CH. 29 Jim Crow Era (1877-1965)

Flashcards about the Jim Crow Era and Segregation

What was the primary social aspect of the Jim Crow Era?

Segregation (physical separation) in public areas, housing, and education, as well as lynch mobs and terrorism.

What was the primary economic aspect of the Jim Crow Era?

Sharecropping (economic slavery), theft of land, and theft of wealth building.

Name some of the political restrictions during the Jim Crow Era.

Poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and violence to scare people from voting.

What was the significance of Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)?

The Supreme Court's majority opinion claimed that separate was constitutional (legal) as long as it was equal.

How was segregation enforced in the North?

Segregation was enforced by practice (behavior) instead of by law in public areas, housing, and education.

What was the Great Migration during WWII?

The Great Migration was the movement of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North.

How did African-Americans contribute to WWII?

More than 2.5 million African-Americans fought to defeat the Axis Powers in segregated units and demanded freedom and equality at home.

How did WWII affect segregation?

African Americans fought for freedom abroad and loudly demanded freedom and equality at home

What are some examples of federal initiatives during the Jim Crow Era?

Reconstruction (1865-77) with military law in the South, the Alcan Highway during WWII (1942), desegregated troops during the Korean War (1950-1952), and Jackie Robinson playing in the MLB (1947).

What was Brown vs. Board of Education (1954)?

A Supreme Court case where an African-American family sued so their daughter could enroll in a local, white school.

What was Thurgood Marshall's role in the fight against segregation?

He was a lawyer and then a Supreme Court Justice who represented African-American schools fighting segregation across the country. He was involved in Brown vs. Board of Education.

What were the NAACP's claims about segregation?

Because there was much less funding for African-American schools, this was unconstitutional.

What was the result of the Brown vs Board of Education Supreme Court case?

Segregation in public education was banned.

What led to the fall of Joseph McCarthy?

The Senate voted to censure Senator McCarthy by a vote of 67 to 22.