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The '''Jim Crow Laws''' were laws passed in the Southern part of the [[United States]] in the late 19th and early 20th century by state legislatures. They intentionally deprived [[African-American]]s of the right to vote and created a racially segregated society.

The '''Jim Crow Laws''' were laws passed in the Southern and border states of the [[United States]] in the late 19th and early 20th century by state legislatures. They intentionally deprived [[African-American]]s of the right to vote and created a racially segregated society in the South.  There were no such laws passed in the North, but an informal system of segregation nevertheless emerged there, called "de facto segregation" in contrast to "de jure" (by law) segregation in the South.

 

The '''Jim Crow Laws''' limited the ability of [[African American]]s to vote through the [[poll tax]], [[literacy test]], and [[grandfather clause]].  The poll tax and literacy test required voters to pay a fee to vote, and prove their ability to read before voting.  This rendered many African Americans unable to vote because the majority of the newly free slaves were illiterate, and lacked extra money to pay the poll tax.  The [[grandfather clause]] allowed poor, illiterate white people to circumvent the [[poll tax]] and [[literacy test]], by allowing anyone whose ancestors could vote in 1867 to skip the test and tax.<ref>US Government and Politics</ref>

The '''Jim Crow Laws''' limited the ability of [[African American]]s to vote through the [[poll tax]], [[literacy test]], and [[grandfather clause]].  The poll tax and literacy test required voters to pay a fee to vote, and prove their ability to read before voting.  This rendered many African Americans unable to vote because the majority of the newly free slaves were illiterate, and lacked extra money to pay the poll tax.  The [[grandfather clause]] allowed poor, illiterate white people to circumvent the [[poll tax]] and [[literacy test]], by allowing anyone whose ancestors could vote in 1867 to skip the test and tax.<ref>US Government and Politics</ref>

==See Also==

==See Also==

 

*[[Civil Rights]]

*[[Civil Rights]]

*[[Civil Rights Movement]]

*[[Civil Rights Movement]]