Lesson 2: Impact Of Jim Crow Laws Flashcards
What was the law behind segregation on public transport in Louisiana?
The Seperate Car Act 1892
The court case that became the foundation of the Jim Crow Laws?
Plessy vs Ferguson Case 1896
Homer Plessy was 1/8th black American but looked like a white man, and deliberately broke the segregation train law in Louisiana.
He was jailed.
De juro segregation
1881- introduced in all aread of life in the south.
Segregation by law (South)
De facto segregation
Segregation that happened naturally in the community
Most often in the North
How did Southern States stop black Americans from voting? (4)
1) KKK threatened blacks with violence
2) Poll Tax
3) Literary Tests
4) Grandfather clause 1898
How did Poll Tax stop black americans from voting?
Blacks couldnt afford to vote
F.e Arkansas = 71% of black population voted in 1890, but only 9% after poll tax was introduced
How did Literary Tests stop black voters?
Blacks were less educated than whites
White Southern registrars manipulated the tests by asking impossibly detailed questions on state constituencies.
How did the ‘Grandfather Clause’ stop blacks from voting?
1898
Introduced to help the poor whites to vote
Meant that a man could vote if he could prove that an ancestor had voted before reconstruction.
Majority of blacks were slaves therefore did not vote and didnt have the documentation.
How many blacks southern males could vote by 1900?
3%
Reasons life had improved for blacks after reconstruction?
1) By 1910, 20% of black americans owned land.
2) black americans who owned insurance companies and banks as well as personal services (barbers, undertakers) were successful
