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Jim Crow Laws
A discussion of state and locally legislated segregation laws that were enacted between 1876 and 1965 that proposed the factually unbalanced idea of "separate but equal" public facilities such as busing, schools, restaurants and entertainment venues, and other aspects of daily life for African-Americans.
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Why couldn't blacks and white live together during the Jim crow era?
because president Martin Luther King Jr. didn't announce it yet
D. Many immigrants, particularly those from Europe, saw the United States as a land of increased economic opportunities.
What was the effect of Jim crown laws?
Jim Crow laws enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States from the late 19th century until the civil rights movement. These laws institutionalized a system of discrimination, denying African Americans basic civil rights, access to quality education, and equal opportunities in employment and housing. As a result, they perpetuated systemic racism and social inequality, deeply affecting the lives of Black Americans for generations. The laws contributed to a culture of oppression and violence, reinforcing the social and economic disparities between white and Black citizens.
Poll taxes were taxes that had to be paid by registered voters. The courts decided it was illegal as the poorer people could not afford it and this prevented them from voting.
Blacks could generally not afford the tax.
What are the separate but equal laws for slaves?
There were no "separate but equal" laws for slaves. Slaves were considered unequal and were treated as such.
The laws requiring racially "separate but equal" public accommodations are called Jim Crow laws, and developed in reaction to the Civil War and Reconstruction. After the slaves were emancipated, the United States ratified the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution, outlawing slavery, attempting to create equal protection for African-Americans, and granting African-American men the right to vote. Many white people opposed equality for former slaves, and felt threatened by the new social order. Jim Crow laws were a desperate attempt to keep African-Americans "in their place," because many whites considered them inferior.
What was so important about Eisenhower's response?
It showed everyone that the federal government supported integration
When changes in one factor are accompanied by changes in another, the two factors are said to be correlated, and one is thus able to predict the other.
Is segregation a good reason to break the law?
no
This simplistic answer tells us nothing. Altough we must endeavor NOT to break laws, Civil Disobedience is sometimes the only way to bring attention to a problem.
How many fugitive slave laws were passed before the civil war?
There was the old Fugitive Slave Law, dating from about 1790, which had fallen into disuse.
The new Fugitive Slave Act was part of the Compromise of 1850. It was launched in a bad, overheated atmosphere. The terms of the Compromise mostly favoured the North, so there had to be a big dramatic gesture to appease the South. It said, in effect: "We can't offer you much chance of new slave-states, but my goodness we'll crack down on those runaways!"
It turned every citizen into an unpaid slave-catcher, obliged to report anyone who looked as though they might be a runaway, on pain of a heavy fine. The best-selling novel 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' was written as a protest against it.
