Segregation And Accommodation - Online US History

Which of the following directly violated the intent of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution? poll taxes first-class railroad tickets racially segregated hospitals racially segregated schools

Which statement best describes the relationship between Jim Crow laws and the "separate but equal" doctrine? Jim Crow laws were created to undermine this doctrine by requiring racial integration for public facilities. Jim Crow laws were created to protest this doctrine by requiring racial segregation for some public facilities. Jim Crow laws were designed to support this doctrine by requiring equal public facilities for African Americans and whites. Jim Crow laws were designed to enforce this doctrine by requiring racial segregation for public facilities.

Read the quotation from Booker T. Washington's 1895 Atlanta Compromise Speech. "[P]rogress in the enjoyment of all the privileges that will come to us must be the result of severe and constant struggle rather than of artificial forcing."In this quotation, Washington is expressing his view that working toward equality is not a realistic goal. the government cannot legislate equality. unconstitutional laws should be challenged in court. only some people deserve to have certain privileges.

Jim Crow laws, a set of racist and discriminatory rules and regulations against African Americans, were enacted in the South starting in the mid- to late 1800s. in the South starting in the early 1800s nationwide starting in the mid- to late 1800s. nationwide starting in the early 1800s.

Read the quotation from Booker T. Washington's Up From Slavery: An Autobiography. "Every persecuted individual and race should get much consolation out of the great human law, which is universal and eternal, that merit, no matter under what skin found, is, in the long run, recognized and rewarded."How does this quotation relate to Washington's theory of accommodation? He believed that in a merit-based society, hard work and patience would lead to racial equality. He believed that in a merit-based society, the government would enforce racial equality. He believed that in a merit-based society, it was necessary to actively challenge segregation laws. He believed that in a merit-based society, only people of certain race could succeed.

In the Plessy v. Ferguson decision, Supreme Court justices claimed that the Fourteenth Amendment did not protect voting rights. civil rights. political rights. social rights.

Booker T. Washington believed that African American accommodation to segregation should be accompanied by resistance to laws that discriminated against African Americans. hard work, self-improvement, and patience. insistence on support from the government. peaceful challenges to daily injustices.

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 later adopted by the Supreme Court in the Brown v. Board of Education decision. similar to the views of the other justices, who ruled against Homer Plessy. immediately adopted by southern states to justify the end of Jim Crow laws. used to justify the "separate but equal" doctrine and continued segregation.

Booker T. Washington believed that the best strategy to end racial segregation was for African Americans to demand that it be made illegal immediately. adapt to it as they worked to gain equality. demand that it be made illegal gradually. ignore it whenever it was encountered.

The court case Plessy v. Ferguson challenged the legality of racially segregated train cars. scare tactics to enforce Jim Crow laws. poll taxes and literacy tests. "separate but equal" schools.

Which of the following best describes Booker T. Washington? a civil rights leader who was born into slavery and later worked to achieve racial equality a civil rights leader who was born into slavery and later worked to abolish it a civil rights leader who founded a university and was later elected to political office a civil rights leader who was arrested for violating Jim Crow laws and later challenged them in court

Jim Crow laws were a legalized system of discrimination against African Americans. integration of facilities in the South. segregation of educational facilities. separation of the North and South.

Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute eventually failed due to lack of public support. scaled back despite heavy financing. failed due to its support for segregation. grew from a small school into a university.

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 later adopted by the Supreme Court in the Brown v. Board of Education decision. similar to the views of the other justices, who ruled against Homer Plessy. immediately adopted by southern states to justify the end of Jim Crow laws. used to justify the "separate but equal" doctrine and continued segregation.

In Plessy v. Ferguson, Homer Plessy claimed that "separate but equal" violated his rights under the First Amendment. Thirteenth Amendment. Fourteenth Amendment. Fifteenth Amendment.

During the Jim Crow era, southern states imposed poll taxes and literacy tests in order to prevent African Americans from exercising their right to vote. support the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment. encourage citizens to vote in local elections. discourage African Americans from attending school.