Segregation and Discrimination in the U S of A

1.DBQ REVISION? Turnitin.com

2.Test Make-Up afterschool TODAY

›Re-take: Tues., 1/21

3.Life at the Turn of the 20th Century

1.Discrimination & Segregation

Create a timeline to note the following order of events:

ì1861-1865: CIVIL WAR

ì1860s-70s: RECONSTRUCTION, 15th Amendment

ì1880s: African Americans vote, hold office

ìSTATES: discriminate using voting restrictions

ìliteracy tests

ìpoll tax

ìgrandfather clause: gave the franchise to poor whites

ìSTATES: SEGREGATION

ìJIM CROW LAWS

ì1896: Plessy v. Ferguson: “Separate but Equal” doctrine 
HW: (CLICK HERE FOR READING)

affirm: to agree or support, as when a higher court agrees with the earlier decision of a lower court

In your notebooks:

1.Briefly summarize the facts of the case.

2.What is the issue presented to the U.S. Supreme Court?

3.What was the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court?