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Post Civil War
US History of Sports
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where was the K.K.K. Formed? | Tennesse |
| Why was the K.K.K. formed? | To combat the end of slavery |
| Who were the candidates in the Election of 1876? | Samuel Tilden (Democratic) Rutherford Hayes (Republican) |
| Who was the Democratic candidate in the Election of 1876? | Samuel Tilden |
| Who was the Republican candidate in the Election of 1876? | Rutherford Hayes |
| Who originally won the election? | Samuel Tilden (Democratic) |
| Why was the Election of 1876 Notorious? | The election of 1876 was notorious, because originally Samuel Tilden won, but 3 states opened an investigation and recounted their votes. The 3 states would flip from Samuel Tilden to Rutherford Hayes, and Hayes would become the President. |
| What is reconstruction? | The act or process of building, creating, or organizing something again after it has been damaged, destroyed, or disrupted. Regarding the coloured people after slavery and the civil war. |
| What is the compromise of 1876? | Rutherford Hayes will pull all remaining troops out of the south and end reconstruction. |
| What were the 3 voting restrictions for people of colour? | - Must pay a poll tax-payment to vote - Literacy test, proof of literacy to vote - Grandfather clause, if your grandfather could vote, you can vote. If he could not vote, you could not vote. |
| When was the Separate Car Act introduced? | 1890 only in Louisiana |
| What 3 states challenged the election and recounted? | South Carolina, Florida, Louisiana |
| Who is Homer Plessy? | Homer Plessy was a mixed man who challenged the Separate Car Act. He bought a ticket on a white train on June 7th, 1892. Refuses to move to black car, gets kicked out and arrested. |
| What is Ferguson? | Ferguson is the train company that Plessy took to trial, 4 years later for being taken off of the train and into custody. |
| Who is John Marshall Harlon? | John Marshall Harlon, known as "The Great Dissenter" is the only judge in the Supreme Court that voted in favor of Homer Plessy. 8 others voted in favor of Ferguson Train company. |
| "Separate But Equal" | This term is what came out of the case in court. Black and whites are equal, but will be separated. |
| Who is Booker T. Washington? | Booker T. Washington, a man of mixed race was born on the 5th of April in 1856. He ran Tuskegee Institute (University), starting in 1881. In 1892 Washington starts the National Negro Business League. |
| What is the speech Washington gave in 1895? | In 1895, Washington gave a speech to wealthy whites called the "Atlanta Compromise" in Atlanta, Georgia. |
| What year did Theodore Roosevelt invite Washington to the White House? | Booker T. Washington was invited to the white house in 1903, the first black man to be invited for a political meeting. |
| Who is W.E.B. Dubois? | W.E.B. DuBois, born February 23rd in 1868 attended Fisk University and was one of the first five black people to graduate from Harvard University. DuBois looked up to Washington at first glance. |
| What is the meaning of "talented tenth"? | DuBois came up with this saying; meaning that 1 out of 10 coloured people will be leaders. Doctors, lawyers, politicians and break through racism. The other 9 will follow equality. |
| What was DuBois first movement that failed? | It was called the Niagara movement, and the meeting failed. |
| What successful movement for DuBois help form? | DuBois helps form the "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People". The group was funded by wealthy whites and the mission was to break down racist laws. It was not just black people, it was any minority. |
| What was DuBois job in the NAACP? | DuBois wrote articles for the movement group called "The Crisis". He is the voice for the NAACP. |
| What does Booker T. Washington's nickname become? | Washington now is called "The Great Accommodator" as many feel he sold out to the whites but acknowledging "Separate but Equal" during his speech at the Atlanta Compromise. |
| What is the Great White Hope? | The Great White Hope was the find of a white man to defeat Jack Johnson and take back his heavyweight title. |
| When did the Great White Hope occur? | Many fights occurred during the year 1909; Johnson never lost. |
| Who is Stanley Ketchell? | Stanley Ketchell, known as the "Michigan Assassin" fought Johnson as part of the Great White Hope. Ketchell and Johnson knew each other, had fought before, and gambled together. |
| Describe Ketchell vs Johnson fight | This fight took place on October 16th, 1909 and both parties agreed that this would be a fixed fight. They would make the fight long to sell to theatres and make profit. |
| Who won the fight? Johnson vs Ketchell? | Both agreed Johnson would win, but in the 12th round Ketchell decided to hit Johnson in the jaw and knock him down; going against the agreement. Johnson got up and knocked Ketchell's teeth out so hard that they stuck in his glove. |
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