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Jim Crow Era
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When did Southern States begin to pass Jim Crow Laws? | 1877 After the federal troops were removed from the South. |
| What does it mean to Segregate? | To Separate |
| Segregation is based on - | Race |
| Which group of Americans was most negatively impacted by segregation? | African Americans |
| In addition to African Americans, what OTHER groups of people were discriminated against? | Native Americans |
| When did Native Americans become U.S. citizens? | 1924 |
| What was the purpose of Jim Crow Laws? | State & local laws that enforced racial segregation in the South. |
| What was the impact of the Jim Crow Laws? | Legalized discrimination against African Americans in communities and states throughout the South. |
| How did Jim Crow Laws discriminate against African Americans? | Created unequal opportunities in housing, work, education, and government |
| What system allowed states to profit from the discriminatory laws and unjust punishments that targeted African Americans in the South? | Convict Lease System |
| Which African American leader was born as a slave in Virginia? | Booker T. Washington |
| Which African American was born after the war in the Northern state of Massachusetts? | W.E.B. DuBois |
| Which African American leader ACCEPTED segregation in exchange for African Americans receiving a VOCATIONAL education? | Booker T. Washington |
| How did Booker T. Washington believe that equality would be achieved? | Gradually . He believed African Americans communities had to improve their economic standing before they could challenge segregation. |
| What was the Atlanta Compromise? | Booker T. Washington's agreement with white Southern leaders. Announced in an 1895 speech, he said that African Americans would ACCEPT segregation in exchange for a basic education. |
| What school in Alabama was Booker T. Washington the president of that provided vocational educations where African Americans could learn a skill or a trade? | Tuskegee Institute |
| Which leader believed in immediate and full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans? | W.E.B. DuBois |
| He believed the ________________ would lead African Americans in the fight for equality. | The Talented Tenth |
| What powerful civil rights organization was founded by W.E.B. DuBois in 1909 to fight against racial discrimination and promote equality? | NAACP |
| Which leader was the first African American to attend and graduate from Harvard University? | W.E.B. DuBois |
| Which African American leader was the favorite among white political and economic leaders in America? | Booker T. Washington His approach to equality was favored by political/economic leaders such as Theodore Roosevelt and Andrew Carnegie. |
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