Civil Rights
What happened to the Civil Rights Act of 1875?
It was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
When did Reconstruction begin?
1865
What does "Separate but Equal" mean?
It means that black and white people in America could be forced to use separate public facilities as long as they were equal.
What were the Black Codes?
Laws designed to limit the freedom of black Americans.
When did Reconstruction end?
1877.
What were Jim Crow laws?
Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that legalized racial segregation.
False, they were usually Republicans.
What was the Compromise of 1877?
An agreement between the Republican and Democratic party where the Democrats would let Rutherford Hayes become president if he appointed a Southern Democrat as a cabinet member and removed all federal soldiers from the South. It led to the official end of the Reconstruction era in the South.
What were the Apprentice Laws?
Apprentice laws provided for the “hiring out” of black orphans and other children to white people, who often turned out to be their former owners in return for learning the white persons trade and getting an education.
President Andrew Johnson was a big supporter of racial equality. True or False?
False, he did not believe in racial equality at all.
What was the Ten Percent Plan? Who created the plan?
It was where 10% of voters in each Southern state had to take an oath of allegiance and promise to never secede (break away) again before the state could rejoin the Union. It was created by President Abraham Lincoln.
What was the result of Plessy v. Ferguson.
It resulted in the Civil Rights Act of 1875 being declared unconstitutional and Separate but Equal being legalized.
What did the 14th Amendment to the Constitution do?
It gave black Americans the same rights and protections under the law as white Americans.
What was the purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?
It was meant to help former slaves adapt to the nation after they were freed following the end of the Civil War.
What was / is the goal of the Ku Klux Klan and the White League.
To terrorize black Americans and promote the concept of white superiority.