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Transcript of Civil Rights Intro A Legal Background. Reconstruction Amendments.
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Civil Rights IntroA Legal Background
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Reconstruction Amendments
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Reconstruction AmendmentsPassed soon after the Civil War to give rights to Blacks
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Reconstruction AmendmentsPassed soon after the Civil War to give rights to Blacks
13th: ended slavery
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Reconstruction AmendmentsPassed soon after the Civil War to give rights to Blacks
13th: ended slavery14th: gave Blacks and Whites equal rights;
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Reconstruction AmendmentsPassed soon after the Civil War to give rights to Blacks
13th: ended slavery14th: gave Blacks and Whites equal rights; did not allow states
to limit Blacks’ rights
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Reconstruction AmendmentsPassed soon after the Civil War to give rights to Blacks
13th: ended slavery14th: gave Blacks and Whites equal rights; did not allow states
to limit Blacks’ rights
Check your pocket Constitution– what’s the difference between the 5th and 14th Amendments?
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Reconstruction AmendmentsPassed soon after the Civil War to give rights to Blacks
13th: ended slavery14th: gave Blacks and Whites equal rights; did not allow states
to limit Blacks’ rights15th: gave Blacks the right to vote
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Reconstruction AmendmentsPassed soon after the Civil War to give rights to Blacks
13th: ended slavery14th: gave Blacks and Whites equal rights; did not allow states
to limit Blacks’ rights15th: gave Blacks the right to vote
Check the wording. Who, exactly, received the right to vote?
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Jim Crow LawsDespite the 14th Amendment, many states passed laws to
segregate the races
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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)Homer Plessy sued, claiming that separating races on trains
violates 14th Amendment
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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)Homer Plessy sued, claiming that separating races on trains
violates 14th Amendment
How do you think the Supreme Court ruled?
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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)Homer Plessy sued, claiming that separating races on trains
violates 14th Amendment
Supreme Court ruled against him, saying that facilities could be “separate but equal” for the races
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Constitutional!
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Constitutional!
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Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)Homer Plessy sued, claiming that separating races on trains
violates 14th Amendment
Supreme Court ruled against him, saying that facilities could be “separate but equal” for the races
This decision makes Jim Crow laws constitutional in the eyes of the Court
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Jim CrowNot a real person!
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Jim CrowNot a real person!
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Jim CrowNot a real person!
The name comes from a character played by whites that ridiculed Blacks
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Jim CrowNot a real person!
The name comes from a character played by whites that ridiculed Blacks
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Jim CrowNot a real person!
The name comes from a character played by whites that ridiculed Blacks
The name came to represent the legal system of discrimination against Blacks
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Jim CrowNot a real person!
The name comes from a character played by whites that ridiculed Blacks
The name came to represent the legal system of discrimination against Blacks
The Civil Rights Movement was the age of trying to undo “separate but equal” and Jim Crow
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