Jim Crow Laws Quiz | Jim Crow Laws Online Test for Practice

31. What was the outcome of the Selma to Montgomery marches?

1. Reinforcement of Jim Crow laws
2. Passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
3. Ban on public marches
4. Increase in segregation

32. What was the impact of Jim Crow laws on housing?

1. Integrated neighborhoods
2. Segregated neighborhoods
3. Free housing for all
4. No impact on housing

33. What was the significance of the Freedom Riders in the fight against Jim Crow laws?

1. They supported segregation
2. They were neutral
3. They challenged segregated interstate travel
4. They ignored the issue

34. What was one of the long-term effects of Jim Crow laws?

1. Economic equality
2. Racial harmony
3. Institutional racism
4. Political stability

35. How did the Great Migration relate to Jim Crow laws?

1. It was caused by them
2. It supported them
3. It had no relation
4. It was unrelated

36. What role did the Supreme Court play in dismantling Jim Crow laws?

1. Reinforced segregation
2. Overturned segregation laws
3. Ignored segregation
4. Created new Jim Crow laws

37. What was the role of the Civil Rights Movement in ending Jim Crow laws?

1. Supported Jim Crow laws
2. Promoted segregation
3. Fought for desegregation
4. Was neutral on the issue

38. What was the purpose of grandfather clauses in the context of Jim Crow laws?

1. To promote voting
2. To disenfranchise African Americans
3. To encourage literacy
4. To support equality

39. What did the term "Jim Crow" originally refer to?

1. A segregation law
2. A minstrel show character
3. A political leader
4. A Supreme Court case

40. What was the significance of Rosa Parks in the fight against Jim Crow laws?

1. Supported segregation
2. Ignited the Montgomery Bus Boycott
3. Promoted Jim Crow laws
4. Was neutral on the issue

41. What was the main focus of the Civil Rights Act of 1968?

1. Ending slavery
2. Voting rights
3. Fair housing
4. Jim Crow laws

42. What was one effect of Jim Crow laws on African American children?

1. Equal education
2. Better opportunities
3. Inferior education
4. Free education

43. Which Supreme Court case declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional?

1. Roe v. Wade
2. Plessy v. Ferguson
3. Brown v. Board of Education
4. Marbury v. Madison

44. How did the federal government initially respond to challenges against Jim Crow laws?

1. Supported civil rights
2. Ignored challenges
3. Reinforced Jim Crow laws
4. Passed new civil rights laws

45. What was one of the justifications used to maintain Jim Crow laws?

1. Scientific racism
2. Economic equality
3. Gender equality
4. Religious freedom