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lms history test
Question | Answer |
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13th amendment (date/definition) | 1865/ abolished slavery |
14th amendment (date/definition) | 1868/ equal treatment under the law for people of any race |
15th amendment (date/definition) | 1870/ voting rights regardless of race |
Plessy vs. Ferguson (date/definition) | 1896/ court trial about separate cars on a train—Supreme Court said it was okay to have “separate but equal” facilities |
integration | the process of opening a group, community, place, or organization to all, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, religion, gender, or social class |
segregation | the practice of keeping ethic, racial, religious, or gender groups separate, especially by enforcing the use of separate schools, transportation, or housing, and usually discriminating against a minority group |
“separate but equal” (date/definition) | 1896-1954/ legal doctrine in United States Constitutional law that justified systems of segregation (from 1896 to 1954) |
Brown vs. Board of Education (date/definition) | 1954/ court trial which decided that “separate but equal” was inherently unequal; schools should be integrated |
NAACP (definition/explanation) | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People/ group which worked for equal rights of blacks, supported Little Rock Nine (and Rosa Parks, and MLKing Jr) |
KKK (definition/explanation) | Klu Klux Klan/ a secret society of white supremacists, who use violence and intimidation |