Key Terms
KKK
The Government
Violence
Potpourri
100
Murders because of racial hatred in harsh and public ways
What are lynchings
100
the abbreviated form is KKK
What is Ku Klux Klan
100
the person who won the presidency in 1868 despite great violence in TN
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
100
the place where a riot occurred in 1866
What is Memphis
100
gave African American men the right to vote
What is the 15th amendment
200
situations where large groups of people behave in an uncontrolled and violent way
What are riots
200
how the late night rides in sheets and hoods started by the KKK
What is boredom
200
the governor or Tennessee who passed the Ku Klux Klan Act
Who is William Brownlow
200
the way in which thousands of black people were murdered publicly
What is lynching
200
outlaws slavery in the United States
What is the 13th amendment
300
the practice of keeping people of different races apart
What is segregation
300
the first leader of the KKK
Who is Nathan Bedford Forrest
300
when the military controls an area instead of the local government
What is martial law
300
91 houses set on fire, 46 blacks and 2 whites died, 75 others shot during this violent act
What is the damage caused by the Memphis riots
300
something that African Americans cannot use after Jim Crow laws were passed
What is certain drinking fountains, bathrooms, trains, businesses, buses, libraries, schools, etc.
400
a tax citizens pay in order to vote
What is a poll tax
400
keeping black citizens "in their place"
What is the main goal of the KKK
400
Tennessee remade this in 1870
What is the state constitution
400
people called the KKK this type of organization because it used violence to achieve political goals
What is terrorist
400
a term used to describe society where black people "knew their place"
What is the "Old South"
500
laws that are designed to keep black and white people separate
What are Jim Crow laws
500
a law passed to put a stop to the Klan's violence in Tennessee
What is the Ku Klux Klan Act
500
the Democratic party gained control of Tennessee when this man took office after Gov. Brownlow
Who is DeWitt Senter
500
a fight broke out between black soldiers and Memphis police officers
What is the cause of the Memphis riots
500
the name of that really cool girl from Johnson University who was in your class on Mondays these past 5 weeks and taught you about Jim Crow laws
Who is Miss Lemke
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