VOCABULARY
JIM CROW LAWS
PROTESTING /FIGHTING THE JIM CROW LAWS
FAMOUS AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO FOUGHT THE JIM CROW LAWS
MIXED BAG
100
To separate people by races
SEGREGATE
100
This organisation used terror and violence to prevent African Americans from voting
THE KU KLUX KLAN (KKK)
100
This man sat in the 'whites only' carriage on a train. This happened to him when he refused to move.
HOMER PLESSY ARRESTED & FOUND GUILTY OF BREAKING THE JIM CROW LAWS
100
Ida B Wells wrote in her newspaper about this illegal event happening to blacks in the south
LYNCHINGS
100
W.E.B. Dubois said that African Americans should demand these 2 things
1. EQUAL RIGHTS (VOTE) 2. EDUCATION
200
Rights given to all citizens by the Constitution
CIVIL RIGHTS
200
Give 3 examples of the Jim Crow Laws that prevented African Americans from voting.
1. LITERACY TEST 2. PAY TO VOTE 3. OWN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PROPERTY
200
Plessy v Ferguson case went to the Supreme Court - the court said this about the case
SEGREGATION WAS LEGAL AS LONG AS BLACKS & WHITES RECEIVED EQUAL SERVICES
200
Ida B. Wells wrote this book while living in Chicago.
THE RED RECORD
200
African Americans opened many businesses - name 3 of them
1. BEAUTY PARLOURS 2. BARBER SHOPS 3. CIGAR STORES 4. FOOD STROES 5. DRUG STORES
300
To refuse to use, buy or sell goods from a person, company or country
BOYCOTT
300
This amendement to the Constitution was NOT broken by the Jim Crow Laws.
15th AMENDMENT -"the right to vote could not be taken away from African Americans"
300
Did blacks / whites receive equal services - explain
NO - WHITES GOT MUCH BETTER SCHOOLS, PARKS, SEATS
300
Booker T. Washington said African Americans shoudl focus on getting these 2 things
1. JOBS 2. EDUCATION
300
Madame Walker, a laundry woman opened a chain of these shops
BEAUTY PARLOURS
400
K.K.K.
KU KLUX KLAN
400
Give 3 examples of the Jim Crow segregation laws
1. Separate schools 2. Separate seating in trains / street cars 3. Separate parks 4. Separate entrances to factories / circus 5. Separate phone booths 6. Separate waiting rooms
400
African Americans, upset about the Jim Crow Laws did this to show their dislike
BOYCOTTED SERVICES THAT PRACTICED SEGREGATION
400
Booker Washington taught at HAMPTON and then went on to be head of this school
TUSKEGEE
400
African Americans had these 2 problems which prevented many of their businesses from succeeding
1. LACK OF MONEY 2. POOR LOCATIONS
500
Ida B. Wells comments in papers and her book resulted in fewer of these happening to African Americans
LYNCHINGS
500
These 2 things could happen to African Americans who broke the Jim Crow Laws
1. FINED 2. SENT TO JAIL (ALSO POSSIBLY LYNCHED)
500
This business of the whites suffered most because of the actions of African Americans against the Jim Crow Laws
STREETCAR COMPANIES
500
W.E.B. Dubois felt that African Americans should fight for their rights before getting an education. He was the first African American to earn this level of degree
DOCTORATE
500
Dubois said African Americans should strive for these types of jobs. List 2
DOCTORS LAWYERS TEACHERS
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