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Black Codes
Laws that restricted blacks from having the same freedoms as everyone else did, most of the time blacks couldn't work where they wanted to and had to resort to sharecropping or being a tenant farmer. -
13th Amendment
The amendment that was passed after the civil war that abolished slavery across the nation also including "involuntary servitude." This was a big push for american general. -
14th Amendment
This was the amendment passed that granted citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the united states" in turn this included all slaves since they were naturalized in the united states. -
Sharecropping/ Tenant Farming
A form of agriculture work mostly resulting in african americans going back to working on a plantation and instead of getting a place to rest and money for working,they had to share a portion of the crop they harvested to their master. -
15th Amendment
This was the amendment that granted all african americans the right to vote in the country of America, it allowed them to make the decision they wanted to when electing governors or presidents, though superority would put them through a "test." -
Jim Crow Laws
Brand new set of laws introduced at the end of reconstruction and lasted all the way into the 1950's, even though they were outlawed we still see reminiscence of them in the modern world at times. -
Lynching
A form of punishment resulting in death where black people were hung due to a crime against a white male or just for fun in general, many of these occurred between 1880-1970 -
Plessy V. Ferguson
Was a law changed in 1896, where it separated many colored men from white men, this is where the doctrine of "separate but equal" stayed until much later in American history. -
19th Amendment
Similar to the 15th amendment, but the granted all women access to voting and allowed them to make the decision of governors and presidents. -
20th Amendment
The amendment that moved the beginning and ending of terms to January 20th and members of congress to January 3rd -
Federal Housing Authority
A set of standards during the great depression that set expectation among construction and insures loans by banks or other private leaders. -
Hector P. Garcia
Founder of the American G.I. Forum in 1948 and made sure that all veterans received equal benefits no matter what race they were. -
Civil Disobediance
The idea of nonviolent protest where the people of america go against the law for good reasoning to support there side of an argument, though illegal its still civil. -
Brown V. Board of Education
Was a supreme court case that upheld the idea of letting African American children into the same PUBLIC schools as white children. Private schools were still allowed to separate whites and african americans. -
Nonviolent Protest
This was a way to get peoples attention and push the movement forward without causing any violence within cities and restrict the amount of negative impact it made. -
Desegregation
The idea that all people are treated equally and are allowed in all restaurants and public places no matter what they're race is -
Rosa Parks
Rosa was known as the 'first lady of civil rights' where she had refused to give up her seat to a white man, she was arrested which sparked a lot of people to join in on the movement. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A social and political protest that was meant for buses transportation companies to lose money and go downhill, it lasted for over a year and was very effective. -
Orval Faubus
Known as the governor of Arkansas who gave his speech in 1957 on desegregation of the Little Rock school district, -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
The first federal civil rights legislation passed that denied anyone to refuse or deny someone else's right to vote. -
Sit Ins
The idea of a nonviolent protest where multiple people will go into a place, mostly a restaurant and just sit, they won't order anything and eventually people will join in, resulting in the establishment not gaining any money. -
Affirmative Action
An executive signed by president Kennedy in 1961 that said no employer can discriminate against someone due to race or color. -
Cesar Chavez
Known as an American civil rights activist and best known for co founding the UFW in 1962. -
George Wallace
George was known as the governor of Alabama during the civil rights movement and when he gave his speech and in quote said "segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever. In 1963 Wallace tried to stop 4 black students from entering a school. -
Betty Friendan
An American writer, protester, speaker and feminist during the womens movement, when she released her book "the feminine mystique" it sparked many peoples mindset to change how we treat women. -
Martin Luther King JR.
MLK jr. was an American activist civil rights speaker and led many non violent protests and made sure that people were getting their point across without being violent -
Head Start
LBJ's form of giving families a "head start" for their children by allowing them to go to preschool at the age of around 3 or 4 to gain a head start in life and get the ball rolling a bit quicker than normally. -
24th Amendement
Changed the law so that citizens never had to pay to put their vote in the national election, this prohibited any poll taxes left in America. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This was another legislation passed that outlawed discrimination in labor laws for anyone despite race, color, religion or sex. -
Veteran Rights Act of 1965
The voting rights act of 1965 was associated with this becoming of the fact that it removed all poll taxes and literacy tests for all of America. -
Upward Bound
A form of allowing lower class families an opportunity to succeed in their precollege performance and way to give lower class families a way to send their kid to college if both parents did not receive a bachelors degree. -
Lester Maddox
Lester Madox was governor of Georgia during the civil rights movement and in 1966 he refused service to a couple of black men in a restaurant, which in turn introduced many blacks to realize segregation was still happening. -
Thurgood Marshall
Marshall was a main member of the civil rights movement from behind the scenes, from when he participated in Brown V. Board and not to mention that he was appointed to the supreme court in 1967. He has had much experience from past times considering he was involved with the U.S. Court of appeals and much more. -
26th Amendment
The amendment ratified that changed the voting age from 21 to 18 since America thought it was cruel that people were able to go and fight for their country, but couldn't even vote for it at 18 or 19 -
Title IX
A part of the education act of 72 that stated no person regardless or gender be denied to participate in any education program they want to be involved in.
