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What were the 3 amendments that took affect during the Post Civil War Period between 1865 and 1954? Explain.
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The 13th amendment gave Afr-Am freedom, the 14th amendment gave everyone equality and the 15th amendment allowed Afr-Am or black citizens the right to vote.
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sweet freedom!
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What were the some of the key factors of cheap labor? Explain.
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1. The cotton gin invented by Eli Whitney allowed slaves to remove and grow cotton in a much easier and efficient way which later led to sharecropping.
2. "Debt Peonage" was a new form of slavery. It was said that "If slaves leave, then their masters would call the cops in which slaves would end up in jail as indentured servants for the state." 3. Voting laws allowed citizens to vote. 4. Grandfather Clause: "If grandfather vote, then you can vote." 5. Poll taxes must be paid in Feb. in order to vote in Nov. 6. The literacy tests lasted until the 1870s and later became unconstitutional. |
freedom to vote!
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What was the Plessy vs. Ferguson case about?
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The Plessy vs. Ferguson case was about "separate but equal" concept. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Constitution of racial segregation. The Doctrine of Separate but Equal allowed the community to separate racists as long as accommodations is equal.
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freedom of equality!
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Who was Jim Crow and what was the law that he created about?
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Jim Crow was a song-and-dance caricature of Afr-Am. The laws he created was the state and local laws that enacted primarily but not exclusively in the Southern and border states of the U.S., between 1876 and 1965. It mandated the segregation in all public facilities, with a "separate but equal" status for black Am. and members of other non-white racial groups.
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equality vs. segregation
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W.E.B. Dubois worked along side the NAACP in 1954. What did the NAACP worked within, what system?
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the legal system
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govt laws
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Who was part of the Brown vs. Board of Ed. and where did it take place during the Ed. Reform between 1954 and 1960?
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Thurgood Marshall was involved and it took place in Topeka, KS.
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segregation on education unfair and unjust
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From what month to what month does the Supreme Court cases normally lasts until?
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March to July or August
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govt of justice
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By 1956 what must be segregated?
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schools
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importance of education, yet unjust and unfair for many individuals.
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Who were part of the Seven Manifesto?
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101 senators and the circumvention of the courts.
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Manifesto is defined as the public declaration of intentions and principles.
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What happened during the Social Movement between 1954 and 1968?
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By 1964, segregation took affect, but in 1966, desegregation occurred. Earlier, in 1957 in Little Rock, AK, lynching took affect. Orville Faubus, the governor of AK was one of the many Afr-Am to get hanged or lynched . During this time of the Social Movement era, the first to be desegregated was Central H.S. who called out the national guards.
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freedom of schools at last!
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Who was Elizabeth?
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Elizabeth was only 1 of 9 Afr-Am students to show up at Rock H.S. and wrote about her experiences.
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poor Elizabeth, she shouldn't have been treated different by the whites at the school!
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What happened to one of the schools after Eisenhower sent 1,000 paratroopers within 24 hours?
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The school closed down and reopened after a yr. with 3 black students.
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fear of students
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What happened to Rosa Parks after she broke the law refusing to give up her seats to a white man? What group was Rosa Parks involved with?
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Rosa Parks ended up in jail, but sometime afterwards, she got involved with the NAACP
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1955-Montgomery, Alabama
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What was the purpose of the SCLC and what did Gandhi about?
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The SCLC's purpose was to use people, not the law. Gandhi was passive, not about violence.
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political leader of India
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The SNCC was the young adult-version of what group?
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SCLC
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SNCC stands for Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and SCLC stands for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference.
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Who was Hamer?
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Hamer was an Am. voting rights activist and civil rights leader who lived with her family of share-croppers. She was due to register to vote, but after 1962, when her masters heard about her registration to vote, she was kicked off the plantation. She was also told to go back to Africa, even though she was born in the U.S. as a citizen.
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member of SNCC
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What were "sit-ins?"
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"Sit-ins" were a form of direct action that for Afr-Am against segregation. It was nonviolent, but effective.
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stand up what's right!
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Who were involved in CORE and what did they form?
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Young College age kids from black and white backgrounds were involved in CORE and they formed Freedom Rides.
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CORE stands for Congress of Racial Equality.
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Explain the March on Washington in 1963.
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The rich, the poor, Christians, and non-Christians formed in a movement of great amazement to Washington where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I have a dream" speech on the national stage which was recorded by the govt.
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"We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal."
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Who becomes president after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in June 1963?
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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U.S. Representative from Texas from 1937-1949 and U.S. Senator from 1949-1960.
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What kind of person was Carmichael?
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Carmichael was a self-educated kind of person who taught himself to read and write and favored Malcolm X. He also supported the political and economic systems.
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power to the self-educator!
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What kind of community was Black Power?
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segregated. Buschwasee was not accepted at this time.
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middle class
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What kind of group were the Black Panthers in 1966?
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The Black Panthers were a violent group always prepared for war and believed in the revolution, which they were prepared for.
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"Revolution" song by the Beatles-"Across the Universe" movie
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Who were the Black Muslims in 1930 and were was one of the key roles in 1968 that was connected to the Black Muslims?
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The Black Muslims was a religious organization whose objectives were to apply the teachings of Islam to the black Am. experience. The leader of the Black Muslims was Eli Muhammad. Most of the Black Muslims were in black states within the U.S. One of the key roles in 1968 included Martin Luther King's assassination on April 4th, which erupted into riots and people revered King for what he did for the Civil Rights Movement.
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Allah of Islamic religion
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