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Survey of U.S. History Study Guide Exam 3 Terms:  Black Codes  “Reign of Terror”  Enforcement Act of 1870  Radical Reconstruction  Civil Rights Act of 1866  Compromise of 1877  Lynching  Civil Rights Cases (1883)  Mississippi Plan (1890)  Plessy v. Ferguson  Manifest Destiny  Dawes Act (1887)  Guano Islands Act of 1856  Orientalism  ‘White Man’s Burden”  Our Country (1885)  “Big Stick Diplomacy”  SpanishAmerican War  Philippine War  Progressive Era  “Bellwether of Industry”  Growth of Cities  Social Darwinism  “Disinheritance”  Populists  Temperance  AntiSaloon League  Civil Liberties  Committee on Public Information  National Unity  “Safe for Democracy”  American Protective League  Red Scare  19 th Amendment  National Origins Act of 1924  Sick Industries  Black Codes  Who: Black people?  When: (18651868) following the end of the Civil War and beginning of the
Reconstruction Era  Where: Southern states  What: Restricted the freedom of black people (freedmen) and the right to own
property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public
spaces such as Southern towns. The purpose of Black Codes was to regain the
control over freed slaves, to prevent black uprisings and to ensure the continued
supply of cheap labor  Significance: Sparked the need for Civil Rights Movement and signified how
American was still prejudice despite the whole longing of the Reconstruction Era.

 “Reign of Terror”  When: (1866)  What: Violence against GOP and freed people  Significance: During the rise of the KKK  Enforcement Act of 1870  Who: Ulysses grant enacted these acts and passed by Congress, also known as the
Klu Klux Klan Acts of 1870  When: (18701871)  What: They prohibited the states from discriminating against voters based on race
and gave the federal government the power to overrule the state courts and
prosecute violations of the law  Significance: helped many freedman, a part of the Reconstruction Era  Radical Reconstruction  Who: Union=freedom for all, President Andrew Johnson supported radical
reconstruction  When: (18651877)  What: opposed Black codes, favored Civil Rights  Significance: Radical Reconstruction did little to blacks and poor whites  Civil Rights Act of 1866  Who: Passed by Congress but then vetoed by President Andrew Johnson and
overridden by Congress  When: (1866)  What: This act stated that all persons born in the United States, without regard to
race or color, were now citizens and shared the same basic rights.  Significance: It was the first major law ever passed over a presidential veto.
People who denied this act and didn’t go by it were guilty of misdemeanor and
faced a fine. The Ku Klux Klan were weakened by this act  Compromise of 1877  Who: challenged the 1856 election (Rutherford Hayes)  When: (1877)  Where: South was affected

 What: This settled the election of 1876, troops were removed from Louisiana and
South Carolina and concessions for building a southern transcontinental railroad
made  Significance: ending the Reconstruction Era in the South  Lynching  Who: committed towards black people  When: (1860s1960s), during the Jim Crow Era and Reconstruction era  Where: ‘New South’  What: Public murder done with the approval of the community
Reasons for lynching: Retaliation for economic success
Punishment for political activism
Punishment for insubordination not subservient enough
Coverup for consensual relationship  Significance: method most commonly used by the Ku Klux Klan  Civil Rights Cases (1883)  When: (1883)  What: A case in which the court ruled that Congress could not legislate against
the racial discrimination practiced by private citizens, which included railroads,
hotels, and other businesses used by the public.  Significance: Spurred Jim Crow laws that codified the previously private,
informal, and local practice of racial segregation in the United States.  Mississippi Plan of 1890  When: 1890  Where: Mississippi  What: Mississippi instituted policies that led to a neartotal loss of voting rights
for blacks and many poor whites. In order to vote, the state required that citizens
pay all their taxes first, be literate, and have been residents of the state for two
years and one year in an electoral district. Convicts were banned from voting.
Seven other states followed this strategy of disenfranchisement.  Significance:  Plessy v. Ferguson  Who: U.S. Supreme Court decided this  When: (1896)  What: Separate but equal doctrine created. Racebased segregation is
constitutional

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