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Primary Sources. Jim Crow South. Review. Literacy Test- must pass reading and writing tests in order to vote Most set up for people to fail Poll Tax- citizens must pay tax to vote Most blacks could not afford this tax
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Primary Sources Jim Crow South
Review • Literacy Test- must pass reading and writing tests in order to vote • Most set up for people to fail • Poll Tax- citizens must pay tax to vote • Most blacks could not afford this tax • Grandfather Clause- men whose grandfathers voted before 1867 were exempt from poll tax • Blacks were slaves and could not vote in 1867
Origin of Jim Crow • White performers painted cork on their faces to resemble Blacks • They danced and sang- Minstrels • “Wheel about and turn about and do just so, every time I wheel about I jump Jim Crow” • Laws named after these characters