Jim Crow Laws And Civil Rights Casses Flashcards
(35 cards)
Voter intimidation
White suprematist used violence to intimidate voters
Example of voter intimidation
- ballots for Black Americans were destroyed
White statesmen re defined state boundries
Poll tax
Created in the south to p[revent black Americans to vote - taxation for all
How many black Americans in Arkansas could vote after poll tax
97% before poll tax, 9% after poll tax
Grandfather clause
People could vote dependent if their grandfather could vote
Literacy test
Many southern states refused black people the vote if they could pass the test
The good old time N,,,,,,
Represents the social racism in America, American society suggested that black Americans were inferior
The N,,,, Beast
Racial theory in the 1890s
Suggested that Black people were similar to apes
Who founded the beast theory
Charles carrol
How many Supreme Court cases in 1883
Black Americans took 5 cases to the Supreme Court
What were these Supreme Court cases fighting against
Largely segregation and ignoring the 1875 civil rights act
What did the Supreme Court rule on the 1883 casses
Federal government should not interfere in racism issues
1883- why couldn’t the federal government intervene ?
It would be unconstitutional
What was a result of the 1883 case ruilings ?
Resulted in riots and protests
What did the Supreme Court not uphold in 1873
The 15TH amendment in the slaughter house case
When was the please v Ferguson case
1896
Why was the Plessy v Ferguson case
Homer plessy, sat in a white only area and was arrested
He took to the Supreme Court to say his treatment was unlawful
What was the Plessy v Ferguson case
Plessy lost his case, Supreme Court stated that the black facilities were of equal standered
What did the plessy v Ferguson lead to
Legality of segregation and therefore an increase of Jim Crow laws
When was Williams v missisipi
1898
Why was Williams v Mississippi
Williams was on trial for murder with an all white jury
What was the court case William v mississippi
Williams argued this was a result of unfair poll tax
How did the Supreme Court rule in the Williams v Missisipi
In 1890 mississsippi state ruined poll tax was not discriminatory
When was please v Ferguson
1896