In their attempt to ensure white supremacy decades after emancipation, in the early 20th century, most southern states created laws based on the one-drop rule, defining as black, persons with any known African ancestry. This was a stricter interpretation than what had prevailed in the 19th century; it ignored the many mixed families in the state and went against commonly accepted social rules of judging a person by appearance and association. Some courts called it "the traceable amount rule." Anthropologists called it an example of a hypodescent rule, meaning that racially mixed persons were assigned the status of the socially subordinate group. COUNT 13
QSN1 What is the one-drop rule? ANS1 defining as black, persons with any known African ancestry QSN2 What did some courts call the one-drop rule? ANS2 "the traceable amount rule." QSN3 What is a hypodesecnt rule? ANS3 meaning that racially mixed persons were assigned the status of the socially subordinate group QSN4 When was the one-drop rule in effect? ANS4 in the early 20th century QSN5 What is the one-drop rule? ANS5 black, persons with any known African ancestry. QSN6 What is the hypodescent rule? ANS6 racially mixed persons were assigned the status of the socially subordinate group. QSN7 Why were laws like the one drop rule enacted? ANS7 In their attempt to ensure white supremacy decades after emancipation QSN8 What made the one drop rule stricter than rules in the 19th century? ANS8 it ignored the many mixed families in the state and went against commonly accepted social rules of judging a person by appearance and association. QSN9 In the early 1900s, what was did black mean in southern states? ANS9 persons with any known African ancestry QSN10 Prior to the 1900s, what was the socially accepted rule for racial interpretation? ANS10 judging a person by appearance and association. QSN11 What rule means multiracial people are given status of the socially subordinate group? ANS11 a hypodescent rule QSN12 What was the rule used in law in the 1900s called? ANS12 the one-drop rule QSN13 What was the rule in the 1800s called? ANS13 the traceable amount rule