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Freedmens bureau
Was a federal agency that President lincoln made to help the slaves by providing schools and hospitals and distributing, food and fuel. It also helped families reunite. -
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Reaconstruction
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Reaconstruction
Reconstruction is the process the government used to readmit the confederate states to the union. in 1865 to 1877. -
Black codes
Black people had different state laws and different laws as white people. started in 1865. Had to have written proof of employment. Alsocouldnt carry guns and couldnt meet in unsupervised groups. -
segregation
segregation forced AMericans to use seperate schools wich were inferior to white schools -
Black codes
1876-1965 state and local laws. they were ment to enforce segregation of black people and white people in public places. -
PLesssy vs furgusson
1892 an African American Homer Plessy suid a railroad company because segregated seating violated his fourteenth amendment. -
Emmett Till
He was a boy who was murdered at the age of 14 after reportedly flirting with a white girl. -
Brown vs board of education
Was the name of the cases that were brought before the supreme court to get rid of segregation in schools. Thurgood Marshall lead the NAACP in the supreme court to get rid of segregation in schools on May 17 1954. -
Little rock high school
In 1957 the governor prevented the nine black kids from entering little rock HIgh in Arkansas with the National guard. It took three weeks for the kids to enter the school after the three weeks Eisenhower took the 101 Airborne Division into little Rock to the building to prevent harm to the students -
freedom riders
A freedom rider was a protest against segregation on busses. in May 1961. -
16th street Baptist church
Was a church that was blown up an killed 4 African Americans. -
Selma march
Was a black voting rights protest march on a bridge in selma were federal and state troopers attacked them preventing them from crossing in 1965 -
voting act
August 6th 1965 President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act the act banned literacy tests and other tests that prevented blacks from voting. Also increased the number of black voters.