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MS studies: The Bourbon Era  FLASHCARDS

MS studies: The Bourbon Era FLASHCARDS

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Social Studies

6th - 8th Grade

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The greatest loss of the Civil War was the 600,000 men who died. What was the second greatest loss, especially in Mississippi?

Back

The economy. The cotton fields were destroyed.

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What was the finding of the Supreme Court in the Plessy vs. Ferguson case?

Back

The case ruled that separate but equal facilities were constitutional.

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The most controversial cost-cutting scheme in post-war Mississippi was the ______________________________.

Back

Convict Lease System

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

In 1865, ______ of the land area in Mississippi was timber.

Back

2/3

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What was the Black Exodus?

Back

The time period after the Civil War when blacks left Mississippi in large numbers to find work in the factories in the north

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

After the end of the Civil War, Mississippi and other southern states passed ______________ laws that segregated schools and other public places.

Back

Jim Crow

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What Supreme Court case overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson?

Back

Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, KS

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