Jim Crow Laws — role?
Enforced racial segregation and discrimination.
Major figures — example?
Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Rosa Parks.
Key events — significance?
Led to legal and social changes in civil rights.
Slavery — definition?
Forced labor and ownership of Africans, 1619-1865.
Reconstruction Era — purpose?
Rebuild South, integrate freed slaves, 1865-1877.
Jim Crow Laws — role?
Enforced racial segregation and disenfranchisement.
Segregation — meaning?
Legal/social separation of races.
Disenfranchisement — tactics?
Literacy tests, poll taxes, intimidation.
Civil Rights Movement — start?
Ongoing struggle for racial equality, pre-1950s.
Jim Crow Laws — effect?
Legalized segregation, discriminatory practices.
Answer 9 questions on Civil Rights Movement Fundamentals.
1. What are Jim Crow Laws?
2. Which Supreme Court case in 1896 upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws, thereby reinforcing Jim Crow Laws?
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