"Jim Crow" & Segregation 5.4.2 & 5.4.3

What were "Jim Crow" laws?

• Laws that were created to help freed African Americans get jobs, clothes and housing.

• Laws that freed African Americans from slavery.

• Laws that made African Americans citizens who had all of the same rights of other Americans.

• Laws that made segregation legal and prevented African Americans from being treated equally.

What description matches the effects of the Jim Crow laws to the primary resource pictured?

• African Americans & American Indians attended separate schools.

• Separate facilities were used by African Americans & American Indians.

• African Americans & American Indians had separate jobs & forms of money.

• Poll taxes prevented African Americans & American Indians from voting.

What description matches the effects of the Jim Crow laws to the primary resource pictured?

• African Americans & American Indians attended separate schools.

• Separate facilities were used by African Americans & American Indians.

• African Americans & American Indians had separate jobs & forms of money.

• Poll taxes prevented African Americans & American Indians from voting.

What description matches the effects of the Jim Crow laws to the primary resource pictured?

• African Americans & American Indians attended separate schools.

• Separate facilities were used by African Americans & American Indians.

• African Americans & American Indians had separate jobs & forms of money.

• Poll taxes prevented African Americans & American Indians from voting.

African Americans had a hard time voting because of ________ and ________. (choose 2)

• voting machines

• poll taxes

• ballots

• voting tests

Which of the following were effects of "Jim Crow" laws on African Americans and American Indians. Choose all that apply.

• equal access to all the same facilities and services as whites

• attended separate schools from white students

• polling taxes and voting tests

• were forced to use separate, poor-quality facilities and services such as drinking fountains and restrooms

Which statement below best describes the events in this primary source?

• Jim Crow laws and segregation allowed people of all races to enjoy the same beaches

• Certain city parks and beaches were segregated due to some beaches being too small

• Jim Crow laws created segregation in public areas including parks and beaches

• Virginia Beach was the only city in Virginia that was segregated

Which of these is NOT an effect of Jim Crow laws?

• It was difficult for African Americans and American Indians to vote or hold public office.

• African Americans and American Indians were prevented from attending some restaurants.

• African American and American Indian children could not attend "white" schools.

• African Americans and American Indians were forced to build railroads to the west.

Amendments to the Constitution were passed during the Civil War and Reconstruction to ensure certain rights. These included all of the following EXCEPT:

• 13th Amendment, which declares an end to slavery

• Jim Crow Laws

• The 15th Amendment says, states cannot deny black men the right to vote.

• 1866 Civil Rights Act is put in the Constitution

Life in the South was very difficult for African Americans because

• good jobs were difficult to come by

• Hospitals for African Americans had poor equipment

• Schools were overcrowded with few books

• all of the above