5. Measures against voting Flashcards
1
Q
Southern states intorduce voting qualifications e.g.
A
literacy tests
‘grandfather’ clauses
2
Q
Mississipi began process of setting qualifications excluding AA in
A
1890 = other states followed
3
Q
Louisiana AA voters
1896
1900
A
13,000
5,000
4
Q
if registration didn’t prevent AA voting
A
violence and intimidation woud
5
Q
key element in ending Civil Rights of AA
A
lack of action against violence and lynching
6
Q
by 1890s on average an AA was brutally killed every
A
2 days
7
Q
congress played a major role in
A
extending civil rights
8
Q
state govs played a major role in
A
restricting/weakening rights given by congress
