Power of the Vote
Often confusing and could have different answers depending on who was administering the test
Donated money to charities to help Black women
Who is Mary Church Terrell?
Exposed lynching and other violence against Black Americans in the South
Who is Ida B. Wells?
A legal standard that allowed separate accommodations for Black and White people as long as the quality was the same
What is separate but equal?
Companies could pay jails to lease out prisoners for labor.
What is the convict lease system?
Black voters had to prove their grandfather was registered to vote before 1867
What is the grandfather clause?
Believed Black Americans should accept segregation and work on improving themselves
Who is Booker T. Washington?
Demanded full social, political, and civil rights for Black Americans immediately
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
Eliminated integrated schools, strengthened the power of the governor, and limited the power of the legislature
What is the Louisiana Constitution of 1879?
Laws that were put in place to limit the rights of Black Americans and separate the races
What are Jim Crow laws?
Used as a financial barrier to keep Black and poor White citizens from voting
What are poll taxes?
Believed an educated few could lead social change
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
A university created by Booker T. Washington to help Black Americans learn a trade or other valuable skill for working
What is the Tuskegee Institute?
The government gave states funding to establish colleges and universities specifically for Black students.
What is the Second Morrill Act?
A group that formed after the emancipation of slavery and tried to use terrorist tactics to immediate Black Americans
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
Name three methods of disenfranchisement used by southern governments
What are literacy tests, poll taxes, and grandfather clauses
___________ were established with the Second Morrill Act
What are HBCUs?
Two major civil rights groups during the early Civil Rights movement
What is the Niagara Movement and NAACP?
Guaranteed access to all public places
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1875?
Black Codes ended after this.
What is Reconstruction?
The state government’s attempt at the “purification of the electorate” by establishing grandfather clauses, poll taxes, and other forms of disenfranchisement
What is the Louisiana Constitution of 1898?
Gave Black men the right to vote, integrated schools, and contained the state’s first ever Bill of Rights
What is the Louisiana Constitution of 1868?
Provided medical, educational, and financial aid to newly freed Black Americans
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
He sought to appeal his conviction after being arrested for sitting in a ‘whites only’ train car
Who is Homer Plessy?
Created separate train cars from White and Black passengers
What is the Separate Car Act?