Emergence of Jim Crowe

The Emergence of Jim Crowe

Where does the term “Jim Crow” come from, and how did the Jim Crow System emerge following the end of Reconstruction?

Civil Rights Act of 1875

A Dying Man's Wish

Read the Civil Rights Act of 1875 and note:

What did the law guarantee?
Why was it controversial?
Why was it later repealed?

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​How does this political cartoon support the state of politics in the south?

Watch Part 5 "Violence nd Backlash"

Note:

What spurred the violence?
What ws their primary goal?

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Violence and Backlash

​Watch the Video on the
Compromise of 1877


Note:
Why was a compromise made?
What did it mark the end of?
How did that influence politics moving forward?

​Compromise of 1877

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Important Vocabulary

Compromise of 1877
Civil Rights Act of 1875
Jim Crow
segregation
home rule

civil rights
civil liberties

​Read the article on the Origins of Jim Crowe.
Note:
Where does the term Jim Crowe come from?
Why was the Jim Crowe system put in place?

The Origin of Jim Crowe

Read the text Jim Crowe and Segregation

Note:

​What rights did African Americans gain under Reconstruction?
How did Jin Crowe laws try to undermine these new found rights?

What did African Americans do to fight back?

Jim Crowe and Segregation

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Listen and watch the video on The Stories of Black Southerners living under Jim Crowe segregation.

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What is the significance of the portaits shared in the exhibit?

How does it refute the story of African American history under segregation?

Life under Jim Crowe