Flashcard on Black Codes and Jim Crow Laws

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What was the primary purpose of the "Black Codes" enacted in Southern states after the 13th amendment?

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To restrict the freedom of former enslaved persons and control their labor

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Why are they called "Jim Crow Laws"?

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Named after a character portrayed by Thomas Dartmouth Rice

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What was the effect of Jim Crow laws on public spaces?

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They aimed to deprive African-Americans of the same public spaces used by whites

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What was the primary purpose of Jim Crow laws?

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To enforce racial segregation in public and private spaces

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In what year did the Supreme Court begin to dismantle the Jim Crow laws according to the text?

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1954

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What were Black Codes?

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Laws created to limit the rights of African Americans

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Black Codes were designed to do all of the following EXCEPT _________.

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Aid former enslaved African Americans.

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Which group was primarily targeted by the Black Codes?

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Freed slaves

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Southern states created the Black Codes to do what?

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limit African Americans rights

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Jim Crow laws, Black Codes, and segregation ________ African Americans for another hundred years following the Civil War.

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Oppressed