Jim Crow Laws Flashcards
Q&A
What was the “Jim Crow” system?
It kept blacks from using the sames chools, parks, and drinking fountains as whites did.
What were the conditions that black men had to do before voting?
literacy tests, poll taxes, and long periods of residency were required.
What did the Jim Crow laws require ad the end of Recontruction in 1877?
Required racial separation in the public transportation: streetcars, railroad coasches, and watiign rooms. African Americans were barred from using white barber shops, theaters, and restaurants. Separate schools and stare hospitals were bilt for African Americans.
Who was Booker T Washingon?And what ended the problem?
in 1895, Booker T. Washington gave a speech, not speaking out against segregation, but quietly sent money to pay for lawsuits to overthrow it. in 1896, the Judge said it wasn’t justified it to be “separate but equal”
