SS.912.A.2.5

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What were Jim Crow Laws?

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State and local statutes enforcing racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans in the Southern United States after Reconstruction.

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What is segregation?

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The enforced separation of racial groups in public places, schools, transportation, and other aspects of daily life.

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What is disenfranchisement?

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The denial of the right to vote through tactics like poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses aimed at African Americans.

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What was the significance of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?

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Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the 'separate but equal' doctrine.

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What is the 14th Amendment?

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Constitutional amendment granting citizenship and equal protection under the law; circumvented by Jim Crow laws through legalized segregation.