What did White Southerners fear would happen if Poll taxes, literacy tests and property qualifications were required for voting?
They feared they would eliminate poor white voters along with black voters
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Why did blacks accept segregation at first?
They were more comfortable around other blacks and even with discrimination they were better off than they were during slavery
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What type of violence was used against blacks who opposed segregation or broke the laws of racial etiquette?
Lynching
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What is Redemption?
When southern states were returned to tradition white democratic rule
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What was the Grandfather Clause?
Voting restrictions, which said that someone could only vote if their father or grandfather had been able to vote before a certain time (generally right at the end of slavery).
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What Supreme Court Case allowed segregation?
Plessy v. Ferguson
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Who other than blacks opposed segregation laws on railroads?
The railroad owners, because it would cost them more money
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What made it illegal to interfere with someones voting rights?
Enforcement Acts; 15th Amendment
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In what state did the first Grandfather clause take affect?
Louisiana
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What are two examples of things that were segregated in the South?
Bibles in court, Drinking Fountains, Restrooms, Waiting areas, restaurants
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What was the purpose of Segregation?
To enforce white control and show that blacks were inferior.
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Why did people in the North stop caring about Reconstruction and protecting the rights of African Americans in the South?
They were worried about Economic Problems instead
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Which method of disenfranchisement required illiterate voters to get the help of white officials to determine where to place their ballot?
8 Box Law
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On what were the first segregation laws?
Trains, Railroads
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What is gerrymandering?
when politicians draw political lines to benefit themselves and weaken their opponents
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What was the Shotgun Policy in Mississippi?
A declaration of open violence against blacks
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Define Disenfranchisement.
To take away someones right to vote.
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Give me three examples of Racial Etiquette?
Black people went to the back door,
Black men or boys must never look at white women,
Black women could not try on clothing in white stores
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What was the name given to segregation laws, and where did it come from?
Jim Crow, came from an actor who made fun of black people