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Cultural explosion of artistry in music, literature, and art that both celebrated and lamented the African-American experience in American society. Led to the popularity of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Thurston.
1896 Supreme Court decision that established legal segregation of society, as long as facilities were "Separate but equal."
Struck down the Black Codes and defined the rights of all citizens, blacks included. Vetoed by President Johnson, veto was overridden in Congress.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, founded in 1909 by W.E.B. DuBois to fight for equal rights for African-Americans. Influential in Brown v. The Board of Education.
Agency established in March 1865 to provide social, educational, and economic services to former slaves.
Laws adopted by the Southern states during Reconstruction that limited the freedom of Southern blacks.
1870 Amendment that a person cannot be denied the right to vote based on reace or prior condition condition of slavery.
Organization existing only to terrorize African-Americans who had new freedoms. saw resurgences in the 1890s and 1920s.
1868 Amendment stated that "all persons born or naturalized in the United States" were citizens. All former Confederate supporters were also prohibited from holding office in the U.S. government.
Nine young black men who were accused of raping two white women in Scottsboro, Arizona in 1931. The quick trials, suppressed evidence, and inadequate legal assistance made them symbols of discrimination against African-Americans.
1787 compromise in the debate over the Constitution's ratification in which the enslaved were counted as 3/5 of a person, for representation purposes in the new Congress. The South wanted the enslaved to count as one person, but not vote. The North didn't want the enslaved to count as a person so they wouldn't increase Southern representation in Congress.
1857 Supreme Court case that ruled slaves were not people, but property. Also stated that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.
1865 Amendment abolishing slavery in the United States and all of its territories.
Dedicated to the abolition of slavery. Mostly in the North in the years leading up to the Civil War, consisted of both black and white members.
Part of the Compromise of 1850 as a concession to the South. If an enslaved person escaped to a northern state, they could be captured and returned to their owner.
1820 compromise to maintain the balance of slave vs free states. Allowed Maine into the Union as a free state, Missouri as a slave state, and any part of the Louisiana Purchase north 36'30 would be free territory.
Proposed by Rep. David Wilmot in 1846, the Wilmot Proviso would ban slavery in all territories acquired from the Mexican-American War. Caused an uproar.
In the land battle between farmers and Ranchers, who won?
Rule passed in the House of Representatives that prohibited discussion of antislavery petitions, 1836-1844.
What were big business farms of this era called?

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