The Jim Crow Era
10th Grade · Social Studies · 45 min
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Learning Objective
I can describe the key features and impact of Jim Crow laws.
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The Jim Crow system, which lasted from approximately 1877 to 1954, involved the loss of voting rights for African-Americans and the creation of separate public accommodations.
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Jim Crow was the name of a stock character in minstrel shows, which were live performances where white men would wear black makeup to caricature African-Americans.
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Before the Civil War, Southern states relied on African slaves as unfree laborers on cash crop plantations, but after the war, the end of slavery created the problem of how whites and blacks would relate to each other without the system of slavery.
