What we’re going to do today

Agenda: – Warm Up– Listen: In their own words– Look: Cartoons

By the end of class, you will be able to identify/ give examples and describe the meaning of Jim Crow laws and their impact on African Americans.

By the end of class, you will be able to identify/ give examples and describe the meaning of Jim Crow laws and their impact on African Americans.

Jim Crow Laws• The 13th, 14th & 15th

Amendments gave African Americans the right to citizenship, equal protection under the law and the right to vote. Jim Crow Laws were laws passed that restricted (limited) these freedoms.

• Jim Crow Laws were passed in the South following the Civil War and the emancipation (freeing) of slaves.

But . . why?

• Many Southerners were fearful of what would happen if African Americans had too much money or power. Additionally, many people held racist beliefs during this time.

• Intended to disenfranchise African Americans. Disenfranchisement is taking away someone’s right to vote.

Examples of Jim Crow Laws

1. Poll tax: Charged money to cast a vote2. Literacy test: Had to prove you could read

to vote3. Grandfather clause: Only people whose

grandfathers had voted could vote4. Intimidation: Hate groups such as the Ku

Klux Klan would scare away potential voters . . . Violence and threats

In their own words . . . http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_narratives.html

Graphic Organizer1.Republicans controlled Southern politics.

2. African Americans played an important role as voters and elected officials.

3. Northern whites moved south and also played a role in government.

Identifying4 a) African Americans; b) some Southern whites, such as business leaders

and non-slaveholding farmers; “scalawags” c) “carpetbaggers” from the NorthMaking Inferences5. They wore sheets to hide their identities whilethey committed acts of violence.

6. Most Southern whites viewed scalawags as traitors and carpetbaggers as dishonest. The term scalawag means “scoundrel” or “worthless rascal.” Both terms have negative connotations.

7. Many were probably fearful that if they testified, they might become victims of the Klan’s violence themselves. Others may have supported the Klan’s actions.

1.What is a Jim Crow law?

2.What are some examples?

3.What does disenfranchise mean?

4.What groups were affected?

5.Why were Jim Crow laws made?

6.What areas of life did these laws and customs affect?

7.What areas of the country were Jim Crow laws

written?

Homework: Timeline

• Put these events in order on the timeline.

Homework & Announcements

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• Timeline Homework

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