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New South
10 words (set 12)
Term | Definition |
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poll tax | a disenfranchising technique that required voters to pay a fee in order to vote |
Jim Crow Laws | laws created by state legislatures to deny African Americans citizenship rights |
segregate | separate by race |
Plessy v. Ferguson | Supreme Court case that established separate by equal doctrine thus promoting segregation |
Leo Frank Case | trial where a Northern Jewish pencil factory manager was accused of murdering 13 year old Mary Phagan & found guilty of the crime |
disenfranchisement | to deprive a person the right to vote or rights of citizenship |
Separate but Equal | Supreme Court ruling that legalized racial segregation as long as the facilities were equally funded |
literacy test | a disenfranchising tactic that required voters to pass a reading & writing test in order to vote |
grandfather clause | disenfranchisement law that said if a person's father could vote before the Civil War he would be able to vote as well |
convict lease system | system that allowed business owners to lease convicts (prisoners) in exchange for providing them with housing, food, & clothing |