Events
what is the Civil Rights Act of 1875
The bill guaranteed all citizens, regardless of color, access to accommodations, theatres, public schools, churches, and cemeteries.
What were the Jim Crow Laws
The Jim Crow laws mandated racial segregation in all public facilities in the states of the former Confederate States of America and in some others
What is the Reconstruction Amendments 13th, 14th, & 15th
The 13th Amendment abolished slavery. The 14th Amendment gave citizenship to all people born in the US. The 15th Amendment gave Black Americans the right to vote.
What is segragation
the action or state of setting someone or something apart from others.
Why were the laws that mandated racial segregation in all public facilities in the states of the former Confederate States of America and in some others called the Jim crow laws
The term "Jim Crow" came from a song in a minstrel show in the 1830s. Blackening his face in order to resemble an African American, a performer sang and danced a routine making fun of a silly black person, called "Jim Crow." Gradually this character's name came to stand for segregation and discrimination against African Americans in the late nineteenth century
What is Plessy v Ferguson 1896
What is the ruling in this Supreme Court case upheld a Louisiana state law that allowed for "equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races."
What is De Jure
De jure is the Latin expression for “by law” or “by right” and is used to describe a practice that exists by right or according to law.
What is Jurisdiction
Power of a court to adjudicate cases and issue orders
What is Sharecropping
Sharecropping is a system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop.
What is the Niagara Movement
what is the movement was dedicated to obtaining civil rights for African-Americans.
what is the Grandfather Clause
The grandfather than were an exemption that allows persons or entities to continue with activities or operations that were approved before the implementation of new rules, regulations, or laws.
What is Involuntary servitude
The condition of being forced to labor against one's will.
What are Historically Black Colleges (HBCUs)
Public and private institutions established before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in the United States.
What is Reconstruction
The era in american history that the united states went through in assimilating all people of different races and tried to establish there identity.
What was a Land grant institution
The land grant institutions were the laws that gave states public lands provided the lands be sold or used for profit and the proceeds used to establish one college
What is De Facto
De facto is used to indicate that something is a particular thing, even though it was not planned or intended to be that thing.
What was the Home rule
Under home rule, a county or municipality can do anything that's not specifically denied by the state constitution, the General Assembly, or the charter itself.
what is the Poll Tax
A tax a person is required to pay before he or she is allowed to vote. Caused many african americans not to vote because of their poverty.
What were civil rights
The Civil Rights were the idea that banned all discrimination based on race, including racial segregation in schools, businesses, and in public accommodations.
What were the Black Codes
these laws were used to enforce racial segregation and curtail the power of Black voters.
What was Discrimination
Discrimination is the unfair or prejudicial treatment of people and groups based on characteristics