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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Segregation in the South was mainly based on

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race (color of the skin)

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What Supreme Court case ruled "separate but equal" was legal?

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Plessy vs Ferguson

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What best describes Jim Crow laws? Options: better opportunities for women, African Americans gaining full civil and political rights, discrimination laws focused on Native Americans, unequal opportunities for African Americans in housing, jobs, and education

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unequal opportunities for African Americans in housing, jobs, and education

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1865 - abolished slavery and involuntary servitude

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13th Amendment

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What amendment makes 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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1870, grates voting rights to all men regardless of their race or color or because they have previously been slaves

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15th Amendment

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laws enacted by Southern state and local governments to separate white and black people in public and private facilities.

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Jim Crow Laws

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a secret organization that used terrorist tactics in an attempt to restore white supremacy in Southern states after the Civil War.

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Ku Klux Klan