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Jim Crow Laws

Published on Nov 06, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

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