PLESSY V. FERGUSON

Mrs. Baugh

US History

Pages 382-383, 964

Vocabulary

Disfranchising Poll tax Grandfather Clause Segregation Jim Crow Laws

Disfranchising African Americans Disfranchising- to deprive (a person) of

a right of citizenship , as of the right to vote.

15th Amendment Mississippi

Poll taxGrandfather clause

Segregation

Segregation- separationNorth and South

Jim Crow LawsSouth

Civil Rights Act 18751883 Supreme Court

Courts and Segregation

Civil Rights Act of 1875 Plessy v. Ferguson 1896 Brown v. Board of Education 1954

Plessy vs. Ferguson

Homer Plessy Louisiana “separate but equal”

Impact of Plessy Decision Discrimination in the South

African Americans’ progress halted Violence towards African Americans Not equal facilities Military units segregated NAACP

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