Social Studies Final Flashcards
Compromise of 1877
democrats accepted Haye’s election as to the presidency in charge of removing federal troops from the South
Poll Tax
special tax before they could vote
Jim Crow Laws
laws that enforced segretation
Plessy v. Ferguson
Court ruling that upheld segregation
First African American senator
Hiram Revels
organization established by Congress to provider relief for the freed people and poor people in the South
Freedmen’s Bureau
Ten Percent Plan
Lincoln’s Reconstruction Plan which required 10% of voters in a state to pledge loyalty to the United States before that state could rejoin the Union
Forced separation of whites and African Americans in public places
segregation
removal of remaining troops from the South, funding for internal improvements and the appointment of a southern Democrat to the president’s cabinet
Compromise of 1877
secret society that opposed civil rights for African Americans and used violence and terror against them
Klu Klux Klan
the US Supreme Court allowed segregation of “separate but equal” facilities were provided
Plessy v. ferguson
A system in which the landowners provided the land, tolls, and supplies and workers provided the labor
sharecropping
special tax that people had to pay before they could vote
Ten Percent Plan
Ensured citizenship for African Americans
Fourteenth Amendment
gave African American men the right to vote
Fifteenth Amendment