Jim Crow - DPChallenge Forums

01/19/2009 08:54:23 PM · #1

anyone out there know good websites or have any good info on the Jim Crow era? i have an essay test tomorrow and the example questions are listed here. im just having problems getting my head together and cant seem to get good info to support these questions. any info peeps?

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01/19/2009 09:14:21 PM · #2

anyone?

NikonJeb

Nikon D850

01/19/2009 09:14:22 PM · #3

Catherine, you've GOT to learn how to use search engines!

They are the ultimate resource.

//www.jimcrowhistory.org/

//www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/

//www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/what.htm

//www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAjimcrow.htm

FIVE minutes and I had these links for you!

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01/19/2009 09:19:05 PM · #4

i acutally visted a few of these before. i guess im just having problems getting the info i need out of the articles:( thanks though, ill check them out again

Mike_Adams

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01/19/2009 09:19:56 PM · #5

what kind of information are you looking for?

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01/19/2009 09:20:55 PM · #6

check out the link i posted in my first post. it has the 6 example q/as we'll be tested on

NikonJeb

Nikon D850

01/19/2009 09:22:24 PM · #7

Hey, cramming for essay tests royally sux!

Just keep reading, and thinking, and let it flow in.

It is what it is.....if you freak and block, you'll bomb, so just try to relax and read what the sites say.

Try not to let the specifics of the trial questions lock you up, just keep reading..

You'll be fine!......8>)

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01/19/2009 09:25:50 PM · #8

im contemplating just winging it tomorrow, since the questions really are quite easy. that makes me nervous though. egads. ill just read for a bit, and do some outlining of possible essays(that usualyl helps me work out what i would say, like the three main points, etc)

photokariangel

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01/19/2009 09:28:20 PM · #9

I just finished a whole essay on Jim Crow laws. I had it down to a T in my head. passed the test...cant remember a thing about them.

bergiekat

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01/19/2009 09:29:59 PM · #10

it's not over yet! Down here there are still die hard racists at every turn.
Google Jim Crow in Dallas or even Jim Crow in "and pick a state or city from the South". You'll find some interesting information.
Dallas recently had issues at city hall over a plaque that said N"o Colored. Jim Crow...something or other" over a water fountain inside the building. There was a big uproar and people wanted it removed. (They covered it up, but left it entact as it was a part of history.) Lots to find if you dig a little.
Here are some links, many of which are personal accounts.
[url=www.freeminds.org/african/peterson.htm]personal experience[/url]
more stuff
current issues
Just get creative with your searches....tons of stuff out there.
Some of this is recent, but tons of historic stuff out there, too.

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01/19/2009 09:30:03 PM · #11

Originally posted by photokariangel:

I just finished a whole essay on Jim Crow laws. I had it down to a T in my head. passed the test...cant remember a thing about them.

LOL that always happens to me. it usually takes me just turning the paper in to forget everything i wrote

Sirashley

Nikon D7200

01/19/2009 10:05:06 PM · #12

1. A quick summary: President Johnson sought to let the seceded states back into the Union with relative ease. This clashed with the ideals of the radical republicans in Congress, who gained control of Congress in 1866. They saw Johnson as a Southern Sympathizer, as he was the Senator and Military Governor of Tennessee through the Civil War, which although it was a neutral border state, harbored numerous southern sympathizers. Johnson wanted a quick end to reconstruction, and his policies were lax. The Radical Republicans wanted to punish the South for its secessation. Actually, Lincoln's policies were also to be relatively loose as well, but Johnson lacked the political tack and trust that Lincoln had. Because of the bickering between Johnson and Congress, which lead to Johnson's impeachment, little was accomplished in terms of actual reconstruction, and you can make an impressive argument that Jim Crow actually survived in the South until the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

2. During the early era of Jim Crow, the South was actually finding ways to politically maneuver around the newly given Constitutional rights to African Americans. The South was quite adept at doing this and it became a game of cat and mouse between the South and Congress. Also worth mentioning, this era was the height of the K.K.K. in the South. They started a reign of terror throughout the South that only a Federal Military intervention would eventually stop. In terms of treatment of African Americans, little changed in the Jim Crow South, as laws were past to keep them in certain areas with certain curfews.

3. Okay, this one goes without saying. It's late and I'm too tired to search for specific examples but just review the laws passed under Jim Crow, and that is how the South maneuvered around Reconstruction...

4.Okay this one goes back to number 1 and the reasons I gave for Johnson not being liked. He really was the wrong President for the wrong time, after all, he was not an elected President. His spats with Congress only delayed Reconstruction of the south, which some historians have argued, was intentional.

5.Again, this one is tied to bickering with Johnson, MAKE SURE YOU MENTION IMPEACHMENT, after all, the charges were kinda trumpted up, make sure to mention the Tenure of Office Act, which was passed by Congress in 1867 as a way of overriding Johnson's ability to remove anyone appointed by the President without senate approval. This was a trap set by the radical republicans, remember, this was lincoln's cabinet, so these were not men Johnson had appointed, but men Lincoln had. Make sure to check Wikipedia for more info on the Tenure of Office Act, it is detailed and legit. Also, Johnson survived impeachment by 1 lonely vote. Lastly, and most importantly, make sure you mention that Johnson vetoed several Civil Rights bills that Congress had tried to pass. Johnson's veto alone prevented many of the republican initiatives from getting through.

6. Unfortunately, my memory is hazy on this one, but if I remember correctly Washington was known for his thoughts on education and his passive attitude towards racism, while Dubois's focal point was on fighting racism. That question you are on your own on :)