Civil Rights: Can You Pass The Literacy Test?
- Due Feb 2, 2021 at 11:59pm
- Points 10
- Questions 10
- Available Feb 1, 2021 at 12am - Feb 16, 2021 at 11:59pm
- Time Limit None
Instructions
When we begin our study of the civil rights movement, students often don't realize the depth and breadth of the hatred and inequality that existed in the United States.
You are about to take a LITERACY TEST.
Literacy tests were used to keep people of color -- and, sometimes, poor whites -- from voting, and they were administered at the discretion of the officials in charge of voter registration. If the official wanted a person to pass, he could ask the easiest question on the test -- for example, "Who is the president of the United States?"
If someone failed the literacy test, they would not be allowed to vote.
I have taken 10 out of over 100 questions for you to answer. You should get immediate feedback. This information on the test is considered to be common knowledge of every American...so how will you do?
Would you have passed the test? Let's see.