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4.4 The New South
Question | Answer |
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Sharecropping | A farmer worked a parcel of land in return for a share of crops, a cabin, seed, tools, and a mule. |
Crop-lien system | Any outstanding debts were added to their bills the following year. |
poll taxes | Fixed taxes imposed on every voter. |
literacy tests | Test that barred those who could not read from voting. |
Segregation | separation of races. |
Who is Madame C. J. Walker? Explain how she was able to do what she did. | She opened a hair preparations company, with her life saving of $1.50. She spread the word and moved to the Caribbean and had African American women spreading the word of her company. |
Name 5 examples of Jim Crow Laws. Use your book and computer to find the examples. | Marriage- A White and African couple can not get married. Schools- African Americans could not attend to White American schools. Baseball- A team of different race could not play or interact together. |
Name 5 examples of Jim Crow Laws. Use your book and computer to find the examples. | Prisons- Different races had to be separated throughout all activities in prison. Libraries- Separation of were races could be in a library. |
Provide 3 or more real signs that are representative of the Jim Crow Laws. | Poll taxes. Literacy test. Plessy v. Ferguson. |
Describe the court case Plessy v. Ferguson. Again, use your books and computers to explain this court case. | A lawsuit brought in 1896 after African American Homer Plessy was denied a seat in a first-class railway car. The Court ruled that “separate but equal” facilities did not violate the 14th amendment. |
How did the Jim Crow Laws and the Plessy v. Ferguson case affect African Americans in the South? | 1881 in Tennessee a law was passed, a Jim Crow Law, that required separate railway cars for African Americans and Whites. |