SS8h7B Jim Crow Laws

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to deprive a person the right to vote or rights of citizenship

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Disenfranchisement

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48 hour riot in Atlanta caused by economic competition and false newspaper accounts of African-American or Black men attacking white women; several African-Americans or Blacks were killed during the riot.

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Atlanta Race Riot (1906)

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laws created by state legislatures to deny African-Americans or Blacks citizenship rights

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Jim Crow Laws

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Supreme Court case that established the separate but equal doctrine thus promoting segregation

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Plessy v. Ferguson (1892)

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Principle upheld in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) in which the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of public facilities was legal.

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Separate but Equal

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A test given to persons to prove they can read and write before being allowed to register to vote

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Literacy Test

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A requirement that citizens pay a tax in order to register to vote

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Poll Tax

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disenfranchisement law that said if a person's father could vote before the Civil War they would be able to vote as well.

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Grandfather Clause

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disenfranchisement law that said if a person's father could vote before the Civil War they would be able to vote as well.

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Grandfather Clause

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What was the outcome of Plessy V. Ferguson?

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Separate but Equal