Jim Crow Laws SS.912.A.2.5 – Assess how Jim Crow Laws influenced life for African Americans and other racial/ethnic minority groups. Essential Question: How did Jim Crow laws affect the United States?

Bell Ringer (3 minutes) The Jim Crow laws of the post-Civil War Era were attempts by the Federal Government to improve the status of African Americans and Native American Indians state and local governments to restrict the freedoms of African Americans states to ban organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan the Radical Republicans in Congress to carry out Reconstruction plans The Jim Crow laws, upheld by the Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), provided for free land for former slaves separate public facilities based on race racial integration of public schools voting rights for African-American males

Jim Crow Laws Jim Crow Laws, Plessy v. Ferguson and Separate But Equal Look for the information that answers the following question: Did the passage of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments improve the living conditions for African Americans? Why or why not? http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=video+- +1890+beginning+of+jim+crow&view=detail&&mid=87FDC6996C10F 8A4343787FDC6996C10F8A43437&rvsmid=87FDC6996C10F8A434378 7FDC6996C10F8A43437&fsscr=0

Jim Crow Laws(I Do) After the end of Reconstruction, Southern state governments passed “Jim Crow” laws requiring racial segregation (separation of “white” and “colored”) in public places. These laws were upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) The Ku Klux Klan terrorized African Americans and prevented them from exercising their political rights.

Jim Crow Laws(I Do) …By state law, whites and blacks attended different schools, rode in separate railways cars, ate at different restaurants, used different public toilets and water fountains, and sat on different public benches. The facilities given to African Americans were generally inferior. Gateway to U.S. History, pages 32 - 33

Jim Crow Laws (I Do) Effects of Segregation: denied black citizens equal opportunities and rights reinforced white racism & fear of blacks conveyed the message that whites were superior African American Response: migrated northwards developed strong community & church ties

What effect did the end of Reconstruction have on African Americans? Jim Crow Laws What effect did the end of Reconstruction have on African Americans?

Jim Crow Laws (We Do) What do you notice about this picture? How would you react if you were subjected to these conditions?

Jim Crow Laws (We Do) How would you react if you were excluded? How would you feel if you were not excluded? What would you do if you were asked to enforce this rule or law?

Jim Crow Laws (We Do) What were some of the different justifications given for abolishing Jim Crow? What different methods were used to oppose Jim Crow laws?

Bell Ringer Question The Jim Crow laws of the post-Civil War Era were attempts by the Federal Government to improve the status of African Americans and Native American Indians state and local governments to restrict the freedoms of African Americans states to ban organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan the Radical Republicans in Congress to carry out Reconstruction plans

Bell Ringer Question The Jim Crow laws of the post-Civil War Era were attempts by the Federal Government to improve the status of African Americans and Native American Indians state and local governments to restrict the freedoms of African Americans states to ban organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan the Radical Republicans in Congress to carry out Reconstruction plans

Bell Ringer Question The Jim Crow laws, upheld by the Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), provided for free land for former slaves separate public facilities based on race racial integration of public schools voting rights for African-American males

Bell Ringer Question The Jim Crow laws, upheld by the Supreme Court in Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), provided for free land for former slaves separate public facilities based on race racial integration of public schools voting rights for African-American males

Jim Crow Laws (You Do) 1. Base your answer to the question on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies. "[The registrar] brought a big old book out there, and he gave me the sixteenth section of the constitution of Mississippi, . . . I could copy it like it was in the book, but after I got through copying it, he told me to give a reasonable interpretation and tell the meaning of the section I had copied. Well, I flunked out." Source: A History of the United States since 1861 The main intent of the literacy test described in the passage was to encourage reform of the political system encourage Mississippi residents to learn about their state’s legal system deny African Americans the right to vote enforce the provisions of the United States Constitution

Jim Crow Laws (You Do) How did this law influence conditions for African Americans in Florida? Schools for African-American children received fewer resources than schools for white children. African-American adults were permitted to attend night school to improve their literacy skills. African-Americans were given the right to attend free public schools in Florida for the first time. African-American parents who opposed racial segregation sent their children to private schools.

Jim Crow Laws (You Do) The Jim Crow legal system, which expanded in the South after Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), was based on the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the due process clause of the 5th Amendment states’ rights provision of the 10th Amendment equal protection clause in the 14th Amendment voting rights provision in the 15th Amendment

Jim Crow Laws (You Do) The poll tax, the literacy test, and the actions of the Ku Klux Klan were all attempts to limit the effectiveness of the 14th and 15th amendments the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education civil rights legislation passed in all states after the Civil War immigration laws such as the Gentleman’s Agreement and the Chinese Exclusion Act

Jim Crow Laws (You Do) Essential Question: How did Jim Crow laws affect the United States? Cite specific evidence to support your answer.