Social Reality vs. Legal Equality – Flashcards
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Black Codes
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Laws denying most legal rights to newly freed slaves; passed by southern states following the Civil War
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
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In 1896 the U.S. Supreme court establised the principle of "separate but equal" in this case.
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Jim Crow Laws
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Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites
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Grandfather Clause
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A clause in registration laws allowing people who do not meet registration requirements to vote if they or their ancestors had voted before 1867.
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Poll Tax
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A tax of a fixed amount per person and payable as a requirement for the right to vote
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Literacy Test
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A test given to persons to prove they can read and write before being allowed to register to vote
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13th Amendment
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Abolished slavery in the United States
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14th Amendment
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..., Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws
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15th Amendment
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Amendment that extended suffrage to all races.
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suffrage
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Right to vote
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Gilded Age
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1870s - 1890s; time period looked good on the outside, despite the corrupt politics & growing gap between the rich & poor
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segregation
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A social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups.
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Ku Klux Klan
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A secret society created by white southerners in 1866 that used terror and violence to keep African Americans from obtaining their civil rights
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disenfranchisement
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Condition of being deprived of the right to vote
