Jim Crow Laws

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.... this sign represents what laws in the South

• Racial Rules

• Lincoln Laws

• Black Codes 

• 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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Segregation in the South was mainly based on 

• hair color

• religion

• race (color of the skin)

• economic status

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

• Racist

• Prejudice

• Discrimination

• Jim Crow Laws

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Which of the following BEST explains the purpose of the Jim Crow system?

• Keep public facilities cleaner

• keep African-Americans as second-class citizens

• keep the races pure

• keep African-Americans from voting

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What best describes Jim Crow laws?

• 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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the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race.

• Racism

• Discrimination

• Prejudice

• Ku Klux Klan