in-class #8: Civil Rights Amendments review and BROWN and PLESSY review
In "We the People", read pages 122-124 only and answer the questions below:
1.What were the "Civil War Amendments" and what was each intended to accomplish?
2. What were the "Black Codes and what was the real purpose for them?
3. Why did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 not do much to change things for African-Americans?
4. What three ways did Southern states act to prevent African Americans from getting power after the 15th Amendment?
In "We the People", read pages 133-135 and answer the questions below:
5. Explain the separate but equal doctrine of PLESSY V. FERGUSON.
6. What was the reason given by Justice John Harlen for disagreeing with the rest of the Supreme Court justices in PLESSY?
7. What happened as a result of PLESSY and how did it encourage Jim Crow (segregation) laws?
8. Why did the Supreme Court in BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION reverse the PLESSY decision?
1.What were the "Civil War Amendments" and what was each intended to accomplish?
2. What were the "Black Codes and what was the real purpose for them?
3. Why did the Civil Rights Act of 1866 not do much to change things for African-Americans?
4. What three ways did Southern states act to prevent African Americans from getting power after the 15th Amendment?
In "We the People", read pages 133-135 and answer the questions below:
5. Explain the separate but equal doctrine of PLESSY V. FERGUSON.
6. What was the reason given by Justice John Harlen for disagreeing with the rest of the Supreme Court justices in PLESSY?
7. What happened as a result of PLESSY and how did it encourage Jim Crow (segregation) laws?
8. Why did the Supreme Court in BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION reverse the PLESSY decision?