African Americans 1865-1900

key moments in African American history, 1865-1900 (civil rights OCR)

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When was the 13th Amendment ratified?
1865
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What did the 13th Amendment do?
outlawed slavery and launched Reconstruction
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When was the Freedman's Bureau created?
1865
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What did the Freedman's Bureau do?
helped transition from slavery to freedom
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Who created the Freedman's Bureau?
Congress
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When was Lincoln Assassinated?
1865
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When was the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) formed?
1866
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Where was the KKK formed?
Tennessee
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Why was the KKK created?
backlash against reconstruction
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When was the 14th Amendment ratified?
1868
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What did the 14th Amendment do?
promised blacks citizenship and equality before the law
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When was the 15th Amendment ratified?
1870
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What did the 15th Amendment do?
gave blacks the right to vote
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When did Reconstruction end?
1877
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What was the 'compromise'?
black rights less important in the interests of north-south peace
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Who created the Tuskegee institute?
Booker T Washington
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When was the Tuskegee institute created?
1881
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Where was the Tuskegee institute created?
Alabama
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When was the United States v. Stanley ruling?
1883
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What did the Supreme Court rule in US v. Stanley?
legal equality was a state matter
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When was Booker T. Washington's 'Atlanta Compromise' speech?
1895
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What view did Booker T. Washington uphold?
Accomodationism
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When was the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling?
1896
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What did the supreme court rule in Plessy v. Ferguson?
separate but equal was constitutional
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When was the Williams v. Mississippi ruling?
1898
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What was the Williams v. Mississippi ruling?
supreme court upheld poll taxes as a voting requirement
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