Jim Crow

Which of the following best explains why ten former Confederate states rewrote or amended their state constitutions?

• They were required to rewrite their state constitutions according to the terms of the surrender at end of the Civil War

• They hoped to remodel their constitutions to resemble the national constitution.

• It was an effort to disenfranchise black voters and restrict their rights and freedoms.

• It is a standard pattern for states to rewrite their constitutions once every fifty years.

Which of the following best describes why African American interests were overlooked by state legislatures?

• There were few African American voters or office holders.

• State legislatures were unaware of what African American interests were.

• It was determined that all African American interests had already been met.

• State legislatures were actually going out of their way to ensure that African American interests were met.

Which of the following best describes how segregation laws became known as “Jim Crow” laws?

• Many whites of the era referred to African Americans as “crows”.

• The name was taken from a popular song and dance routine titled “Jump Jim Crow”

• Jim Crow was an African American who was arrested and put on trial for violating one of the earliest segregation laws.

• Jim Crow had been one of the most prominent segregation activists, and the laws were named in his honor.

Since many African Americans were poor, they could not afford to pay the

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the name given to “separate but equal” laws in the early 20th Century

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to deprive a person or group of the right to vote

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What court case allowed Jim Crow laws to be legal?

• Marbury V Madison

• Smith V Engels

• Brown V Topeka Board of Education

• Plessy V Ferguson