African American Experience - Reconstruction through the 1950s

The term Harlem Renaissance best describes...?

A period of African American cultural achievements.

The 14th Amendment did what?

Adopted to define and protect the citizenship rights of formerly enslaves persons.

What was the reconstruction plan, created by radical republicans, emphasizing protection over?

African American rights granted by the 14th and 15th Amendments.

What continued to occur in the Military?

African Americans continued to face discrimination as there were segregated units in the Military.

The Great Migration took place between 1915 and 1930 and refers to...?

African Americans who left the South for Northern oppertunities.

Who was leader in the creation of technical schools for African Americans?

Booker T. Washington.

Poll taxes, Literacy tests, and Grandfather Clauses were used in the south after 1890 to...?

Deny suffrage or voting rights to African Americans.

Military districts established during reconstruction by the radical Republicans were to...?

Govern the former Confederate States and force the Civil war Amendments.

The 15th Amendment did what?

Granted male freed men the right to vote.

The common goal of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments was...?

Granting basic rights to formerly enslaved persons.

What was the major reason that African Americans migrated to Northern cities during and after World War 1?

Industrial jobs were available in the North because the white men were off fighting in the war.

What did Brown v. Board of Education do?

It ended legal school segregation by holding that separate is not equal.

Jim Crow Laws were what?

Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites.

Black codes were established in the South immediately after the Civil war in an effort to...?

Limit the rights of newly freed African Americans (for example curfews).

What *issues* did Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois disagree on?

Methods to achieve racial equality.

The Harlem Renaissance was influenced by the...?

Migration of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North.

The 14th Amendment adopted in 1868 primarily, was aimed at...?

Protecting the rights of formerly enslaved persons.

The "Separate but Equal" doctrine established by the Supreme court upheld the legality of...?

Racial segregation in public facilities.

The Compromise of 1877 brought an end to radical reconstruction by providing for the...?

Removal of federal troops from Southern States. (End to Reconstruction)

What was one result of the Supreme court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson?

The "Separate but Equal" doctrine was established.

Slavery throughout the united states was permanently abolished by the...?

The adoption of the 13th Amendment to the constitution.

During the early 20th century, W.E.B. DuBois was best known as a leader in the...?

The formation of the NAACP.

After 1877, racial segregation became widespread in the South primarily as a result of the...?

The passage of Jim Crow Laws.

The Great Migration was mainly a movement from...?

The rural South to Northern cities

What did Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois agree on?

The use of education to gain opportunities.

The purpose of executive order 9 9 8 1, issued by President Harry Truman was to...?

To end racial segregation in the military.

What did Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois disagree on?

What type of education should be granted to African Americans and whether or not it should be a gradual or immediate change.