In Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that facilities that were "separate but equal" were permissible under the US Constitution.
This allowed the Jim Crow laws to develop wherein African Americans went to different schools, ate at different restaurants or in different sections, and were generally segregated from the population
Answer:
Following Beauregard's bombardment in 1861, Confederate forces occupied Fort Sumter and used it to marshal a defense of Charleston Harbor. Once it was completed and better armed, Fort Sumter allowed the Confederates to create a valuable hole in the Union blockade of the Atlantic seaboard.
Answer:
D.ended when the workers, who lacked organized bargaining power, returned to work
Explanation:
Great Railroad Strike of 1877, was a result of reduction in wage of workers on Railroad work, which was caused by prolonged economic depression after the panic of 1873.
Announced by the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O), the railroad companies had taken advantage of the economic situation, with the determination to break the trade unions that had been formed by the workers before and after the American Civil War.
At the height of the struggle, the strikes was later subdued, for various reasons amongst which are:
1. The federal army did not break, by following order and staying together in the face of the militia. While the militas lacked effective leadership and coordination.
2. Despite the fears of the industrialists and the government, the workers lack organization amd methodical approach but rather spontaneous outbursts.
Hence, the moment their vituperations had run its course, so too did the revolts.
3. At some point, some of the workers, who lacked organized bargaining power, returned to work
<u>Answer:</u>
The “Black Codes” of the early English colonies was formed to prevent English colonists from abusing their slaves.
Option: (A)
<u>Explanation:</u>
- Even though the code was formed to protect slaves from masters and masters from defiant slaves, it provided far more protection to masters than to slave.
- This code also denied slaves of basic rights that are guaranteed under English Common Law.
- These codes effectively established the idea of white supremacy into the law.
- These codes were formed to segregate white colonists from black slaves.
