Segregation Flashcards
The system ensures that African Americans were treated how?
Like second-class citizens
What laws required segregation in the southern states?
Jim Crow Laws
T or F
Jim Crow was not a person!
True
What were the Jim Crow laws based off of?
19th century minstrel song called “Jump Jim Crow” that stereotyped African Americans
What was the “Jim Crow” system for?
It came to personify the system of government and made racial oppression and segregation in the United States OKAY
In the early 1900s what dominated almost every aspect of southern daily life?
Jim Crow Laws
What did the Jim Crow Laws require?
blacks and whites to be separated
Where were blacks and whites separated?
Schools, parks, hospitals, transportation systems
Blacks were not allowed to use the same ______________ or ______________ or sit in the same sections of _______________.
drinking fountains; public restrooms; theaters
T or F
Facilities designed for blacks were almost always superior.
False, inferior
What did many whites living in the South fear?
That black votes would you unite with poor white farmers
Some whites even feared African Americans would gain _____________ power.
political
Many southern states during the 1890s implemented tactics to deny what?
the vote to blacks
T or F
Most African Americans could not meet these requirements for voting.
True
What was a poll tax?
A special fee that must be paid before a person was permitted to vote
What were some requirements that restricted many from voting?
Poll taxes
Literacy tests
What was a literacy test?
Had to prove ability to read and write minimum standards of knowledge
Did the literacy tests restriction only African Americans?
NO, it backfired and effected many whites too
Literacy tests also prevented many poor ____________ from voting.
Whites
What were the Grandfather clauses?
Tried to protect whites’ voting rights
What were the requirements for the grandfather clauses?
If they had voted perviously
Ancestors (grandfathers) that had already voted
How did the grandfather clauses keep African Americans from voting?
blacks did not have the right to vote
no way grandfathers would have been able to vote
What was the Plessy vs. Ferguson?
Supreme Court’s “separate but equal” rule
1896- Homer Plessy argued his right to “____________________” violated the 14th Amendment.
Equal protection of the laws
T or F
Louisiana law required separate seating for blacks on public railroads.
True
What did the Supreme Court rule out?
The 14th Amendment does not guarantee social equality; only political and civil
Facilities for blacks had to be ___________ to rights, but were hard to enforce.
equal
Customs or “etiquette” –
Used to ensure that African Americans were aware of their “inferiority” in southern society
What did white men call black men?
“Boy” or by their first name
What did blacks have to call whites?
“Sir” or “mister”
Blacks had to remove their ____________ or step off the curb to let whites pass.
Hats
Why were even small breeches sometimes resulted in big trouble for African Americans?
They could lose their job or be assaulted
What was the worst violence?
Lynching
What was lynching?
The murder of an “accused” person by a mob without a lawful trial
How many people were lynched between 1882-1892?
1200
What other things happened to these victims?
sometimes mutilated or riddled with bullets
Those who carried out these actions were rarely ______________.
Punished
What is segregation?
The separation of people by race
