Era of Jim Crow

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