Events And Dates Flashcards
When was the 13th amendment passed ?
1865
What was the 13th amendment
In addition to banning slavery, the amendment outlawed the practice of involuntary servitude and peonage
When was the freedmans bureau set up and who set it up
1865, Congress
What was the freedmans bureau
established in 1865 by Congress to help millions of former black slaves and poor whites in the South in the aftermath of the Civil War
What were black codes ?
Black codes were restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force after slavery was abolished during the Civil War
What did black codes force people to do ?
Black people to sign yearly labor contracts; if they refused, they risked being arrested, fined and forced into unpaid labor.
When were black codes passed ?
1866
When was the first civil rights act ?
1866
What was the civil rights act of 1866 ?
All persons born in the United States are now citizens.
When is the 14th amendment?
1868
What was the 14th amendment?
granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and slaves who had been emancipated
When was the 15th amendment?
1870
What was the 15th amendment?
guarantees the right of male citizens of the United States to vote regardless of race, color or previous condition of servitude.
What were the enforcement acts ?
three bills passed by the United States Congress between 1870 and 1871. They were criminal codes that protected African-Americans’ right to vote, to hold office, to serve on juries, and receive equal protection of laws.
When was the slaughter house case ?
1873
What did the slaughter house case represent
gave every state the right to create their own laws and southern states enacted the first segregation laws known as the Jim Crow laws.
When was strauder vs Virginia
1880
What did the virgins vs strayder case represent
the U.S. Supreme Court rules that African Americans could not be excluded from juries.
What positive was there for blsck people in 1880 ?
During the 1880s, African Americans in the South reach a peak of numbers in being elected and holding local offices, even while white Democrats are working to assert control at state level.
When did Booker T Washington open up the Tuskegee institute
1881
When did Booker T Washington announce the Atlanta compromise ?
1895
What was the Atlanta compromise ?
The agreement was that Southern blacks would work and submit to white political rule, while Southern whites guaranteed that blacks would receive basic education and due process in law
When was plessy v Ferguson
1896
What was plessy vs Ferguson ?
the U.S. Supreme Court upholds de jure racial segregation of “separate but equal” facilities.
When was Williams vs Mississippi
1898
What was Williams vs Mississippi?
- the US Supreme Court upheld the poll tax, disenfranchisement clauses, literacy tests, and the grandfather clause, all of which were features of the 1890 Mississippi Constitution and statutes.
- helped enforce the suppression of African Americans’ civil rights in Mississippi and other states.
When was the niagara movement ?
1905
What was the niagara movement?
organized to oppose racial segregation and disenfranchisement. It opposed what its members believed were policies of accommodation and conciliation promoted by African-American leaders such as Booker T. Washington.
