1. Chapter 16-3 Segregation & Discrimination

2. Literacy Test Region: South Who: African Americans, illiterate whites
How: Prevented them from voting; weakening political power

3. Poll Tax Region: South Who: Poor African Americans, poor whites
How: Prevented them from voting; weakened political power
Had to pay tax in order to vote
Abolished 1964 (24th Amendment)

4. Grandfather Clause Region: South Who: African Americans
How: Prevented them from voting; weakened their political power
If your Grandfather/father could vote prior to January 1st 1867 you could too

5. Jim Crow Laws Region: South Who: African Americans
How: Segregated them into facilities separate from those of whites; forced them to endure second-class services from schools, hospitals, parks, transportation services, and so on
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) Separate but Equal

6. Racial Etiquette Region: All, Especially in South
Who: African Americans
How: Belittled and humiliated them on daily basis; made interaction with whites extremely dangerous; forced them to show deference to whites; made most forms of success dangerous

7. Debt Peonage Region: West, Southwest
Who: Mexican Americans, African Americans
How: Forced them to work against their will to pay a debt; made them little more than slaves; denied them the ability to live own lives

8. Chinese Exclusion Act Region: All Who: Chinese, Chinese Americans
How: Prohibited Chinese immigration to the US; suspended naturalization for Chinese who were already present