character created by white actor Daddy Rice, where he would cover his face with charcoal and then sing and dance in a silly way

used to describe any racist law that restricted the rights and opportunities of black people

laws created in the South to create legal forms of segregation

when people are separated by race

you were considered black if you had at least this much of African heritage; in other words you had at least one black great grandparent

a public place where people spend time such as restaurants, hotels, theaters, libraries, public swimming pools, bathrooms, and even drinking fountains,

Landmark Supreme Court case which stated that the principal of "separate but equal" was enough to satisfy the 14th Amendment

a man who was 1/8 black who sat in the whites only section of a railroad car in 1890 in Louisiana

abolished slavery in the United States

states that all people born in the United States are now citizens, the government must give all people equal protection of the law, and apply the laws in the same way to all people

only white people could vote in the primary party elections, so they decided who would be running in the regular election

only those who had grandfathers who could vote before the Civil War were allowed to vote in elections

citizens had to pass reading and logic questions that the poll worker "graded". If you were white, you usually passed.

citizens had to pay a fee to the poll worker before they could vote

Intimidation & Violence

in order to register or get to the polls, blacks faced threats, beatings, and false arrests

founded Tuskegee Institute to train blacks in agriculture and education

created the NAACP to fight discriminatory laws

would agree with the following statement, "Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow."

would agree with the following statement, "It is the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top."

would agree with the following statement, "We can earn constitutional rights through economic security and respectability."

would agree with the following statement, "Protesting is necessary to fight for constitutional rights."

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Review of the Jim Crow Era and Laws

Term	Definition
Jim Crow	character created by white actor Daddy Rice, where he would cover his face with charcoal and then sing and dance in a silly way
Jim Crow	used to describe any racist law that restricted the rights and opportunities of black people
Black Codes	laws created in the South to create legal forms of segregation
Segregation	when people are separated by race
1/8	you were considered black if you had at least this much of African heritage; in other words you had at least one black great grandparent
Miscenenation	mixing of the races
Public Accommodation	a public place where people spend time such as restaurants, hotels, theaters, libraries, public swimming pools, bathrooms, and even drinking fountains,
Plessy v. Ferguson	Landmark Supreme Court case which stated that the principal of "separate but equal" was enough to satisfy the 14th Amendment
Homer Plessy	a man who was 1/8 black who sat in the whites only section of a railroad car in 1890 in Louisiana
13th Amendment	abolished slavery in the United States
14th Amendment	states that all people born in the United States are now citizens, the government must give all people equal protection of the law, and apply the laws in the same way to all people
White Primary	only white people could vote in the primary party elections, so they decided who would be running in the regular election
Grandfather Clause	only those who had grandfathers who could vote before the Civil War were allowed to vote in elections
Poll Tests	citizens had to pass reading and logic questions that the poll worker "graded". If you were white, you usually passed.
Poll Taxes	citizens had to pay a fee to the poll worker before they could vote
Intimidation & Violence	in order to register or get to the polls, blacks faced threats, beatings, and false arrests
Booker T. Washington	founded Tuskegee Institute to train blacks in agriculture and education
W.E.B. DuBois	created the NAACP to fight discriminatory laws
W.E.B. DuBois	would agree with the following statement, "Now is the accepted time, not tomorrow."
Booker T. Washington	would agree with the following statement, "It is the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top."
Booker T. Washington	would agree with the following statement, "We can earn constitutional rights through economic security and respectability."
W.E.B. DuBois	would agree with the following statement, "Protesting is necessary to fight for constitutional rights."

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