Gilded age Flashcards
Where did small groups of African Americans start migrating to by 1880
Harlem, and ghettos began emerging
By 1880 cotton production had reached -
Pre-civil war levels
When did Booker T form his organisation and what was it called
Tuskegee, 1881
By the late 1880s how many states had introduced segregation on trains
8, and 3 introduced it in waiting rooms
When did the pest that damaged cotton crops emerge and what was it called
1892, Boll Weevil
When did Jim Crowe laws begin developing
1887-1891
When was Plessy v Ferguson and what did it assert
1896, the idea of separate but equal
When and what was Mississippi v Williams
1898, asserted that literacy tests can determine who can vote and serve on a jury
What notably happened with Booker T Washington in 1901
He was invited to the White House by Theodore Roosevelt
What was founded in 1909
The NAACP (predecessed by Dubois’ Niagara Movement)
How much land was owned by African Americans in 1910
15 million acres, compared to 3 million in 1875
What percent of black farmers owned their land in 1910
25%
How many black owned businesses were in the south in 1915
30000
Around how many African Americans moved north between 1910 and 20
500000
How many African Americans were in congress in 1915
None
