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gDuring the period known as Reconstruction after the Civil War, free blacks enjoyed the luxuries given to them by the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the United States Constitution which included voting rights, and all the rights guaranteed to citizens of the United States. But as Reconstruction came to an end, the discrimination against the former slaves became more and more evident. Examples of such discrimination included, but were certainly not limited to, segregation, discrimination at jobs, and, many times, they were not allowed to practice their constitutional right to vote. The obstacles faced by blacks on the road to equal status went by the name Jim Crow.
ssssJim Crow was the name of a character in minstrel show. A minstrel show was the way whites used African American stereotypes in their shows and painted their faces black in an attempt to poke fun at the blacks. How the term came about to describe the discrimination faced by African Americans is not known. There are many places where Jim Crow laws got their origins such as the Black Codes, and segregation before the Civil War.
pppWhite supremacy became an issue around the late 1880s. Many issues facing the United States including the conquest of the peoples in the Philippines, Hawaii, and Cuba caused this.