Question
% What was life like during the end of Reconstruction and the era of Jim Crow for freedmen? Use alteas
following terms in your response.
Jim Crow
Literacy test
Disenfranchisement
Grandfather Clause
Answer
Life for freedmen during the end of Reconstruction and the era of Jim Crow was extremely difficult. They were subject to Jim Crow laws which enforced racial segregation and discrimination. They were also denied the right to vote through literacy tests, disenfranchisement, and the Grandfather Clause.