Jim Crow & Disenfranchisement
What amendment gave African American men the right to vote
15th Amendment
What 1874 event saw the White League overthrow Louisiana’s government briefly?
Battle of Liberty Place
Who founded the Tuskegee Institute?
Booker T. Washington
What does HBCU stand for?
Historically Black Colleges and Universities
According to the 1898 Louisiana Constitution, what skill was required to vote?
Read and write
What law required “separate but equal” facilities?
Jim Crow laws
What Louisiana constitution added poll taxes and allowed segregation?
1879 Constitution
Who said African Americans should focus on vocational education?
Booker T. Washington
Why were HBCUs created?
To educate African Americans
What property requirement could replace the literacy test?
$300 in property
What case legalized segregation in 1896?
Plessy v. Ferguson
What Louisiana constitution added literacy tests and grandfather clauses?
1898 Constitution
Who helped found the NAACP?
W. E. B. Du Bois
How many HBCUs are in Louisiana?
Six
What voting rule allowed men to vote if their ancestors had voted before 1867?
Grandfather clause
Name one way southern states kept African Americans from voting.
Poll tax / literacy test / grandfather clause
How many African Americans were registered to vote in Louisiana by 1900?
About 5,000
Who led anti-lynching campaigns through journalism?
Ida B. Wells
Name Louisiana’s first HBCU.
Southern University
What did Justice Harlan call the Constitution in his dissent in Plessy v. Ferguson?
Color-blind
What effect did Jim Crow laws have on African Americans?
Denied equal rights
What Supreme Court case came from Louisiana and upheld segregation?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Who promoted “Lifting as we climb” and fought for women’s suffrage?
Mary Church Terrell
Besides education, what role have HBCUs played?
Promoted racial equality
What earlier Supreme Court case did Harlan compare Plessy to?
Dred Scot Case