Black Codes, Jim Crow, and Reconstruction Flashcards

Flashcards about Black Codes and Jim Crow Laws

Black Codes

Laws stating a black man must be employed by a white man

Sharecropping

A cycle of poverty started by black codes where newly freed slaves enter into an agreement with their former masters.

Jim Crow

Laws enforcing segregation.

Tenure of Office Act

Relates to the term of a president and their cabinet.

Impeachment

The process of accusing a president of a crime; it does not mean removal from office.

Charles Sumner

A Republican senator who believed President Andrew Johnson wanted to reinstall slavery.

Ku Klux Klan

An organization whose purpose was to prevent African Americans from voting.

Reconstruction End Date

1877, marked by a corrupt bargain where Florida supported Rutherford B. Hayes in exchange for ending Reconstruction.

15th Amendment

Limited by literacy tests, aimed to prevent newly freed black men from voting.

Achievements of Reconstruction

Included African Americans elected to political office, the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, federal legislation, and new state constitutions.

Colored Waiting Room

An example of Jim Crow segregation.

Southern States after Reconstruction

Once again controlled by the Democratic Party (Dixiecrats).

Sharecropping Life

Unpleasant for African Americans, contributing to a cycle of poverty.