Unit 5 test Flashcards
slavery
a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them
indentured servitude
an employee with a system of unfree labor with a signed contract and after of a few years they are free
domestic slaves
worked in a plantation house
plantation slaves
worked from sunup to sundown six days a week, lived in small shacks with dirt floors and little to no furniture
arguments for slavery
– Someone has to do the work no one wants to
– Slavery teaches Africans to be better people
– Slave owners are afraid of what will happen if let the slaves go
controlling slaves
punish the slaves harshly so they would be so scared to do the same thing
goal of abolition movement
to end slavery and to end the Atlantic slave trade and set all slaves free
abolitionists
a person who wanted slavery to be abolished or over, contributed to freeing slaves by signing petitions, delivering protest speeches, harboring runaway slaves
Nat Turner
led a slave rebellion and killed 55-65 people
John Brown
an abolitionist who believed in violence to overthrow slavery by stealing weapons, arm the slaves and lead them in rebellion
Missouri Compromise
Any new state that enter the union above the imaginary line would be a “Free state” and below the line a “Slave State”
Compromise of 1850
People of the territories could decide for themselves whether to allow or prohibit slavery for Utah and New Mexico territories
Fugitive Slave Act
required northerners to return runaways slaves to the South
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Dred Scott’s owner moved often and took Scott with him in free and slave states. He sued for his freedom because he was taken to places where slavery was illegal. The Supreme Court ruled that black people were not citizens and had no right to sue in the first place
The Emancipation Proclamation
declared slaves freed, but in reality didn’t free any slaves
Fredrick Douglass
one of the leaders of the abolitionist movement, former slave. known for his noteworthy speeches
reconstruction
– The time period following the Civil War
– Emotional rebuild
– Physical
– Mental (change people’s minds)
13th amendment
abolished slavery
14th amendment
made every person born in the United States a citizen
15th amendment
gave all men the right to vote
Black Codes
laws that would restrict the lives of newly freed African American population in the South West
prejudice
bias opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience
racism
prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior
discrimination
the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex
Jim Crow Laws
segregated all aspects in society
segregation
the action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things
ex: schools, businesses, parks, bathrooms, etc.
poll tax
fee charge to vote
literacy test
determines the qualification of a voter based on his/her his ability to read and write or ability to read and understand any section of the State or Federal Constitution
Grandfather clauses
if your grandfather could vote before the Civil War, you could vote, made sure that only whites could vote.
Plessy vs. Ferguson
– Plessy was one-eighth black and sat in the “whites only” car of the train
– When he told to vacate the seat he refused, sued saying the Separate Car Act violated the 13th amendment
Plessy vs. Ferguson impact on society
o Supreme Court upholds “Jim Crow”
o Jim Crow = laws of racial segregation
o Segregation = separation
