2.+Living+in+Jim+Crow+America

 Joey Karnes  __Life in Jim Crow America__  **To set the stage for the civil rights movement, you must first understand the environment of segregation in the United States in the first half of the 20th century. What was life like in Jim Crow America? Cut and paste this information into a new page in your Unit 8 Online ISN. You (and your partner, if you have one) are African Americans who have lived through the era of Jim Crow in America.** **Using the links provided in this activity, respond to the “oral history questions” in first person** **. You can do this in Word by copying this document onto a new document, completing it using the resources below, and cutting and pasting it into a new page on your notebook.**  **1) Right after the Civil War, the 14th Amendment was ratified. What did the 14th Amendment provide for African Americans? What does “due process” and “equal protection of the laws” mean? [|14th LINK]  **    The 14th Amendment granted full citizenship to anyone __born__ in the U.S. They could not take away a citizen’s life, liberty, and property without due process. “Due Process” means that they cannot do it without a reason or problem. “Equal protection of the law” means all men are created equal.    **2) Unfortunately, your equal rights were challenged by the Supreme Court in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson. What do you remember about the facts, decision, and impact of this case? [|Plessy LINK] ** A man named Homer Plessy was forced to drive in a segregated car. It was argued to go against the 14th Amendment. This case went to the U.S. Supreme Court; thus, the Decision was that things could be separated as long as they were __equal.__ This set up segregated or separate areas. Although blacks were __politically__ equal, they were not __socially__ equal.  **3) The laws developed in the South became known as Jim Crow laws. Who was this Jim Crow fellow? Did he write the laws? [| Jim Crow LINK] **  Jim Crow was not a person, however it was the name given to the rules and customs against black people. It was sometimes used as a racial slur or a lazy black character.   **4) What are some specific examples of the Jim Crow laws from southern states? How did the laws affect you? [|Jim Crow Laws LINK 1] / [|Jim Crow Laws LINK 2] / [|Jim Crow Laws LINK 3] **   · Blacks and whites are not to play games together.  · Marriages shall not have one party white and another even 1/8th black, Japanese, or Chinese.  · Blacks and whites must go to different schools.   **5) What did Jim Crow America look like in the 1900s? What are some images that can help explain the realities of the time? [|Jim Crow Images LINK 1] / [|Jim Crow Images LINK 2] **   There was lots of discrimination and segregation. Signs were held to separate blacks and whites in Drinking fountains, bathrooms, and other things.      **6) What happened in the Scottsboro Case? How did it make you feel as an African American in the South? [|Scottsboro LINK] ** <span style="line-height: 26.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> 9 black males were __falsely__ accused of raping a women. They were sentenced to death. As a southern African American this frightens me. I am scared that I will be falsely accused of something and be arrested for it. <span style="line-height: 26.0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;"> **7) Why should anyone care about your lilfe during Jim Crow America? [|Why should I care? Link] ** I should take interest in Jim Crow America because I should be able to put myself in the shoes of an African American and understand what the difficulties and challenges were.