PPT-Plessy

v Ferguson Background Louisiana railways were to provide equal but separate accommodations for the white amp colored races Homer Plessy decided to test the law he sat in a whites only section from New Orleans to Covington Louisiana he refused to move when the conductor asked. By: Kaitlyn Cramer. Brief History. Immediately after the Civil War, segregation began to rise in the South. . http://comminfo.rutgers.edu/~srussell/2004/dave/civilwar.html. The 1800’s were characterized by . “. . Government corruption encouraged the public to demand more control – some minor, some major changes to the capitalist system. Reforms affected local, state, and national government. Examples:. v. Ferguson. and. Brown V. Board of Education. A history of the constitutionality of segregation in the United States. Christine . Glacken. . Essential Questions. What is the historical significance of…???. 60. th. Anniversary . Post Civil . War - Racial Tensions . Still High. Voting rights were restricted through polling . taxes, . literacy . tests, and terrorism by the KKK and others.. Example of an actual . Business Law – Chapter 1 . Sources of Law. Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896 . Police arrested Homer Plessy for refusing to leave a railroad car that prohibited “colored” people. Under Louisiana law, Plessy was “colored” because he was one-eighth black. The Court ruled that the race-based “Jim Crow” laws did not violate the Constitution as long as the states proffered separate but equal treatment.. BOOK II. IMMIGRANTS. 1865-1900. 885,000-3.2 MILLION. 26 MIL.. 35% POPULATION. IMMIGRANTS. GREAT BRITAIN. 1910-2 MIL. CHILDREN. TEXTILE MILLS. 70 HRS./WEEK. .10-.20/DAY. FEMALE. WOMEN. 1880-1900. 2.6-5 MILLION. Cause and Effect. Presentation Goals. * Overview of Civil Rights Events. Looking at events that led from segregation to integration. The events we will be examining are . Plessy. v. Ferguson, Jim Crow Laws, WWII discrimination, Brown v. Board of Education, and the Little Rock Nine. Essay Due Friday, August 19th. Should the two schools in Cleveland, Mississippi, be forced to integrate?. Due at beginning of class. No more than 2 pages. Typed. MLA format. Must include rough draft stapled behind final draft. Objectives: Students will be able to…(1) define . Plessy. vs. Ferguson (2) analyze a primary . source. Homework: Chapter 16 DUE TOMORROW. Segregated Proms?? . Read the article and answer the questions at the end. . November 4, 2013. Discrimination in the New South. Standard: SS8H7. The student will evaluate key political, social, and economic changes that occurred . in . G. eorgia . between 1877 & 1918.. Standard: SS8H7. © 2014 Brain Wrinkles. SS8H7bc. Standards. SS8H7 The student will evaluate key political, social, and economic changes that occurred in Georgia between 1877 and 1918. . b. . Analyze how rights were denied to African-Americans through Jim Crow laws, Plessy v. Ferguson, disenfranchisement, and racial violence. . APUSH - Spiconardi. “Strange Fruit”. Southern trees bear strange fruit. Blood on the leaves and blood at the root. Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze. Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees. . “. Separate But Equal. ”. Power point created by Robert L. Martinez. Primary Content: . The Americans. In 1892, Homer . Plessy. took a seat in the “whites only” car of a train and refused to move. He was arrested, and convicted for breaking Louisiana’s segregation law.. (1896). Everything You Need To . K. now . A. bout Plessy v. Ferguson To Succeed In APUSH. www.Apushreview.com. Key Ideas Before The Case. Reconstruction Amendments:. 13. th. Amendment. Abolished slavery.