POL SCI 40 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Jim Crow Laws, Southern Democrats, Literacy Test
24 Dec 2016
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Everyone born/naturalized in us = citizen of state they reside in. No state shall deprive anyone of life/liberty/property w/o process of law. Equal protection of laws reconstruction if states fail to allow black males to vote, the number of seats in houses will be reduced proportionately failed/temporary. When democrats seized control of tennessee and virginia, african. Americans saw their newly acquired status as freed go down rise of kkk and demobilization of union army. Jim crow laws: named after a popular minstrel show character of the era, adopted throughout the south to deprive black citizens powers/rights to vote and physically separate them and whites. Many gov service or social interaction affected: to secure segregation, southern states had to prevent black citizens from voting. Excluded african americans from voting in primary elections. Vote(cid:396)s (cid:373)ust (cid:396)ead a(cid:374)d i(cid:374)te(cid:396)p(cid:396)et a(cid:396)(cid:272)a(cid:374)e passages of the state"s: supreme court declared it constitutional constitution.
