Southern states created a network of laws that required _____, or enforced separation of races, in public places.
integration
impeachment
segregation
emancipation
segregation
Who was declared the winner in the presidential election of 1876?
Rutherford B. Hayes
Samuel J. Tilden
Homer Plessy
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
A _____ is a personal tax that must be paid before voting.
campaign tax
voter tax
Jim Crow tax
poll tax
poll tax
A sharecropper is a laborer who farms the land for the owner of the land, in exchange for _____.
a portion of the owner’s land
food, clothes, and a place to live
a share of the value of the crop
reduced or waived taxes
a share of the value of the crop
During Reconstruction, the South’s economy _____.
began to recover
rivaled the economy in the North
was hindered by the lack of natural resources
continued to suffer
began to recover
The correct answer is segregation. Southern states created laws in the late 19th and early 20th centuries that enforced racial segregation, commonly known as Jim Crow laws. These laws mandated racial segregation in public places such as schools, transportation, restaurants, and restrooms. The purpose of these laws was to maintain white supremacy and to restrict the rights and freedoms of African Americans. To arrive at this answer, you could have eliminated the other options by understanding their meanings:
1. Integration: Integration means bringing different racial or ethnic groups together and allowing them to mix and interact freely in society. This is the opposite of what the Southern states were trying to achieve with their laws.
2. Impeachment: Impeachment refers to the process of charging a government official with misconduct while in office. It is unrelated to the topic of racial segregation.
3. Emancipation: Emancipation refers to the freeing of enslaved individuals. While it played a crucial role in ending chattel slavery in the United States, it does not directly relate to the creation of laws enforcing racial segregation.
By process of elimination, segregation is the only option that aligns with the topic of laws enforcing racial separation in public places.