Civil War to Civil Rights Quiz pt. II (Jim Crow, Civil Rights, Voting Rights)

Former Slaves

• Freedmen

• Jim Crow

• Sharecroppers

• Activists

Laws adopted by Southern states creating a legal form of segregation

• Black Codes

• Black Laws

• 15th Amendment

• Discrimination

When people are separated (by race)

• Segregation

• Discrimination

• Prejudice

• Racism

1st a theater character, later used as an insult towards blacks. The term was also used to describe any racist law that restricted the rights and opportunities of black people

• Jim Crow

• Black Codes

• Homer Plessy

• Dred Scott

Public schools for black children were not as nice as schools provided for white children

• Jim Crows Laws in Education

• Jim Crows Laws in Transportation

• Jim Crows Laws in Public Accomodations

• Jim Crows Laws in Marriage & Family

Kept blacks and whites separate in public spaces: restaurants, libraries, drinking fountains, pools, theaters, etc.

• Jim Crow Laws in Public Accomodations

• Jim Crow Laws in Education

• Jim Crow Laws in Transportation

• Jim Crow Laws in Marriage & Family

State laws banned interracial adoptions and marriages & relationships between black and whites

• Jim Crow Laws in Marriage & Family

• Jim Crow Laws in Voting Rights

• Jim Crow Laws in Education

• Jim Crow Laws in Transportation

Almost all Southern states created restrictive laws preventing blacks from voting. These laws lasted from the 1870’s until the 1960’s.

• Jim Crow Laws in Transportation

• Jim Crow Laws in Education

• Jim Crow Laws in Marriage & Family

• Jim Crow Laws in Voting Rights

Blacks were required to sit in the back of public buses and train cars, or in a separate car altogether.

• Jim Crow Laws in Transportation

• Jim Crow Laws in Education

• Jim Crow Laws in Voting Rights

• Jim Crow Laws in Public Accomodations

When one group is treated differently from another

• Discrimination

• Segregation

• Prejudice

• Racism