The annual tax needed to be paid before qualifying to vote.
100
Where were African Americans denied legal equality?
Southern States
100
What class were African Americans?
Second Class
100
In the late 1800's who did the railroads hire more than any other ethnic group?
Mexicans.
200
What is Segregation?
The separation of whites and blacks in public and private facilities.
200
When was the Plessy v. Ferguson case?
1896
200
When did lynching (hanging) peak?
1880's and 1890's
200
What were Mexicans vital for in the work area?
Mining and Agriculture in the Southwest.
300
Who was Ida B. Wells?
A teacher who later became an editor of a local paper.
300
Who often was too poor to pay the poll tax?
Blacks and White Sharecroppers.
300
Around how many African Americans were shot, burned, or hung in 1882-1892?
More than 1,400.
300
What were Mexicans and some African Americans forced into?
Debt Peonage.
400
What were the Jim Crow Laws?
Laws that were enacted by southern states and local governments to separate white and black people.
400
What did the Plessy V. Ferguson Rule?
Seperation of races in public accommodations was legal and did not violate the Fourteenth Admendment.
400
What were somethings that blacks had to do for the whites?
They had to yield the sidewalks and the men always had to remove their hat.
400
Why did the White's fear the Chinese Immigrants?
Job Competition
500
What was the Grandfather Clause?
If a man has failed the literacy test or could not afford the poll tax, he was still entitled to vote if his father or grandfather had been eligible to vote.
500
Where were the main places that segregation was put into effect at?
Schools, hospitals, parks, and transportation systems
500
What were some major discrimination's in the North?
Being forced into segregated neighborhoods, discouraged black membership in the labor union, and blacks were fired before whites.
500
What threats did racial discrimination pose on the United States?