Jim Crow Laws and Effects
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After reading the Jim Crow Laws text and reviewing the documents attached
answer the questions below.
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Document A
17. What type of document is this?
18. What is the purpose of this document?
19. What state is this document from?
20. How does the state justify this tax? Do you think this makes it fair?
Document B
21. What type of document is this?
22. List differences between the two water fountains.
16. Rewrite all statements marked “false” to be true statements.
23. Does this document hold up the Plessy Court case idea of “Separate but
Equal?” Explain why.
Document C
24. What type of document is this?
25. How does the dialect and the spelling of the words portray blacks?
26. Why do you think blacks were portrayed this way?
27. Why do you think Jim Crow was chosen to represent blacks?