Great Migration (Background Knowledge)

The 12 year period after the civil war (1865-1877) where African-Americans began to gain economic and political freedoms that had been denied to slaves was known as the ________ Era.

• Antebellum

• Progressive

• Reconstruction

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This was the name given to laws that prevented African-Americans from holding certain jobs, traveling, using the same library or school or having the same legal rights as white citizens.

• Jim Halpert

• Jim Crow

• Jim Bean

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This was the United States Supreme Court decision that legalized segregation as long as facilities were "separate but equal."

(If you can't remember, use your notes or click on the image. There might be a clue there.)

• Brown v Board of Education

• Marbury v Madison

• Alexander v Swartz

• Plessy v Ferguson

This was one of the violent tactics used by various white supremacist groups and others to intimidate African-Americans not to challenge various black codes. It was also the focus of many articles by Ida B. Wells-Barnett.

• lynching

• poll-taxes

• suffrage

• voting

What is segregation?

• The right to vote.

• The forced separation of groups of people based on race.

• When people move from their home country to a new country.

• An extreme pride in your own country.

This Amendment officially ended slavery, except as a punishment for crimes, in the United States.

• 1st

• 13th

• 19th

• 21st

This government agency was created to help former slaves and other African-Americans by providing clothing, job training, education, medical care and other services. It lasted from 1865-1872.

• Reconstruction Bureau

• Freedman's Bureau

• Lincoln's Bureau

• Anti-Slavery Bureau

These two groups were well known for committing acts of violence against African-Americans and those who attempted to fight for racial equality.

• Ku Klux Klan and the White League

• Central and Allied Powers

• The NAACP and the Suffrage League