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Plessy v. Ferguson

Mrs. Baugh US History Pages 382-383, 964. Plessy v. Ferguson. 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. 15 th Amendment

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Plessy v. Ferguson

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  1. Mrs. Baugh US History Pages 382-383, 964 Plessy v. Ferguson

  2. Vocabulary • Disfranchising • Poll tax • Grandfather Clause • Segregation • Jim Crow Laws

  3. Disfranchising African Americans • Disfranchising- to deprive (a person) of a right of citizenship , as of the right to vote. • 15thAmendment • Mississippi • Poll tax • Grandfather clause

  4. Segregation • Segregation- separation • North and South • Jim Crow Laws • South • Civil Rights Act 1875 • 1883 Supreme Court

  5. Courts and Segregation • Civil Rights Act of 1875 • Plessy v. Ferguson 1896 • Brown v. Board of Education 1954

  6. Plessy vs. Ferguson • Homer Plessy • Louisiana • “separate but equal”

  7. Impact of Plessy Decision • Discrimination in the South • African Americans’ progress halted • Violence towards African Americans • Not equal facilities • Military units segregated • NAACP

  8. The END!!!!

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