AA The Gilded Age 1875-1895 Flashcards
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Literacy stat
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1865 1/20 could read
1900 1/2 could read
2
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Lynching star
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2,500 AA lynched between 1882 and 1899
3
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Role of black churches
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4
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Evidence progress in education
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- had to travel long distances and intimated by KKK to get to school
- 1877 80% of AA were still illiterate
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Evidence of progress in education
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- by 1870 1 million spent on education
- more trained black teachers
- between 1865 and 1877 approx 70 black teachers searchers seats in state legislatures
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The 1877 compromise
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Hates Tilden
7
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When did Tennessee enact a segregated railway law?
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1881
8
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The slaughterhouse case
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- 1876 court ruled out the charges against 13 white men shot 30 black men
- said the 14th amendment was just national rights and civil rights
- destroyed the effective of the amendment to protect from racist accounts
