13.10 how significant were the 1883 supreme court decisions for civil rights?

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who was Jim Crow?

  • ‘Jim Crow’ refers to repressive laws and customs once used to restrict black rights

  • fictional ‘Jim Crow’, a caricature of a clumsy, dim-witted black slave

  • as the show’s popularity spread, ‘Jim Crow’ became a widely used derogatory term for African Americans


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what does ‘de jure’ mean?

by law

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what were the black codes

laws designed to segregate black and white americans

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role of supreme court

  • includes local and regional courts

  • has final say

  • appointed by presidents approved by senate

  • 80 cases per term

  • majority vote