History of Civil Rights Flashcards
Why were laws passed protecting Native Americans?
They were weakened by disease.
The need for labor in the colonies forced colonists to look to…
Indian labor and slave labor from Africa
The movement of slaves from Africa to the colonies is called the…
Middle Passage
The trading among West Africa, he West Indies, and New England was called…
The Triangular Trade
The southern colonies used slave labor to grow…
Tobacco, rice, and cotton
Who was Harriet Tubman?
A famous conductor who helped slaves reach freedom in the north through the Underground Railroad
What was the movement to end slavery called?
The Abolitionist Movement
Name two famous members of the Abolitionist Movement.
Frederick Douglas and William Garrison
In what case were slaves ruled to be legal property?
Dread Scott Decision
The civil war broke out in…
April 1861
The Emancipation Proclamation said that…
All slaves in areas of rebellion versus the government will be free.
What was the main point of the Emancipation Proclamation?
To save the Union.
What was set up to help black southerners adjust to freedom after the war?
The Freedmen’s Bureau (the first major federal relief program)
Name two examples of what black codes did.
Set a curfew and outlawed vagrancy
What did the 13th Amendment do?
Outlawed slavery (1865)
What did the 14th Amendment do?
Gave blacks citizenship rights
What did the 15th Amendment do?
Gave black citizens the right to vote
What was the goal of the Ku Klux Klan?
To maintain white supremacy
A poll tax is…
A fee that must be paid before a person can vote
The purpose of literacy tests was to…
Keep black people from voting
What is a Jim Crow law?
A statute that required segregation of public services by race
Give three examples of Jim Crow laws.
Separation in railroad cars, schools, hospitals, and public bathrooms
What did Plessy do?
Purposefully got himself arrested by going in the white passenger train (as a black man) so that he could go to court and start a case that he was not being fairly protected under the law.
What was the outcome of Plessy vs. Ferguson?
The court ruled that “separate but equal” facitilite are constitutional.
