1. Do Now: What were the Jim Crow Laws?
Learning Target: I can analyze primary sources to understand the organizations that opposed equal rights for African Americans.
Do Now: What were the Jim Crow Laws?

2. Jim Crow Laws Visual

3. Plessy v. Ferguson
Supreme court case in which Homer Plessy, an African American, sued a railroad company arguing that segregated seating violated his 14th amendment rights. “equal protection of the laws”
Ruling, the court ruled against Plessy, claiming the separate but equal facilities did not violate the 14th amendment

4. Separate Car Act
In 1890, Louisiana passed a statute called the Separate Car Act, which stated "that all railway companies carrying passengers in their coaches in this state, shall provide equal but separate accommodations for the white, and colored races, by providing two or more passenger coaches for each passenger train, or by dividing the passenger coaches by a partition so as to secure separate accommodations "
The penalty for sitting in the wrong compartment was a fine of $25 or 20 days in jail.

5. Ku Klux Klan
Formed in 1866 as a secret group of former Confederate soldiers.
Goals:
Restore Democratic control of the south
Keep former slaves powerless.

6. Ku Klux Klan Attacked African Americans
Beat people, burned homes, lynched some victims.

7. Stopping the KKK Congress passed laws to stop the KKK
Military authorities ignored the violence even though these laws were in place.

8. Activity
In cooperative learning groups read the primary source document on the Ku Klux Klan.
Highlight key information and annotate the text.
Complete the questions on the document. For question 1 cite evidence.
ACE Response
Answer
Cite Evidence
Explain
Share responses.

9. Text Questions: Describe life in the south for newly freed slaves.
What might be the symbolic meaning behind members of the Klan riding on horseback?
Does the author of this excerpt support or oppose the actions of the Klan. Provide evidence from the text to support your answer.

10. Essential Question
How did the Ku Klux Klan impact the lives of former slaves in the south?