Civil Rights Act

Question 1

What did the Civil Rights Act of 1875 do?

Answer 1

Prohibited businesses that served the public from discriminating against African-Americans

This affected hotels,transportation,restrooms

Question 2

For whites to get around the Civil Rights act of 1875 they?

Answer 2

Make whites and colored everything

Separate but equal they think

Question 3

The black men being able to vote triggered what?

Answer 3

The Women’s Rights movement

Question 4

The Civil Rights Act of 1875 does what to the KKK?

Answer 4

Bears them down till they attack any blacks who aren’t Catholic

Question 5

What is the Compromise of 1877?

Answer 5

When Hayes is accepted the President

Republicans take federal troops of of the south

North provides economic aid to the south

Question 6

What causes the Compromise of 1877?

Answer 6

The first election when south is rejoined

Election is corrupted by whites who threaten blacks not to vote

Question 7

What results after the Compromise of 1877?

Answer 7

Reconstruction governments fall apart

Redeemers took over state governments

Redeemers rewrite state constitutions

Massive loss of rights for blacks

Question 8

The Republican’s final act before leaving office was the?

Answer 8

Civil Rights Act of 1875