Chapter 2 section 3 Flashcards
What was the time period after Reconstruction ended? (dates)
late 1800-early 1900
List some things that whites did to blacks
violence, discrimination
What happens when the Southerners strike back?
poll taxes for blacks go up
Who was the person who made the rule that AA (blacks) could vote if their ancestors could before 1867?
Grandfather Clause
What was the problem with Grandfather Clause’s rule?
Before 1867 many AA couldn’t vote, so barely any blacks got to vote.
What did Jim Crow enforce?
segregation-separation of blacks and whites
What was Jim Crow?
a Chereutor
What group appeared first in reconstruction?
The Ku Klux Klan
What did the Ku Klux Klan use to keep blacks from challenging segregation?
terror and violence
In 1885-1900, how many AA were lynched? (hanged without due process)
more than 1,500
Who was Ida B. Wells and where was she from?
She was an AA journalist form Memphis
Who led a fight against lynching and then moved to Chicago?
Ida B. Wells
Freebee!
Tid Bit: Not only did the South have discrimination, but the North did too.
What Institute did Booker T. Washington found, where was it, and what year did he found it?
Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, 1881
Who was Booker T. Washington?
a leader of equality
