Case Study: Racial Conflict in the US (Leaving Cert Geography): Flashcards
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Racial conflict (geography definition)
Racial conflict (geography definition)
Tensions, discrimination & violence between racial/ethnic groups
Trans-Atlantic slave trade period
Trans-Atlantic slave trade period
16th to 19th centuries
Who issued Emancipation Proclamation (1863)?
Who issued Emancipation Proclamation (1863)?
Abraham Lincoln
13th Amendment purpose
13th Amendment purpose
Abolished slavery throughout US (1865)
Jim Crow laws definition
Jim Crow laws definition
Laws enforcing racial segregation & white supremacy in South
Jim Crow laws timeframe
Jim Crow laws timeframe
Late 19th to mid-20th century
Jim Crow: public facilities segregation example
Jim Crow: public facilities segregation example
Separate schools, buses, restrooms, parks, restaurants
Jim Crow voting restriction methods
Jim Crow voting restriction methods
Poll taxes, literacy tests to disenfranchise African Americans
Miscegenation laws purpose
Miscegenation laws purpose
Prohibited interracial marriages
Civil Rights Movement timeframe & aim
Civil Rights Movement timeframe & aim
Mid-20th century; challenged segregation & racism
3 key Civil Rights Movement leaders
3 key Civil Rights Movement leaders
Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks, Malcolm X
Civil Rights Act year & purpose
Civil Rights Act year & purpose
1964; outlawed racial segregation in public places
Voting Rights Act year
Voting Rights Act year
1965
Black Lives Matter founding catalyst (2013)
Black Lives Matter founding catalyst (2013)
George Zimmerman acquitted for shooting Trayvon Martin
George Floyd death details
George Floyd death details
May 2020, murdered by police officer in Minneapolis