List some voting restrictions imposed on African Americans
1. Literacy Test
2. Poll Tax
3. Grandfather Clause
What were the Jim Crow Laws?
1. Racial segregation laws passed in the south
2. Jim Crow laws were enforced in School, transportation, hospitals and parks
Plessy vs Ferguson 1896
State the issue before the Supreme Court:
Homer Plessy took a seat in the white section of a train car.He was arrested.Plessy claimed he was being denied EQUAL PROTECTION under the law.
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| Homer Plessy |
What was the decision of the Court?
The court ruled SEPARATE BUT EQUAL was NOT UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Voices in American History
Justice John Marshal Harlan condemned the majority's opinion for letting " The seeds of race hate be planted under the sanction of law."
What was the effect of the decision?
Legalized Segregation
Took decades to abolish legal segregation
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