1. Following reconstruction many southern states passed legislation that became known as Jim Crow laws.

Identify two Jim Crow laws.

Then describe how each law negatively impacted the lives of African Americans.

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1. Following reconstruction many southern states passed legislation that became known as Jim Crow laws.

Identify two Jim Crow laws.

Then describe how each law negatively impacted the lives of African Americans.

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Ronan Keller · Answer 1

It shall be unlawful for a negro and white person to play together or in company with each other in any game of cards or dice, dominoes or checkers."

"Any white woman who shall suffer or permit herself to be got with child by a negro or mulatto ... shall be sentenced to the penitentiary for not less than eighteen months."

Explanation:

The first law makes it harder for African Americans to make connections with other people or have a relationship to anyone who was white.

The second law makes it harder on women or men if they conceived a child with someone who was colored. The woman would go to jail and the father would be left to take care of the child.

1. Following reconstruction many southern states passed legislation that became known as Jim Crow laws.Identify two Jim Crow laws.Then describe how each law negatively impacted the lives of African Americans.

1. Following reconstruction many southern states passed legislation that became known as Jim Crow laws.

Identify two Jim Crow laws.

Then describe how each law negatively impacted the lives of African Americans.