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What was the purpose of the Jim crow laws?
The purpose of the Jim Crow laws were to limit and restrict the voting freedom of African-Americans.
What impact did Jim Crow have on life in the south after reconstruction ended?
It restricted the rights of African American citizens and was the catalyst to segregation
How did some states respond to the constitutional amendments that gave African American rights as citizens?
They passed Jim Crow laws.
What was the name of local and state law passed to take away African American rights in the south?
Local and state laws that were passed to take away African-American rights, in the South, were referred to as Jim Crow laws. There were dozens of these laws passed in the 1950s and 1960s.
Jim Crow was a?
Jim crow was a law (the Jim crow laws) that stated that white people and African American people had to be separated in public places
What has the author Solomon S Seay written?
Solomon S. Seay has written: 'Jim Crow and me' -- subject(s): History, African Americans, Biography, African American civil rights workers, Race relations, Family, African American lawyers, Civil rights, Racism, Civil rights movements, Legal status, laws, Segregation
What did the end of reconstruction have on African Americans?
Southern states passed racist Jim Crow Laws that limited African American freedoms and restricted many of the rights they had received under Reconstruction.
How could Jim Crow laws be used against poor whites in the South?
By classifying them as African American, authorities could deprive them of civil rights
How did African Americans respond to discrimanation and Jim crow?
There were different responses in the African American community to the establishment of Jim crow segregation through legislation and custom in the states of the American south. Most people accepted the laws. Others began to rally against the laws.
Why did many southern states pass laws to restrict the rights of freed slaves?
Southern states passed laws to restrict the rights of freed slaves in order to maintain white supremacy and social control. These laws aimed to limit the economic, political, and social opportunities available to African Americans, creating a system of segregation and discrimination known as Jim Crow.
What has the author Phillip McGuire written?
Phillip McGuire has written: 'He, too, spoke for democracy' -- subject- s -: African American Participation, African American judges, African American soldiers, African Americans, Armed Forces, Biography, Civil rights, Participation, Afro-American, Race discrimination, World War, 1939-1945 'Taps for a Jim Crow Army'
How was the murder of Emmett Till important to the progress of African American Civil Rights?
The Emmett Till murder trial brought to light the brutality of Jim Crow segregation in the South
