Era of Jim Crow

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  1. 4. Was the era after the Civil War that lasted a decade.
  2. 7. Challegned Louisianna state law on segregation on railroad cars.
  3. 10. This was a Jim Crow era law that required that a person had to pass a written test in order to vote.
  4. 12. How many military districts was the South divided into after the Civil War.
  5. 13. Who believed that former slaves and their descendants should gain acceptance through hard work.
  6. 16. Was a slang term for segregation in the South after the Civil War.
  7. 17. This was a Supreme Court case that narrowed the meaning and intent of the 14th Amendment.
  8. 18. This was a law the required a person (African American) to pay a tax to vote.
  9. 19. Supreme Court case in the 1950s that overturned the policy of separate but Equal.
Down
  1. 1. Most whites in the South after the Civil War belonged to which party?
  2. 2. Laws that were created by former Confederate states to segregate society.
  3. 3. Was a law passed by the federal government in 1964, that outlawed Jim Crow and discrimination in the US.
  4. 5. Policy in the South and elsewhere in the US that was intended to keep the races apart when possible.
  5. 6. Supreme Court Case that established the doctrine of Separate but Equal.
  6. 8. US President that in the late 1940s integrated the Military.
  7. 9. Who was an early civil rights leader who believed African Americans Should demand equality now.
  8. 11. Homer Plessy was considered what percentage black, and therefore under Louisiana State law had to ride in the Black only cars.
  9. 14. Was a secret organization after the Civil War that used terror and violence to intimidate former slaves and their descendants.
  10. 15. These were clauses that allowed White voters to get around the Jim Crow era voting laws.