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Quiz for Labor and Race in the New South

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Choose the best answer to each question.

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1. How does Henry Grady compare the opportunities African Americans had in the North and the South (see Document 16.9)?

African Americans had access to better education in the South.

African Americans reaped greater tax benefits in the South.

African Americans had greater job prospects in the South.

African Americans had a voice in the creation of legislation in the North.

Correct: The answer is c. Grady argues that African Americans had greater job prospects in the South than in the North.

Incorrect: The answer is c. Grady argues that African Americans had greater job prospects in the South than in the North.

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2. What was the main complaint of the two cotton mill employees interviewed by the North Carolina Bureau of Labor (see Document 16.10)?

Dangerous working environment in the factories

Treatment of women at the mills

Low wages

Wages paid in store credit rather than cash

Correct: The answer is d. The main complaint of the cotton mill employees was that wages were paid in store credit rather than cash.

Incorrect: The answer is d. The main complaint of the cotton mill employees was that wages were paid in store credit rather than cash.

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3. What happened to a sharecropper who worked off of the plantation when there was still work to be done on the land he rented (see Document 16.11)?

Because he had violated the terms of the contract, he would not receive payment for his goods.

The amount of crops he was entitled to decreased.

He had to pay half of the salary he earned off the plantation to the landlord.

He was immediately evicted from the property for working outside of the plantation.

Correct: The answer is b. If a sharecropper worked outside of his plantation, he would earn only two-fifths of the crops for his work rather than one half.

Incorrect: The answer is b. If a sharecropper worked outside of his plantation, he would earn only two-fifths of the crops for his work rather than one half.

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4. What did this section of the Mississippi Constitution attempt to do to its state’s African Americans (see Document 16.12)?

Limit African Americans' political and legal power

Prevent African Americans from mixing with whites

Ensure that education and public accommodations were separate but equal

Compel the African American population to read and write

Correct: The answer is a. This section of the Mississippi Constitution attempted to limit African Americans' political and legal power.

Incorrect: The answer is a. This section of the Mississippi Constitution is attempted to limit African Americans' political and legal power.

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5. In Plessy v. Ferguson (Document 16.13), how did the Supreme Court view legislation’s role in ensuring social equality?

Legislation is powerless to eradicate racial instincts based on physical differences.

If the two races were to become socially equal, equality would have to be maintained by legislation.

The Fourteenth Amendment enforces social equality of the two races before the law.

Racial reputation can be considered a “property” by both races, and no statute shall deprive a citizen of such property.

Correct: The answer is a. The Court viewed legislation as powerless to eradicate racial instinct based on physical differences.

Incorrect: The answer is a. The Court viewed legislation as powerless to eradicate racial instinct based on physical differences.