Jim Crow Literacy Test | Souther Poverty Law Center

Jim Crow Literacy Test – Can You Pass?

These questions are from an actual literacy test Alabama used in 1965 to keep Black Americans from registering to vote. The white elections officer administering and reviewing the test might have chosen any or all questions for you to answer.

1. Which of the following is a right guaranteed by the Bill of Rights?

2. The federal census of population is taken each five years.

3. If a person is indicted for a crime, name two rights which he has.

4. A person appointed to the U.S. Supreme court is appointed for a term of _________.

5. To serve as President of the United States, a person must have attained:

6. A U.S. senator is elected for a term of _________ years.

7. If no candidate for President receives a majority of the electoral vote, who decides who will become President?

8. If election of the President becomes the duty of the U.S. House of Representatives and it fails to act, who becomes President and when?

9. If an effort to impeach the President of the U.S. is made, who presides at the trial?

10. If the two houses of Congress cannot agree on adjournment, who sets the time?

11. After the presidential electors have voted, to whom do they send the count of their votes?

12. If it were proposed to join Alabama and Mississippi to form one state, what groups would have to vote approval in order for this to be done?

13. How many votes must a person receive in order to become President if the election is decided by the U.S. House of Representatives?

14. The only laws which can be passed to apply to an area in a federal arsenal are those passed by ______ provided consent for the purchase of the land is given by the ________ .

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