The Beginnings of Jim Crow SC Social Studies Standard 8-5.4: Summarize the policies and actions of South Carolina’s political leadership in implementing discriminatory laws that established a system of racial segregation, intimidation, and violence.
Essential Questions What ways were African Americans prevented from voting in SC? What was the result of the Supreme Court case of Plessy v. Ferguson? How did Jim Crow laws affect society in SC?
The Beginnings of Jim Crow Wade Hampton leaves the Governor’s office and is elected to the U.S. Senate Conservative Democrats abandon his fair racial policies. Began to disfranchise blacks. Disfranchise- To take away the right to vote
Disfranchisement The Conservatives invented ways to make sure people who could not read could not vote. (Eight-box laws) The Conservatives also started a poll tax. tax that had to be paid in order to vote. Both of the measures discriminated against blacks and poor, uneducated whites.
Eight Box Law Required voters to place the ballots for each office in a different box (there were eight boxes in all). If a vote was placed in a wrong box, it was disqualified. Was effective in eliminating many of the African American vote due to the poor reading ability of many blacks.
Proof it worked Number of Republican Votes. 1888: 14,000 1876: 90,000
Poor Whites To protect the poor whites, the politicians passed a law containing the grandfather clause. restored the right to vote to men who could not pay the poll tax, but whose grandfather could vote before the Civil War
Jim Crow Laws=Segregation= separation of the races The restrictions placed on blacks to vote were the beginning of Jim Crow Laws. Jim Crow Laws=Segregation= separation of the races
Jim Crow Jim Crow laws ensured that segregation became an accepted part of southern society. Most southern states adopted very similar laws. The U.S. Supreme Court approved segregation with its Plessy vs. Ferguson case ruling.
Plessy vs. Ferguson: The U. S Plessy vs. Ferguson: The U.S. Supreme Court case that ruled “separate-but-equal” facilities were legal.
How would your everyday life be affected by segregation? Shoulder Partner Chat How would your everyday life be affected by segregation?
Facilities that were impacted by the Plessy v. Ferguson decision: Railroads Schools Theaters Hotel Restaurants Restrooms Water Fountains Parks Public Offices Cemeteries Those separate facilities were rarely equal to those available to whites.
Plessy and the Era of Jim Crow