Vocabulary
Jim Crow
A racists cartoon that used black face to make fun of African Americans
Jim Crow laws affected daily life for African Americans by
limiting their rights, opportunities, and access to public spaces and services.
Two important African American leaders who fought against Jim Crow laws:
Martin Luther King Jr. and W.E.B. Du Bois.
were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. Their main purpose was to keep white and Black people separated and maintain white supremacy.
Jim Crow Laws
Period Directly After the Civil War
Reconstruction
Segregation
The practice of keeping people of different races separate
Segregation was the separation of people based on race. It was enforced through
laws, social customs, and sometimes violence.
NAACP Stands for
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Two examples of Jim Crow laws:
Separate water fountains for white and Black people
Segregated seating on public transportation
Jim Crow Era
KKK
Ku Klux Klan A white supremacist hate group that used violence against minorities
Jim Crow laws led to segregated schools for Black children, which were often
underfunded and had fewer resources than white schools.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a protest against______________
in Montgomery, Alabama. Rosa Parks was a key figure in this event.
Segregated Buses
doctrine stated that racial segregation was legal as long as facilities for different races were equal. It was established by the Supreme Court case Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896.
Separate but Equal
Period of great Cultural Growth after Jim Crow
Harlem Renaissance
Literacy Test & Poll Tax
A test given to potential voters to determine if they could read and write and A fee charged to voters before they could cast a ballot
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was important because
it removed many barriers that prevented African Americans from voting.
_________________movement challenged segregation by having Black people peacefully sit at whites-only lunch counters and refuse to leave.
Sit in
Allowed White Landowners to take majority of the crop even though the African Americas were the ones who put in all the work
Share Cropping
Act That Changed racists Ideals follow success of the Harlem Renaissance
Civil Rights act
Plessy V Ferguson
A Supreme Court case that made racial segregation legal
places where African Americans were not allowed after dark. They were dangerous because Black people could face violence if found there after sunset.
Sundown Towns
was a cultural movement in the 1920s centered in Harlem, New York, where African American artists, writers, and musicians expressed their cultural identity.
Harlem Renaissance, It was important because it challenged racial stereotypes and fostered a new sense of pride and cultural identity among African Americans.
allowed white people to vote even if they couldn't pass literacy tests or pay poll taxes, while preventing many Black people from voting.
Grandfather Clause
Following Success of the civil rights act this act gave people of coloring the right to vote