Jim Crow Laws

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^{Whites Only Water Fountain}
.... this sign represents what laws in the South?

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Jim Crow Laws

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Jim Crow laws were mainly directed at this group: Latinos, African-Americans, Native Americans, Asians

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African-Americans

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Which Amendment freed African Americans from slavery?

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13th Amendment

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Which Amendment made all persons born in the United States—including former slaves— citizens of the country and guarantees equal protection of the laws?

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14th Amendment

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Which Amendment granted voting rights to all men regardless of their race or color or because they had previously been slaves?

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15th Amendment

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Southern states tried to prevent African-Americans from voting by making them 

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pay to vote

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To make sure poor/uneducated white Southerners WERE voting but black Southerners were NOT, a clause was added to voting rules stating you COULD vote if: your mother voted in the most recent election, your father or grandfather voted prior to 1867, you had owned slaves, your father had fought in the Civil War.

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your father or grandfather voted prior to 1867

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What does disenfranchise mean, in the context of Jim Crow?

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Deny someone the right to vote

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Literacy tests were...

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a list of questions given to see if someone could read in order to vote

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Jim Crow laws included: literacy tests, poll taxes and a grandfather clause, grandfather clause, physical exam, court cases, english requirements, photo id, citizenship, all blacks in voting, women could vote, food tax

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literacy tests, poll taxes and a grandfather clause