| Black Codes | Ida B. Wells-Barnett | Birth of a Nation | The 15th Amendment | Vocab |
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When was the KKK created?
December 24, 1865
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Who is Ida B. Wells?
Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a prominent journalist, activist, and researcher, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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What type of Propaganda was the Birth of a Nation?
It was Racist Propaganda
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How many African Americans were in bondage?
4 million African American
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Who was John Wilkes Booth?
John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865.
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Who Set up Black Codes laws in the beginning?
Andrew Jackson
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What was Ida B. Wells born into?
Slavery
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What did the movie depict the KKK as?
The Birth of a Nation depicted the KKK as hero's
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About how many blacks were in office?
More than 1500
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What were the Civil Rights Acts of 1866
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 declared all persons born in the United States to be citizens
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When was Black Codes established?
late 1865
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What did she fight for?
she fought sexism, racism, and violence.
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How did the Movie portray Colored people as?
The movie portrays blacks as drinkers, chicken eaters, lazy people, and dumb
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What was Robert Small considered to be?
Robert Smalls was considered to be a Hero during the Reconstructive Area
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What is the term "New South"
The term "New South" refers to the economic shift from an exclusively agrarian society to one that embraced industrial development
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What is the purpose of Black Codes?
Black codes were restrictive laws designed to limit the freedom of African Americans and ensure their availability as a cheap labor force after slavery was abolished during the Civil War.
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When did Ida B. Wells file a lawsuit against a train car company
In 1884
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Who was the Birth of a Nation made for?
The Movie was intended for the South
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How did Robert Smalls escape Slavery?
he freed himself, his crew, and their families during the American Civil War by commandeering a Confederate transport ship, CSS Planter, in Charleston harbor, on May 13, 1862, and sailing it from Confederate-controlled waters of the harbor to the U.S. blockade.
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What is Debt Peonage?
Peonage, also called debt slavery or debt servitude, is a system where an employer compels a worker to pay off a debt with work.
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What was the KKK purpose?
It was vehicle for white southern resistance to the Republican Party’s Reconstruction-era policies aimed at establishing political and economic equality for Black Americans.
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Why did Ida B. Wells file a lawsuit against a train car company?
She had been thrown off a first-class train, despite having a ticket.
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What was the purpose of the Movie?
The movie was supposed to forget what the black men in political power did during reconstruction
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Who was the first African American to join Congress?
Hiram Revels
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What is a carpetbagger
a political candidate who seeks election in an area where they have no local connections.
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