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Race and Prejudice in the New South period: “Jim Crow”

JIM CROW :. THE ATLANTA RACE RIOT OF 1906:. THE VOTE :. Race and Prejudice in the New South period: “Jim Crow”. THE LEO FRANK CASE : Who? What? When Where? Why?. DEFINE KEY TERMS : Disfranchise 2. primary election 3. literacy 4. exemption 5. segregation

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Race and Prejudice in the New South period: “Jim Crow”

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  1. JIM CROW: THE ATLANTA RACE RIOT OF 1906: THE VOTE: Race and Prejudice in the New South period: “Jim Crow” THE LEO FRANK CASE: Who? What? When Where? Why? DEFINE KEY TERMS: Disfranchise 2. primary election 3. literacy 4. exemption 5. segregation 6. Grandfather clause

  2. JIM CROW: Laws passed in the South to keep races segregated in public places, black from white. U. S. Supreme Ct. ruled that Jim Crow laws were constitutional in Plessy vs. Ferguson Case of 1896 (“Separate but Equal”) Whites only Blacks only Key Constitutional Amendments:

  3. THE VOTE: In spite of 15th Amendment, African-Americans disfranchised through: poll taxes (voting tax) 2.White primary (only whites could vote in Democratic Primaries to select candidates for political office) Democratic Party: Whites only! 3. 1908 Law--Literacy tests (must pass test before you could vote) ***EXEMPTIONS (exceptions): “good character” & citizenship test; “veteran”(“grandfather clause”—if you, your father or grandfather fought in Civil War); “40 acres or $500 worth of some other type of taxable property”

  4. In the early 1900s many whites disapproved of the saloons that some blacks frequented in downtown Atlanta. Saloons were thought to fuel the city's growing crime rates, and concern over such establishments was one of the causes of the 1906 Atlanta race riot. THE ATLANTA RACE RIOT OF 1906: The Race Riot of 1906 video clip Headlines in local newspapers, such as the one appearing in the September 21, 1906, issue of the Atlanta Journal, provoked white men to begin a riot in the city on September 22, 1906.

  5. THE LEO FRANK CASE: Who? What? When Where? Why? video

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