Disenfranchisement and Segregation
By Sean Dudley and Jahnzen Hill
Segretation
The separation of blacks and whites in the 1900
Examples
Jim Crow Laws- local laws enforcing segregation
Brown v.s Board of Education- a case that started integration
Stop blacks from being equal
Plessy v.s Ferguson- a court case that upheld racial segregation
Grandfather clause -only men with freed grand fathers could vote
Poll tax- they had to own property pay to vote and pass literacy test
Gerrymander- draw up an election district
Martial laws- occurs when military forces are used to maintain order