All Flashcards
What were the causes and effects of the Stono Rebellion?
Cause: Enslaved people seeking freedom. Effect: Harsher restrictions in South Carolina.
What were the causes and effects of the Dred Scott decision?
Cause: Dred Scott's lawsuit for freedom. Effect: Denial of citizenship to African Americans and invalidation of the Missouri Compromise.
What were the causes and effects of the Civil War?
Cause: Disagreement over slavery and states' rights. Effect: Abolition of slavery and reunification of the United States.
What were the causes and effects of Reconstruction?
Cause: Rebuilding the South after the Civil War. Effect: Temporary progress in civil rights followed by the rise of Jim Crow laws.
What were the causes and effects of the Great Migration?
Cause: Seeking economic opportunities and escaping racial violence in the South. Effect: Demographic shift and cultural changes in northern cities.
What were the causes and effects of the Civil Rights Movement?
Cause: Decades of racial segregation and discrimination. Effect: Landmark legislation and increased awareness of racial inequality.
What were the causes and effects of the Black Power Movement?
Cause: Frustration with the slow pace of civil rights reform. Effect: Increased Black pride and self-determination.
What were the causes and effects of Redlining?
Cause: Discriminatory housing policies. Effect: Segregation, wealth disparities, and limited access to resources in Black communities.
What were the causes and effects of Mass Incarceration?
Cause: War on Drugs and punitive sentencing policies. Effect: Disproportionate imprisonment of African Americans and devastating impact on communities.
What were the causes and effects of the Harlem Renaissance?
Cause: The Great Migration and a growing sense of Black identity. Effect: Flourishing of African American art, literature, and music.
Cause and effect of the Stono Rebellion?
Cause: Slave rebellion. Effect: Harsher restrictions on enslaved people in South Carolina.
Cause and effect of Dred Scott decision?
Cause: Dred Scott's suit for freedom. Effect: Denial of Black citizenship, invalidation of Missouri Compromise.
What did Article I, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution establish?
The Three-Fifths Compromise, counting enslaved people as ⅗ of a person for representation and taxation.
What did Article IV, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution establish?
The Fugitive Slave Clause, requiring the return of escaped enslaved people.
What were key features of the Louisiana Slave Code (Code Noir)?
Expulsion of Jews, mandatory Catholic religious instruction, prohibition of interracial marriage.
What were key provisions of the South Carolina Slave Code of 1740?
Defined slaves as property, required written permission to travel, prohibited teaching slaves to write.
What were the key features of Black Codes?
They 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.
What was the impact of Jim Crow Laws?
They were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States.
What was the impact of the Civil Rights Act of 1866?
Granted citizenship and the same rights enjoyed by white citizens to all male persons in the United States "without distinction of race or color, or previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude."
What was the impact of the Civil Rights Act of 1875?
A United States federal law enacted during the Reconstruction Era to guarantee African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury service.
What was the impact of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Prohibits racial discrimination in voting.
What was the impact of the Fair Housing Act of 1968?
Prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.