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1. What is “Jim Crow?”
A Century of Segregation
1863-1880
Click on Freedmen’s Bureau – How did the Bureau help newly freed slaves transition to freedom?
Click on Reconstruction – What was a goal of Radical Republicans?
Click on Ku Klux Klan – The KKK quickly changed from a social club to a ______.
Click on 14th Amendment – Briefly explain what each amendment did.
13th Amendment –
14th Amendment –
15th Amendment –
Click on Civil Rights Act – The Civil Rights Act was passed to give American equality in which areas?
1881 – 1900
Click on Tuskegee Institute Founded – What was the Tuskegee Institute?
1901-1920
Click on The Souls of Black Folk – Who wrote it? What was it about?
Click on Niagara Movement – Who was there? What was it?
1939-1954
Click on Brown V. The Board of Education – Which earlier court case did this one overturn?
Jim Crow Stories
People
Choose one person and describe in at least 3 sentences, how they tried to improve their world.
Personal Narratives
Choose one person’s story and describe in at least 3 sentences what they experienced during Jim Crow.
Events
Click on Plessy v. Ferguson – Who was Homer Plessy? Why was he arrested and what did he do about it?
Choose 2 other events and summarize in at least 2 sentences each how they impacted the Jim Crow era.
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Organization –
Choose 1 organization and explain how it played a role in this time period.
A National Struggle
Click on The President – Which presidents were helpful in the fight for Civil Rights? Which were not?
Click on The Supreme Court – Who was Thurgood Marshall?
Tools and Activities
Voting Then, Voting Now
Try to vote, keep trying to vote. Write a paragraph describing obstacles that African Americans faced while trying to vote. At what point would you have given up?
Check out the literacy test. Approximately how many could you answer correctly. How quickly could you finish?
Ways of Seeing - Describe your reactions and impressions of the 3 images.
Racial Realites
Click on Unwritten Rules… Unwritten Legacy
Do one or all of the activities and write a response. Do you think the legacy of Jim Crow is behind us or are there any reminders of this era today?
Jim Crow Quiz
Try it and show us your score when you finish.