RECONSTRUCTION 1865 1877
THE RECONSTRUCTION AMENDMENTS
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Jim Crow Laws
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Black Codes
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Freedman’s Bureau
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Reconstruction
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Detailed explanation-1: -Segregation is made up of two dimensions: vertical segregation and horizontal segregation.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Plessy v. Ferguson decision upheld the principle of racial segregation over the next half-century. The ruling provided legal justification for segregation on trains and buses, and in public facilities such as hotels, theaters, and schools.
Detailed explanation-3: -Jim Crow Laws: Florida Enacted 19 Jim Crow segregation laws between 1865 and 1967.
Detailed explanation-4: -Over a half a century of de jure racial segregation in education came to an end on May 17, 1954, when the U.S. Supreme Court decided Brown v. Board of Education. Court concluded that in the sphere of public education, “the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place.