jim crow laws
Across
- 2. one who is playfully mischievous
- 3. who was the white enterainer that created the character Jim crow
- 7. why could whites physically beat blacks without punishment
- 8. declares the all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws
- 9. segregation system in the southern united states
- 10. political party that favored harsh punishment of southern states after civil war
- 15. a device used in some southern states to prevent African Americans from voting
- 16. states where did most violence against African Ameircans violence occur in ?
- 17. former slaves
- 18. the separation or isolation of a race class or group
- 19. 1964 act that ended segregation in public places
- 20. civil rights leader who gave the "I have a dream " speech
Down
- 1. abolished slavery
- 4. Required reading or civics test in order to vote
- 5. a clause that allowed individuals who did not pass the literacy test to vote if their fathers or grandfathers had voted before reconstruction began
- 6. Famous African American woman who refused to give up her bus seat in 1955
- 11. job discrimination where black people were often restricted to lower paying jobs
- 12. Lankmark 1954 case that declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional
- 13. someone from the north comes down to the south to help out
- 14. southern laws designed to restrict the rights of the newly freed black slaves