JIM CROW LAWS

DESCRIPTION

• kept races separate
• Enforces segregation

IMPACT ON AFRICAN AMERICANS

• The AA were treated unfairly
• The two races had to be separate
• Ex. Library's, transportation and bathrooms

PURPOSE

• Cause less conflict between whites and AA
• They thought they were being equal
• Everything was separate

UNDERMINED RECONSTRUCTION

• Fourteenth amendment
• For equal protection and voting rights