Civil War Quiz: What Do You Know About the Black Codes and Jim Crow?
Black Codes
Q#1 – By what other name were the ‘Black Codes’ referred to?
Q#2 – With their initial inception, what category of people did the Black Codes apply to?
Q#3 – Who actually coined the term ‘Black Codes’?
Q#4 – What were the two main objectives of the Black Codes?
Q#5 – What was the single defining feature of the Black Codes?
Q#6 – What was the key requirement before a Black person could be hired for a job?
Q#7 – What was the punishment if a Negro decided to quit their job working for a white person?
Q#8 – What was the punishment interracial marriage?
Jim Crow Laws
Q#9 – What was the main objective of Jim Crow laws?
Q#10 – What is a Poll Tax?
Q#11 – What were Literacy Tests?
Q#12 – What were Grandfather Clauses?
Q#13 – What Jim Crow law was associated with Amateur Baseball?
Q#14 – Why is the 1896 Supreme Court Case of Plessy v. Ferguson associated with Jim Crow Laws?
Q#15 – What three major actions were key to the removal of Jim Crow laws?