Civil rights US Flashcards
Segregation
drawing LEGAL lines between groups of people (by low)
when did this issue start?
escalations until Civil War (1861 - 1865), resolutions only in 1865; December 16th
“The 1619 Project”
the US was founded on slavery (the first slaves arrived in the US in 1619)
Where mostly did this take place?
mostly in the south of the US
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
in 1895 - dissolved in 1872 (after executed or jailed)
What was the South KKK’s goal?
seperate African-Americans to faraway places and then back to Africa (violence against Africans and also scalaways, carpetbaggers).
“Jim Crow”
pejorative used for African - Americans (Slur)
When was the Jim Crow era?
1860 - 1965
What is the new KKK?
woodrow wilson associated with the new KKK. Racism as the basis for racialism.
Dog whistle
It’s something a racial person notices, but a regular one won’t.
Racialism
racism motivated by political reasons (radical).