A.P US HISTORY - quiz review Flashcards
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examples of Jim crow laws
literacy test, grandfather clause, poll tax, interracial marriage
Booker t Washington
wanted African Americans to work on acquiring practical skills rather than demanding immediate social and politcal equality
W.E.B dubois
advocated for immediate social and political equality
exodusters
group of African Americans who migrate from the south to the west
this was to escape discrimination and for freedom
13th amendment
abolishment of slavery
14th amendment
protect all citizens from discrimination and garuntees = protection
15h amendment
prohibits the denial of voting rights based on race, color, enslavement
pleasy vs. ferguson
cause that upheld segregation laws
¨separate but equal¨
Brown vs. the board of education
outlawed racial segregation in public schools
tenant farming
former slaves would rent land and pay rent with a portion of thier crop yeild
sharecropping
former enslaved people worked land owned by white landowners in exchange for a share of the crops
civil rights act of 1875
federal law enacted during reconstruction
aimed to guarantee equal access to public things like hotels, transportation regardless of race
freedmans burreu
established after the civil war to assist African Americans and providing them services like education, healthcare, and legal aid
overproduction
price of farming increased and the price of crops decreases
grange movement
goals were to improve economic and social lives of farmers advocate for agriculture
fought against monopolies and protested high railroad freight rates, and supported reform groups
farmers alliance
political movement that aimed to improve the economic situation for farmers
armers organized to fight against economic injustices like high railroad rates, low crop prices
interstate commerce act
regulated the railroad industry first law
populist party
agrarian politcal party that aimed to restrict immigration in the us
graduated income tax
ocala demands
set of demands by farmers advocating for government policies to alienate economic hardships
grange laws
state laws passes to regulate railroads
the first law was passed in Illinois
urbanization
the increase of people living in cities rather than rural areas
Wabash vs. Illinois
limited the states ability to control interstate commerce
only the federal government can regulate
Munn. vs Illinois
upheld the rights of states the regulate private business