Emergence Of Modern America: The Gilded Age - Urbanisation

The video discusses the political landscape for African-Americans post-Civil War, highlighting Hiram Revels' election as the first African-American U.S. Senator. It covers the subsequent disenfranchisement through poll taxes and literacy tests, the enforcement of Jim Crow laws, and the Supreme Court's Plessy v. Ferguson decision, which legalized segregation for decades.

Who was the first African-American elected into the United States Senate?

What legislation was passed in Georgia by 1877 that affected African-American voting rights?

What were the common means of disenfranchisement used against African-Americans after the Civil War?

How did Jim Crow Laws impact African-Americans in the late 19th century?

What was the significance of the Supreme Court ruling in Plessy versus Ferguson in 1896?