Vocabulary Flashcards
Black Codes
Defining Blacks’ place in society.
Interracial
The mixing of two races.
Segregation
Separating two races.
Jim Crow
The stereotype of African Americans used to represent their race.
Miscegenation
Interracial (Note: illegal at the time and still looked down upon in the South).
Public
“For the good of the whole” They made these laws to keep the public whites safe.
Accommodation
Living space, a place where people spend time.
Undermine
Going against a person
Equal Protection (14th)
To have equal rights, same as everyone else.
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln’s war powers to free slaves in the South.
Reconstruction
Time period in South after the Civil War.
Succession
Removing from a group (Union vs. Confederacy)
Due Process (14th)
Right to a trial as a citizen
Federalism
United State’s government—> centralized.
Amnesty
Giving a clean slate; forgiving