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It marked the end of Reconstruction.
What did the Compromise of 1877 do?
100
racial segregation in public spaces
effects of Jim Crow laws
100
“If the civil and political rights of both races be equal, one cannot be inferior to the other civilly or politically. If one race be inferior to the other socially, the Constitution of the United States cannot put them upon the same plane.”
—Justice Brown, Plessy v. Ferguson
separate but equal
200
States with Jim Crow laws had much higher African American populations.
200
The state legislature was able to enforce segregation in public facilities.
Which was a result of 1898 revisions to the Louisiana Constitution?
200
to counter the discrimination in the American education system
What was the primary purpose of the first Historically Black Colleges and Universities?
300
pursuing educational and economic opportunities
What did Booker T. Washington believe was the best way for African Americans to gain equality?
300
how to achieve the best economic opportunities
—Booker T. Washington / —W. E. B. Du Bois
On what point do the authors of these passages disagree?
300
What did these two women have in common?
They helped found the National Association of Colored Women.
400
“No male person who was on January 1st, 1867, or at any date prior thereto, entitled to vote under the Constitution or statutes of any State of the United States, wherein he then resided, and no son or grandson of any such person not less than twenty-one years of age at the date of the adoption of this Constitution, and no male person of foreign birth, who was naturalized prior to the first day of January, 1898, shall be denied the right to register and vote in this State by reason of his failure to possess the educational or property qualifications prescribed by this Constitution.”
What is the name for this type of law?
grandfather clause
400
Segregation violates the Constitution
What is Justice Harlan’s opinion about segregationist laws?
400
Ida B. Wells
Which African American activist is known for their campaign against lynching?