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Sharecropping/Tenant Farming
The southern people were having trouble finding help for their plantations
They used sharecropping for rent.
When they got workers they would give them a portion of the farm to work on.. -
Black Codes
This code meant to restrict the blacks.
This reduced the influence to free the blacks.
Black people had been put on low wages -
13th Amendment
You can't be forced to pay off debt.
You don't have to house the military.
You have the free will to do anything under necessary actions that is. -
14th Amendment
It was the definition of citizenship.
The state ca't deny you because of the "equal protection of the laws."
Any denied access is compensation. -
15th Amendment
The 15th amendment allows you to vote.
It also includes the right to run for congress.
The congressmen and the other legislatives are also able to vote. -
Lynching
Is a terrible way to die.
Most of the time the white people would of done the lynching.
Macintosh was one of the poor victims. He died by being burned to death.The young gentlemen in the picture was lynched as well.He was lynched so bad that he could not be identified. -
Brown v Ferguson
This case was a landmark for the Supreme court cases.
After the case they went to the south to enforce the equality between the black and white.
The National Guard was there to help colored people enroll in school. -
Plessy v.Ferguson
This was the fight between the whites and the colored people. The colored people where free to be in america ,but were treated still as a differently.They had separated all the whites and colored people's things.Like drinking from a water fountain. The signs said white then the other had said colored and that was not right.That is why they had this go down in the court and 7 out of 1 had voted for the colored people to be treated the same. -
19th Amendment
This amendment let all the women vote at the age at 21 or older,but later on that changed to 18.
Not all the suffragists were women.
After the amendment was ratified 10,000 women had voted. -
Nonviolent Protest
The nonviolent protest were to reach a social or political goal.
Nonviolent did not harm anyone during the process,hence the name.
Police officers cannot harm them ,because they are not doing anything illegal. -
20th Amendment
This amendment was there to answer the unanswered equations the people had.
the presidents term ends at noon January. 23rd.
Senators term ends at noon on the January 3rd. -
Federal Housing Authority
Sets the standards for construction.
The goals for it was to improve housing standards.
Its stabilize the mortgage market. -
Desegregation
Was the policy end of racial segregation.
When the people were at war they were treated the same no matter what color they were.
They wanted new opportunities for the people -
Civil Disobedience
Is the refusal to obey the rules.
This would be done with no violence.
It is another form of protesting. -
Brown v Ferguson
Was the separation of white and the colored people for public schools.
The state had sponsored segregation.
They didn't know how to stop segregation. -
Orville Faubus
He was known for standing against desegregation.
He did not allow black people to enroll in Little Rock Central High.
HE was the 36th governor for Arkansas. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was a civil activist in February, 4 -October 24.
She was known for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
She had gotten arrested for civil disobedience. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This is when the blacks refused to use public transportation .
The boycott lasted 361.
Rosa Praks refused to give up her seat and that sparked the Boycott. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Was mostly about the voting rights.
It was mainly to show racial equality as well.
An act paved in and that proved to be more effective. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
King Jr. was first a baptist minister.
He became a civil rights activist later on his career.
When he made his "I Have a Dream"speech it enlighten the people around him.That speech had motivated the people to do something about this separation. . -
Sit-Ins
A sit-in is a direct action between more than one person for protesting.
No one would use this unless this was really serious.
A couple of black people went into a Sit-In and asked for food ,but the sever doesn't serve black people.Later the black people got their way. -
Betty Friedan
She was the first female american writer and activist.
She was a leading figure in the women's movement.
She had written a book that leaded the second wave for the females.. -
Affirmative Action
Is a disadvantage for people who duffer under discrimination.
Discrimination still is going on.
Salary Disparity Still Exists. -
Head Start
Is an education program.
Is a program for early development.
It was for the children who were poor -
24th Amendment
It doesn't allow the congress and the states to condition the voting.
They had limited African Americans and poor white people.
Poll taxes violated the Equal Protection Clause. -
Civil Rights Acts 1964
Is an act to enforce the constitutional rights to vote.
It was against discrimination.and did not allow accommodations to voting.
To prevent discrimination they had some federal programs. -
Jim Crow Laws
Those laws enforced segregation.
In 1832 they made a song called"Jump Jim crow."
The whites were the superior and the blacks were struggling through everything. -
Veteran Rights Act 1965
Was a federal landmark for the federal.
Signed by President Lyndon.
Was the height of the Civil Rights Movement. -
Upward Bound
The goal was to get certain high schools a better education.
The program works with different grants.
The companies biggest concern was people with low income. -
Lester Madox
Lester was the man that refused to serve Black customers.
He was an American politician for the 75th governor.
Later he became a lieutenant. -
Thurgood Marshall
Was the first black person to become part of the justice prior.
He had a lot of successful cases.
He had made a legal association until the NAACP. -
26th Amendment
It prevented the federal government to deny anyone because of their there age.
You allowed to vote at age 18 no matter what they say.
The age change was made by the Supreme Court. -
Title lX (9)
Is to have a higher education.
This was introduced by senator Birch .
No matter what race or religion they had they still had the right to go to school without discrimination. -
Cesar Chavez
He was the best know as the Latino American civil rights activist.
After his death he became famous.
He became and idol for schools,streets,and parks. -
Hector P. Garcia
Garcia was awarded the medal of Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Which the medal that was given to him was the highest of civilian honor.
He was also awarded Mexico's highest medal. -
George Wallace
Wallace was pro-Segregation.
University of Alabama tried to stop enrolling black people.
He stood for segregation and even said"segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever,".Proves how much he thought it was right.
