POLI 2051 Chapter : Chapter 5 Civil Rights
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Jim crow laws mandates forced segregation of whites and african americans and prohibited interracial marriage: southern states used poll taxes, literacy tests, and property qualifications to deny vote to african americans. In plessy v. ferguson (1896), the supreme court established separate but equal doctrine supporting segregation: the naacp successfully challenged some segregation laws and ushered in an era of more equal citizenry. In brown v. board of education (1954), the supreme court ruled that segregated facilities are by definition unequal. In 1955, the supreme court ordered desegregation of public schools with all deliberate speed : the brown decision led to a popular civil rights movement and federal civil rights legislation. In 1920s, congress strictly limited immigration from asia: during world war ii, u. s. government forced hundreds of thousands of. Lost a lot of personal property: were told that this was a way to protect them from their fellow.
