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Ch. 3
Post Reconstruction & Jim Crow
Question | Answer |
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Laws passed in many southern states after the Civil War that were designed to regulate the labor, movements, and behavior of former slaves. | Black Codes |
a labor system in which a planter would rent a portion of his land to a farmer who agreed to raise a cash crop and give a share to the farmer, in exchange for the land and access to a house. This kept them tied to the land and unlikely to leave. | Sharecropping |
Laws enacted by southern legislators that restricted the freedom of African Americans and required separate-but equal public facilities for whites and for blacks | Jim Crow Laws |
a type of entertainment featuring songs, dances, and comic routines based on stereotyped depictions of African Americans and typically performed by white actors with blackened faces | Minstrel Show |
a law passed by the Louisiana State Legislature in 1890 which required "equal, but separate" train car accommodations for Blacks and Whites. | Separate Car Act |
a tax that had to be paid before a person could vote | Poll |
a law that gave a person the right to vote if he could demonstrate that his father or grandfather had been a voter before 1867 | Grandfather Clause |
racial separation established by law | Dejure Segregation |
racial separation established by practice and custom | Defacto Segregation |
informal execution for an alleged offence without a legal trial | Lynching |
Which viewpoint on the Jim Crow Laws is expressed in this cartoon? | Jim Crow Laws provide separate, but not equality |
Which explains why former Confederates (Democrats) were unable to vote during the time of military Reconstruction? | They were unable to take an oath that they had been loyal to the Union & were disenfranchised for not accepting Amendments |
Which action would have been supported by Section 4 of the Black Code? | Freedmen were required to sign a labor contract |
Which summarizes the outcome of the Battle of Liberty Place? | Republicans could continue to control Louisiana only with federal support from the President |
The Plessy vs. Ferguson Supreme Court case legally established... | The separate, but equal concept |
How did the Supreme Court’s Plessy v. Ferguson ruling impact southern legislatures? | They passed additional segregation statutes to segregate every aspect |
When Homer Plessy was arrested for refusing to move from the "whites only" rail car, which Constitutional Amendment did Plessy's lawyers argue that his arrest violated? | 14th amendment |
This amendment abolished slavery | 12th amendment |
granted citizenship and equality FOR ALL regardless of race (1866) | 14th amendment |
voting for all MEN over 21 (1869) | 15th amendment |
Why could farmers never escape sharecropping? | They got into a cycle of debt that they could not repay because they were simply too poor |
Act intended to guarantee freedmen equal treatment in public accommodations, such as hotels, public transportation, schools, but in 1883, the Supreme Court ruled that the public accommodation sections of the act were unconstitutional? | Civil Rights Act of 1875 |
Which group believed that white people are superior to others because of their race and formed political and social groups to promote whites and oppress blacks? | White Supremacists |
Which groups were known for racially motivated murders, assaults, death threats, cross burnings, and attacks on homes and they used violence to intimidate blacks and Republican voters? | Ku Klux Klan & White League |
Which was the deadliest single instance of politically motivated violence in the US during Reconstruction. It was a dispute between Republicans and Democrats over who had won the 1872 November elections in LA for local offices? | Colfax Massacre |
What was the goal of the Ku Klux Klan & the White League? | They wanted to terrorize and intimidate African Americans through violence |
public facilities were affected by Jim Crow Laws in LA? (3) | Railroad depots, streetcars, & circuses |
The election results were evenly split between Republicans and Democrats. How were Louisiana’s March 1868 elections affected by the disfranchisement of a large number of Democrats? | Republicans took control of the state government |
Which statement describes an action taken by white southerners who opposed the principles in the Louisiana Constitution of 1868, shown in the Source below? | They founded groups known as the Ku Klux Klan & White League |
Which statement explains why the state legislature passed the new Louisiana Constitution of 1868, shown in Source? | Reconstruction laws required Louisiana to abolish slavery and provide rights to African Americans |
Which conclusion can be drawn about the Constitution of 1868? | The 1868 Constitution was written by Republicans seeking African American support |
What did Democrats add to the LA Construction of 1898 to restrict African Americans from voting? (4) | poll tax, literacy test, grandfather clause, & property requirements |
She used journalism, lectures and political organization to promote rights for African Americans, women’s suffrage, and to bring awareness of the horror and injustice of lynching. She also helped Dubois found the NAACP. | Ida Wells |
He believed African Americans should strive for economic independence and not challenge white supremacy. He also founded the Tuskegee Institute in 1881 | W.E.B Dubois |
He believed the best course for African Americans to achieve equal rights was through education and political defense. and he strongly disagreed with Washington’s approach. He founded the Niagara Movement. | Booker T. Washington |
Her life work focused on the notion of racial uplift and her words—“Lifting as we climb”—became the motto of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW), the group she helped found. | Mary Church Terrell |
funded institutions by granting federally controlled land to the states for them to sell, to raise funds, to establish "land-grant" colleges (ag, mech & arch) without discrimination to African Americans? | Morrill Acts of 1862 & 1890 |
Event that sparked by a newspaper rumor caused armed white mobs to burn & destroy more than 1,000 homes, businesses, and black colleges in African American neighborhoods & terrorized the people. | Atlanta Riot |
Which of the following was a result of the Atlanta Riot of 1906? | People turned to more aggressive approaches towards Civil Rights & black neighborhoods became racially isolated |
organization was established in 1909 (By Dubois, Wells, Terrell, and others)oldest and largest civil rights organization whose mission is to ensure the political, educational, equality of minority group citizens & eliminate race prejudice. | NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) |
Is this Newspaper image from Post Reconstruction a primary or secondary source? | Primary |
What letter is located at 0 (Equator), 25E? | C |
Which LA Constitution is illustrated in the polit. cartoon, We Accept the Situation? | Constitution of 1868 |
Which Amendment in the political cartoon with the elevator poking fun of? | 15th |
Poll taxes restrict... | voting |
Segregated movie theatres restrict... | public accommodations |
Segregated sports teams restrict ... | education |
Segregated buses restrict... | transportation |
Which methods were used to enforce racial segregation and discrimination during Jim Crow? | intimidation, laws, separation |
What were the long term effects of Plessy vs. Ferguson & Racial Discrimination? | “Separate but equal” was just pretended, Misuse of powers, Divide and control by pushing stereotypes and hateful interactions, Promised equality but was denied their freedom. Denied the right to vote through voting restrictions and fear. |
Bourbon democrats and white supremacists used ______________________ to keep control of the government. | violence, fear & restrictions |
Which people did brought about rapid changes for African Americans looking for better opportunities. | Civil Rights leaders, Politicians, Political leaders |
Which viewpoint on the Jim Crows Laws is expressed in the cartoon with the separate train cars? | Jim Crow laws provide separate, but not equality |
Using the Source, which of the following public facilities were affected by Jim Crow Laws in LA? | sharecropping farms |