Final Study Deck

Question 1

13th amendment

Answer 1

Abolished slavery in 1865

Question 2

14th amendment

Answer 2

Grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in U.S in 1868

Question 3

15th amendment

Answer 3

Gave black men the right to vote in 1870

Question 4

Jim Crow Era

Answer 4

A time from the 1870’s to the 1960’s when laws in the South enforced racial segregation and discrimination against black Americans

Question 5

Jim Crow Laws

Answer 5

State and local laws in the south that enforced racial segregation
Ex.
1. Separate schools
2. Separate public facilities
3. Banning of interracial marriage
4. Public transportation segregation
5. Voting restrictions

Question 6

Plessy v. Ferguson

Answer 6

A Supreme Court case in 1896 that established the legal basis for racial segregation introducing the “seperte but equal doctrine”.

Question 7

Separate but equal

Answer 7

The idea that black and white people could be legally separated in public spaces as longa style facilities were equal. In reality, black Americans were given worse schools, resources, and services.

Question 8

Constitutional / Unconstitutional
(Define both in context of Civil Rights)

Answer 8

Constitutional: a law or action that follows U.S constitution & is legally allowed.

Unconstitutional: a law or action that violates the U.S constitution & is legally not allowed.

Question 9

Segregate / Segregation
(Define as both verb and noun in context of Civil Rights)

Answer 9

Segregate(verb):To separate people based on race

Segregation(noun): Tye system of practice of keeping racial groups apart

Question 10

Integrate / Integration

Answer 10

Integrate(verb): To bring people of different races together.

Integration(noun): The process of ending racial segregation and bringing people together.

Question 11

Disenfranchisement