Reconstruction and Segregation Era flashcards

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Segregation

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The enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment.

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Jim Crow Laws

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State and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States.

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Black Codes

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Laws passed by Southern states after the Civil War to restrict African Americans' freedom and compel them to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt.

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KKK

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The Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist hate group that was founded in the aftermath of the Civil War.

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Discrimination

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The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.

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13th Amendment

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An amendment to the United States Constitution that abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.

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14th Amendment

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An amendment to the United States Constitution granting citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States and guaranteeing all citizens equal protection of the laws.

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15th Amendment

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An amendment to the United States Constitution that prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude.

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Plessy vs Ferguson

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A landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine.

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Sharecropping

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A system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop.