Group 3:
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Questions:
1. Where did the term "Jim Crow" come from? How is the origin of this term offensive? List 3 ways.
2. How did the term "Jim Crow" become synonymous with the segregation laws in the South?
3. What ended Reconstruction in the South, and what effect did that have on southern Blacks?
4. Legally, African-Americans had the right to vote. How was their right to suffrage compromised? Please list 3 ways Whites made it nearly impossible for Blacks to vote.
5. How did the Plessy v. Ferguson case (1896) uphold Jim Crow laws? What effect did this case have on the lives (transportation, education, social implications, etc) of southern Blacks?
6. How did many southern Blacks escape the South? Where did they go? What was this movement called?
7. What events helped to bring an end to Jim Crow laws?
8. How did Jim Crow laws affect the lives of southern Blacks? Describe 5 ways.
1. Where did the term "Jim Crow" come from? How is the origin of this term offensive? List 3 ways.
2. How did the term "Jim Crow" become synonymous with the segregation laws in the South?
3. What ended Reconstruction in the South, and what effect did that have on southern Blacks?
4. Legally, African-Americans had the right to vote. How was their right to suffrage compromised? Please list 3 ways Whites made it nearly impossible for Blacks to vote.
5. How did the Plessy v. Ferguson case (1896) uphold Jim Crow laws? What effect did this case have on the lives (transportation, education, social implications, etc) of southern Blacks?
6. How did many southern Blacks escape the South? Where did they go? What was this movement called?
7. What events helped to bring an end to Jim Crow laws?
8. How did Jim Crow laws affect the lives of southern Blacks? Describe 5 ways.