Civil Rights in the United States 1945–68 (HSC SSCE Modern History): Flashcards
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Civil rights definition
Civil rights definition
Fundamental freedoms for participating freely in everyday life
13th Amendment (1865)
13th Amendment (1865)
Abolished slavery throughout the United States
14th Amendment (1868) guarantees
14th Amendment (1868) guarantees
Citizenship rights, due process, equal protection under law
15th Amendment (1870)
15th Amendment (1870)
Granted Black Americans the right to vote (franchise)
3 methods preventing Black voting
3 methods preventing Black voting
Literacy tests, poll taxes, intimidation
Plessy v Ferguson (1896)
Plessy v Ferguson (1896)
Segregation constitutional if facilities 'equal in quality'
'Separate but equal' doctrine
'Separate but equal' doctrine
Legal approval for segregation w/ supposedly equal facilities
Black schools vs white (funding)
Black schools vs white (funding)
Far less funding, older textbooks, fewer teachers, poor repair
Black passengers on buses
Black passengers on buses
Required to sit at back, give up seats to whites if crowded
1948 discrimination geography
1948 discrimination geography
Existed throughout entire country, not just the South