1.+Jim+Crow+America


 * 1) Right after the Civil War, the 14th Amendment was ratified. What did the 14th Amendment provide for African Americans? What does “due process” and “equal protection of the laws” mean? **

**Answer: The 14th amendment provided civil rights for African Americans. It said that anyone that was "enslaved" would be granted citizenship. **

**Due Process: A judicial requirement that states that laws cannot have any "clauses" that are unfair. **
 * Equal protection of laws: This means that no matter what race you are, everyone gets the same protection from laws. **


 * 2) Unfortunately, your equal rights were challenged by the Supreme Court in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson. What do you remember about the facts, decision, and impact of this case? **

**Answer: In this case, Plessy was arrested and put in prison because he sat in the white car instead of the colored car. Even though his skin had very little coloring, he still had to sit there. His lawyer argued against the Segregated Car Act and said that it was unconstitutional.**

 3) The laws developed in the South became known as Jim Crow laws. Who was this Jim Crow fellow? Did he write the laws?

 Jim Crow was a stereotypical black person that first showed up in sheet music. He didn't right the laws.


 * 4) What are some specific examples of the Jim Crow laws from southern states? How did the laws affect you? **

**Answer: Blacks and White weren't supposed to eat together. ** **Whites didn't refer to blacks as Mr. or Mrs.**
 * Black males couldn't offer white females cigarettes under any circumstances. **

** Blacks had far less rights than whites and they received far less respect and freedom. **

 5) What did Jim Crow America look like in the 1900s? What are some images that can help explain the realities of the time?

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 * [[image:http://www.shmoop.com/media/images/thumbs/t-d-rice.jpg caption="Thomas
 * Thomas ||
 * [[image:http://www.shmoop.com/media/images/thumbs/jack-johnson.jpg caption="Jack Johnson, Boxer"]] ||
 * Jack Johnson, Boxer ||
 * [[image:http://www.shmoop.com/media/images/thumbs/theatre-colored.jpg caption="Theatre for Colored People"]] ||
 * Theatre for Colored People ||


 * 6) What happened in the Scottsboro Case? How did it make you feel as an African American in the South? **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">**Answer: 9 black boys were falsely charged with raping two white girls. The case started: A group of black and white hobos fought on a train. The whites went and told the conductor, and armed men came and rounded up the blacks. Right before they were charged with assault, two white women disguised as men were found on the train, and the blacks were accused of rape.**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">7) Why should anyone care about your lilfe during Jim Crow America?

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"> Answer: It was a time when blacks were fighting to get freedom, but nearly every aspect of their lives was influenced or controlled. Some even went wildly against anti-black traditions. It was a time when blacks were fighting for what they believed for, but people didn't care about them.