chapter 8 – life at the turn of the twentieth century mr. allen u.s. history

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CHAPTER 8 – LIFE AT THE TURN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY MR. ALLEN U.S. HISTORY

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Page 1: CHAPTER 8 – LIFE AT THE TURN OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY MR. ALLEN U.S. HISTORY

CHAPTER 8 – LIFE AT THE TURN OF THE TWENTIETH

CENTURYMR. ALLEN

U.S. HISTORY

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CHAPTER 8.3 – SEGREGATION AND DISCRIMINATION

• After Reconstruction, African Americans started a long fought battle to overcome discrimination.

• For at least 10 years after the end of Reconstruction, African Americans in the South continued to vote and occasionally hold political office.

• Until the turn of the century, where states adopted legal policies of racial discrimination

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VOTING RESTRICTIONS

• Literacy tests

• Varied difficulty of questions by white pols

• Poll tax – hurt poor Blacks

• Grandfather Clause – 1/1/1867 – father or grandfather could vote

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Plessy v Ferguson

• Supreme court ruled that separation of races in public accommodations was legal and did not violate the 14th amendment

• Separate but equal – segregated facilities for blacks and whites as long as equal service is provided.

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• Blacks who did not follow the racial etiquette could face severe punishment or death

• Between1882 and 1892, more than 1400 African-American men and women were shot, burned or hanged without trial in the South

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• The reverse of separate but equal happens on a train, when a drunken white passenger is thrown in the negro car.