Jim Crow Webquest

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Use the following links to complete the questions for the webquest.

 

 

Webquest Questions

1. Who was Plessy?

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2. What was his complaint?

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3. How did the Supreme Court rule?

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4. Was it unanimous?

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5. How did that ruling set up the conditions for Jim Crow laws to be enacted and enforced?

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6. Who was Jim Crow?

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7. Who was Thomas Dartmouth Rice?

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8. What was a minstrel show?

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9. When were the minstrel shows popular?  What led to their loss in popularity?

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10. Choose 3 different laws (each law must come from a different state). How would you react to having to obey that particular law?