Discrimination and Segregation Vocab

1896 ruling by the Supreme Court that legalized “separate but equal” public facilities for African Americans

• Racial Segregation

• Jim Crow Laws

   

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Poll Tax

• Literacy Test

to show proof of the ability to read and write as a requirement before voting

• Racial Segregation

• Jim Crow Laws

   

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Poll Tax

• Literacy Test

Laws were passed to discriminate against African Americans

• Racial Segregation

• Jim Crow Laws

   

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Poll Tax

• Literacy Test

Directed primarily against African Americans, but other groups were also kept segregated

• Racial Segregation

• Jim Crow Laws

   

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Poll Tax

• Literacy Test

a tax paid before a person is allowed to vote

• Racial Segregation

• Jim Crow Laws

   

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Poll Tax

• Literacy Test