Flashcards: Reconstruction

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Reconstruction government

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The period after the Civil War in which the U.S. government worked to reintegrate the Southern states and rebuild the South.

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Jim Crow Laws

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State and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States. Were institutionalized after the Plessy v Ferguson court case.

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Discriminatory practice

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Actions or policies that result in unfair treatment of individuals based on characteristics such as race, gender, or age.

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Suffrage

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The right to vote in political elections.

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Institutionalize

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To establish something as a norm or standard within an organization or culture.

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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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Plessy v. Ferguson

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An 1896 Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the 'separate but equal' doctrine.

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Ku Klux Klan

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A white supremacist hate group that was founded in the post-Civil War South and is known for its violent actions against African Americans and other minority groups.

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Nativist organizations

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Groups that advocate for the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.

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Lynching

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The illegal killing of someone, typically by a mob, often by hanging, for an alleged offense without a legal trial.