1. Jim Crow Study Guide
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2. 1) Define the following:

3. The execution of a person based on race without a trial
a. Lynching
The execution of a person based on race without a trial

4. b. 13th Amendment
Freed the slvaes

5. Time period after the Civil War when former slaves received rights
c. Reconstruction
Time period after the Civil War when former slaves received rights

6. d. Literacy Test
A test given that requires you to read or write in order to register to vote

7. Made freedman citizens
e. 14th Amendment
Made freedman citizens

8. f. Grandfather Clause
A requirement to vote that stated that your grandfather had to vote before Jan 1, 1867 in order for you to vote

9. Laws designed to keep blacks from voting
g. Black Codes
Laws designed to keep blacks from voting

10. Court case that said “sepertate but equal” places were legal
h. Plessy vs. Ferguson
Court case that said “sepertate but equal” places were legal

11. 2) Identify the following people:

12. Spoke out against lynching
a. Ida B. Wells
Spoke out against lynching

13. b. Sharecroppers
A farmer who farms the land and shares part of the profit with the lands owner

14. c. NAACP National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Organization to help blacks achieve their civil rights

15. Educator who started a school for blacks
d. Mary McLeoud Bethune
Educator who started a school for blacks

16. Encourages blacks to learn a trade
e. Booker T. Washington
Encourages blacks to learn a trade

17. f. George Washington Carver
Scientist who developed many things from the peanut

18. A fake charter used to make blacks look stupid and ignorant
g. Jim Crow
A fake charter used to make blacks look stupid and ignorant

19. Developed beauty products for African Americas
h. Madam C.J. Walker
Developed beauty products for African Americas
First black millionaire

20. First black senator to serve a full term
i. Blanch K. Bruce
First black senator to serve a full term

21. First African American to play major league baseball
j. Jackie Robinson
First African American to play major league baseball

22. Famous Harlem Renaissance writer
k. Langston Hughes
Famous Harlem Renaissance writer

23. Filed a lawsuit that segregated trains were illegal
l. Homer Plessy
Filed a lawsuit that segregated trains were illegal

24. A racist organization that discriminated against minorities
m. Ku Klux Klan
A racist organization that discriminated against minorities

25. Leader who wanted blacks to go back to Africa
n. Marcus Garvey
Leader who wanted blacks to go back to Africa

26. Gave them rights such as
3) How did Reconstruction help African Americans? List and describe 3 ways.
Gave them rights such as
Freedom from slavery
Citizenship
Right to vote

27. Because of discrimination
4) Why did blacks not exercise their rights given to them during Reconstruction? List and describe 2 major ways.
Because of discrimination
Jim Crow Laws
Lynching

28. For small crimes Just for fun
5) Name 2 reasons that African Americans (or sometimes whites) were lynched.
For small crimes
Just for fun

29. 6) Use your notes to list 5 African American firsts.
Jackie Robinson- 1st black in major league baseball
Hiram Revels- 1st black senator
Madam C.J. Walker- 1st black millionaire
Blanche K. Bruce- 1st black senator to serve a full term
Marian Anderson- 1st black to to sing in front of the Lincoln Memorial

30. 7) Describe how slavery ended.
It was officially ended with the 13th Amendment

31. 8). Compare and contrast slavery to sharecropping
8) Compare and contrast slavery to sharecropping. (Must be at least 3 sentences)
Slavery is like sharecropping because blacks were tied to their master as long as they owed them money
Slavery is different from slavery because blacks had some rights

32. 9) Explain how African Americans resisted lynching.
Protesting
Holding marches
Trying to get laws passes

33. 10) How was Plessy vs. Ferguson a setback for African Americans?
Because it allowed whites to continue to segregate themselves form blacks