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Sharecropping/Tenant Farming
Sharecropping is a system where farmers worked on others land for a portion of their goods.Tenant farming is a system where a person rents land from another to work on it and get the goods. -
13th Amendment
The 13th amendment is put up to stop slavery.Slavery is not allowed in any state or territory under the government of the U.S.A. -
Black Codes
These codes prevented black people to vote.They prohibited interracial marriages.The significance was that these codes was how the black people felt defined as a person. -
14th amendment
The 14th amendment was set so that anyone person that is born in the united states are subject to the laws.No one can be denied to the laws and rights under the constitution. -
15th amendment
Any citizen can vote no matter what race,gender, or because once a slave.This made a change to the society over the voting process.People felt as if they had more equal rights. -
Jim Crow laws
Racial segregation on public transportation.A statement came further “separate but equal”.This law gave the black people social,educational and economic disadvantages. -
Lynching
Lynching in when a mob hangs a person for a crime or unworthy act.The white people were usually the ones to lynch the black people.People could lynch others without going to court. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Case from supreme court about a black man who didn't think riding another train cart was necessary.This case was important because it ruled "equal but separate." -
Civil Disobedience
A public and non violent act to change policies or laws.Showing civil disobedience is a political statement.Many think it is right when standing up for something they believed in. -
19th amendment
This amendment was made to give women the right to vote.It took more than 60 years to ratify this amendment.Elizabeth Cady and Susan Anthony were the women that helped make this amendment happen. -
20th amendment
This amendment was set to shorten the amount of time a member of congress has for reelection in the office.This amendment is also known as lame duck amendment. -
Federal Housing Authority
The federal housing authority aka FHA was made to provide lower cost of housing for the poor.This act was most popular around the age of depression.If the person was poor and needed a home the banks would help with loans. -
Sit-ins
A sit-in is a nonviolent protest.This type of protest is when a person wont leave a place they are protesting against.Sit-ins were the most used type of protest. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin helped shape the society into a non violent one.He is a powerful public speaker.Martin also shaped the American civil rights. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Court case that over ruled the Plessy v. Ferguson case.Changed the “equal but separate” to it not being equal.This case is important because it was the start of schools being interracial. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks is an african american woman.She is the second woman to stand up and say no about moving seats on city bus for a white man.She started the bus boycott. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery bus boycott is a stand almost all black people helped in.This happened after Rosa parks said no to move on the bus.What the people did was not ride the buses,making the bus companies go broke. -
Orval Faubus
Orval is the governor of Arkansa at the time during the little rock case.He tried to block integration of the schools.Which led to a confrontation with the Eisenhower.He is best known by his standing up for desegregation. -
Civil rights act of 1957
This act was symbolic for not guaranteeing ballot for the black people.It was the first bill to act after the reconstruction period.This act didn’t have a real big effect on things. -
Affirmative Action
Affirmative Action is an action to help make effort to improve the employment and educational opportunities.The main members of this group to make an active stand were minority groups and women. -
Cesar Chavez
Cesar was a non violent labor leader.He was the co-founder of the National Farm workers association.Cesar helped Mexicans and latinos have their civil rights. -
Betty Friedan
Betty is woman that inspired other women from a book that she wrote.The book changed the lives of many american women to stand up.The society brainwashed the women to stay at home. -
George Wallace
George Wallace was the governor of Alabama.He was a segregationist.Wallace tried to stop desegregation of the schools. -
24th amendment
This amendment was made to stop poll taxes.The reason the poll taxes were made was to stop poor african americans and white people to have to vote.This amendment was made to discriminate african americans more. -
Civil rights act of 1964
This act was made to create an equal environment in the workplace aka EEOC.This is so that there is no discrimination at work.The act was the strongest right since the reconstruction. -
Head Start
Head start is a program for the poor preschoolers.This program was made to help prepare the kids for elementary school.The program provided healthy meals and medical exams for the students. -
Upward Bound
This is a program that helped with students with low income prepare for college.It has helped students improve advance academically.It has also provided counseling and financial support. -
Non-violent Protest
There are several types of ways to protest.Back then these types of protests usually ended in violent.Sit-ins,boycotts,and protesting with signs are examples of non violent protests. -
Hector P. Garcia
Hector improved veterans benefits and medical attention.He wanted people to have justice.Hector also expanded voter registration and public education. -
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood was a associate justice for the supreme court. He was the first african american who was a justice.He helped argue the case about Brown v. Board of Education. -
Lester Maddox
Lester Maddox is a segregationist.He refused to serve black people in his restaurant. One day a group of african americans started a sit in in his restaurant.He became the Governor of Atlanta. -
26th amendment
This amendment was made to allow a person that is a citizen and is 18 and older the right to vote.The age requirement for voting lowered because of this amendment. -
Title IX
This law is to prohibit sex discrimination.Sex discrimination isn't allowed in any educational activity.This law receives federal funds. -
Desegregation
To abolish racial separation.Desegregation is what martin luther king did in civil rights movement.
