Civil Rights Unit Flashcards
Who is Claudette Colvin
First woman to refuse seat, activist
Who is Jo Ann Robinson?
Civil Rights Activist
Who is Thomas Dartmouth Rice?
Black face performer
Who is Beatrice Morrow Cannady?
Black activist, writer in Oregon
What did the 13th amendment pass?
Abolished slavery
What did the 14th amendment pass?
Granted citizenship to people born in US
What did the 15th amendment pass?
Black men can vote
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1875 pass?
Public facilities and serve on jury
What did the 19th amendment pass?
Women vote
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 pass?
Prohibits discrimination in public places
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1965 pass?
Suspended black disenfranchisement
What did Plessy v Ferguson do?
Separate but equal
What did the Brown v Board of education do?
Separate was not equal
What were the Slaughterhouse Cases?
Slaughterhouse owners argued 14th amendment
What are redeemer governments?
White democrats who favored segregation began to gain power in south