CIVIL RIGHTS & SOCIETY
The enforced separation of races, especially in the South after Reconstruction.
What is segregation?
The period of rebuilding the South after the Civil War.
What is Reconstruction?
The system that enforced racial discrimination through laws after Reconstruction.
What are Jim Crow laws?
The economic crisis beginning in 1929 that led to massive unemployment.
What is the Great Depression?
The movement advocating equal rights and protection under the law for all citizens.
What is civil rights?
FDR’s series of programs designed to combat the Great Depression.
What is the New Deal?
The migration of African Americans from the South to Northern cities during the early 1900s.
What is the Great Migration?
The post–World War II period marked by economic growth and suburban expansion.
What is the Great Awakening / postwar boom?
A social movement of the 1920s that rejected traditional values and embraced new lifestyles.
What is the Jazz Age or counterculture?
The period of rapid industrial growth and urbanization in the late 1800s.
What is the Gilded Age?