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After the Reconstruction period ended after the American Civil War, Democrats retook the governments of Souther States and worked hard to deny Blacks many civil liberties including the right to vote. These were called Jim Crow Laws. The racist laws were overturned by Sen. Everett Dirksen and others in the 1960s.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoThere were a series of so-called "Jim Crow" laws that made it difficult or impossible for southern black people to vote. First, there were Literacy Tests (in theory, these were only to see if a black person could read, but most such tests were intentionally designed with trick questions or questions so obscure that even Albert Einstein couldn't have answered them); and if you somehow did okay on a literacy test, there was a Poll Tax, which was a special fee that had to be paid in order to vote (poor blacks, and even some poor whites, could rarely afford this fee). The disenfranchisement of black voters under the Jim Crow laws persisted well into the 1960s.
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What is the purpose of Jim Crow laws?
Jim Crow laws were designed to prevent blacks from voting in the old south, but voting laws were only one type of Jim Crow Law. In general, Jim Crow Laws mandated the "Separate But Equal" status of blacks in the south. The laws ensured segregation without having to make segregation itself a law, because legally-sanctioned segregation was not permitted.
Which of these court cases established the concept of separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites is the supreme law for all judges at either the state or federal level?
Plessy v. Ferguson
How did white southern leaders establish control over the freed blacks and keep the blacks under control?
The southern whites were in all the position of authority They were the law, the judge, the jury. There were no Black on the jury's there no Black in law enforcement and there were no Black lawyers. Establishing control was very easy.
Mame the admendments that banned slavery declared all persons born or naturalized in the US to be citizens established due process and equal protection under law and established suffrage for black A?
The 13th amendment abolished slavery. The 14th amendment declared all persons born or naturalized in the US to be citizens. The 15th amendment established due process and the equal protection under the law and suffrage for blacks.
What is true about the case of Nixon v herndon?
An African American was kept from voting by state law ::: The Supreme Court ruled against a discriminatory voting law ::: Democratic Party officials took action to get around a ruling against a discriminatory voting law. ALL OF THE ABOVE - Apex
In 1965 this law made it easier for blacks to?
To vote. The Voting Rights Act.
Do the voting privileges of blacks get decided upon every 30 years?
Not in the US. Any discrimination based on race is prohibited by law. That includes voting rights.
What was the anti-Klan law?
This was a law that strengthened punishments for those who prevented blacks from voting. It was passed between May 1870 and February 1871.
What is the purpose of Jim Crow laws?
Jim Crow laws were designed to prevent blacks from voting in the old south, but voting laws were only one type of Jim Crow Law. In general, Jim Crow Laws mandated the "Separate But Equal" status of blacks in the south. The laws ensured segregation without having to make segregation itself a law, because legally-sanctioned segregation was not permitted.
What is Referendum voting?
Citizens voting directly on a proposed law
How did the south keep African-Americans from voting?
they made the poll tax law, literacy lawand the grandfather clause to prevent MOST freed black men from voting
Law spurred by martin Luther king Jr's march from selma to Montgomery that guaranteed rights originally given blacks under the fifteenth amendment?
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
What is referendums when voting?
Citizens voting directly on a proposed law
How did southerners keep former slaves from voting?
they made the poll tax law, literacy lawand the grandfather clause to prevent MOST freed black men from voting
Which of these court cases established the concept of separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites is the supreme law for all judges at either the state or federal level?
Plessy v. Ferguson
How did white southern leaders establish control over the freed blacks and keep the blacks under control?
The southern whites were in all the position of authority They were the law, the judge, the jury. There were no Black on the jury's there no Black in law enforcement and there were no Black lawyers. Establishing control was very easy.
Is voting required by the law?
Not in the U.S.A.
