African Americans

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1865-77

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Reconstruction

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1865-1895(1900)

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Gilded age

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Emancipation proclamation

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1862

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13th amendment

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1865- all slaves freed

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Civil war ended

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1865

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Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

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14th April 1865

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Andrew Johnson president

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After Lincoln 1865

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14 th amendment

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1868 ratified
All freed black slaves their us citizenship and equal protection under the law

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15th amendment

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1870. Forbade the denial of the vote to any man in the basis of colour, race or previous conditions of servitude

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Civil rights act that was confirmed by 14th amendment

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1866- asserted all races citizens except NAs

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Military reconstruction act

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1867- divided south into military districts

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Radical republicans

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Thaddeus stevens and Charles sumner

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How many men enrolled to vote from reconstruction era

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Over 70,000 men now enrolled to vote

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How many blacks in north who moved from south

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Less than 5% of north pop until after 1877

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Sat in senate from 1875-81

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Blanche k. Bruce

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Freedman’s bureau

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1865- set up by fed gov
To support free slaves
Head was Oliver Howard

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1890 situation of education in south

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65% of black children in south u able to write compared to 15% unable of whites

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Freedman’s bureau closed

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1872

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South Carolina’s freedmen’s convection 1865

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Freed slaves summarised their wants 1865

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Slaughterhouse case

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1873 - rights of citizens should stay under state law rather than federal courts

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Black codes

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1865/6
Negro is 1/8 th black blood
Interracial relationships outlawed
Barred form giving evidence against white person or serving on juries
Segregated schools, couldn’t vote

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Ku klux klan

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1865- enforce separation of races
1867 asserted whites had superiority over other races

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Democrats dominated south until

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1860s when Johnson a democrat ironically ended it

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2nd Civil rights act

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1875 but declared unconstitutional 1883

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Us v Cruikshank

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1876 - white men who killed 70 AA freed by sc as enforcement act empowered fed officers to take action against states not individuals

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Hates Tilden Compromise

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1877- hates won but democrats would only accept if promised to withdraw troops from the south

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Boll weevil damaged cotton crop

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I’m southern states 1892

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1910 how many blacks owned their land

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25% of black farmers

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1900 how many AAs lived in the south

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90% - 1% less than 1870

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First black ghetto developed

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In Harlem New York 1880s

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Jim Crow laws

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8 southern states introduced formal legislation on trains and 3 states also in waiting rooms 1887-91 Just enforced school secretion laws from 1860-70s

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Please v Ferguson

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1896 - racial segregation of railway carriages constitutional and led to segregation for all forms of life legally Separate but equal

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How was elimination of AAs voting done and by when

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1910 Poll tax Property qualifications Literacy tests Primaries Grandfather clauses

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Mississippi v Williams

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1898 - poll tax constitutional and didn’t breach 14th amendment

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Southerner Democrat Wilson came to office when ? And his impact

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1912- dismissed all black advisors form fed gov and discussions with T. washington as previously held with Roosevelt and Taft ended

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Height of lynching

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1880-1910

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National association of coloured women

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1896. - Ida b wells continued her message in this

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Booker t Washington institute

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1881 Tuskegee Emphasis on literacy and numeracy and practical skills

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Atlanta speech

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1895- Washington argues emphasis fro blacks shouldn’t be on voting or social equality but on education and economic opportunity

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Washingtons negro business league organised in ?

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1900 1901 Washington started to get criticised tho as unequal social life getting worse

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Washington as black leader

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1895-1905

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Niagra movement

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1905 Bu bois and trotter Wanted to campaign for voting rights and abolish discrimination Vs Washington

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What did the nights movement lead to

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NAACP National association for the advancement of coloured people 1909 Triggered by a riot at Springfield , Illinois 1908

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Guinn v us

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1915 grandfather clauses outlawed in state constitutions in Oklahoma and Maryland 1st time sc on blacks side

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National urban league

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1911 Inspired by NAACP Welfare for Northern cities blacks No impact south

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African Americans in congress ? 1915

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No