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Col. Allen Allensworth
African American military chaplain, educator, and town founder, served in the Union
Army during the Civil War and founded the town of Allensworth with William Payne. (first
black Col.)
Hayti, North Carolina
Significant African American community in Durham after the Civil War, thrived with
Black-owned businesses, cultural institutions, and social organizations, birth place of
Zora Neale Hurstons
Field Order No. 15
Issued by General Sherman, allocated land to freedmen in the South during the Civil
War, providing them with the use of government mules.
Radical Reconstruction
Post-Civil War period marked by progressive federal policies to address the aftermath of
the war and emancipation in the Southern states.
Madame C J Walker
Entrepreneur and the first female self-made millionaire in the U.S., known for her line of
beauty and haircare products for Black women, early 1900s
Redemption
Southern Democrats' regaining control of state governments and ending
Reconstruction, often marked by the rollback of civil rights gains for African Americans.
Black Codes
Laws enacted in Southern states to restrict the rights and freedoms of African
Americans after the Civil War.
Jim Crow
System of racial segregation and discrimination that emerged in the Southern United
States.
Mary Church Terrell
Activist and one of the first African American women to earn a college degree and first
president of the National Association of Colored Women.
Niagara Movement
Civil rights group advocating for political and civil rights for African Americans, precursor
to the formation of the NAACP.
Sharecropping
Agricultural system that emerged in the South after the Civil War, often exploitative for
black farmers.
Civil Rights Act of 1875
Aimed to guarantee African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, but
was largely ineffective.
Atlanta Compromise
Speech by Booker T. Washington emphasizing vocational education and economic self-
improvement for African Americans.
Great Migration
Answers 2025 A+
Col. Allen Allensworth
African American military chaplain, educator, and town founder, served in the Union
Army during the Civil War and founded the town of Allensworth with William Payne. (first
black Col.)
Hayti, North Carolina
Significant African American community in Durham after the Civil War, thrived with
Black-owned businesses, cultural institutions, and social organizations, birth place of
Zora Neale Hurstons
Field Order No. 15
Issued by General Sherman, allocated land to freedmen in the South during the Civil
War, providing them with the use of government mules.
Radical Reconstruction
Post-Civil War period marked by progressive federal policies to address the aftermath of
the war and emancipation in the Southern states.
Madame C J Walker
Entrepreneur and the first female self-made millionaire in the U.S., known for her line of
beauty and haircare products for Black women, early 1900s
Redemption
Southern Democrats' regaining control of state governments and ending
Reconstruction, often marked by the rollback of civil rights gains for African Americans.
Black Codes
Laws enacted in Southern states to restrict the rights and freedoms of African
Americans after the Civil War.
Jim Crow
System of racial segregation and discrimination that emerged in the Southern United
States.
Mary Church Terrell
Activist and one of the first African American women to earn a college degree and first
president of the National Association of Colored Women.
Niagara Movement
Civil rights group advocating for political and civil rights for African Americans, precursor
to the formation of the NAACP.
Sharecropping
Agricultural system that emerged in the South after the Civil War, often exploitative for
black farmers.
Civil Rights Act of 1875
Aimed to guarantee African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, but
was largely ineffective.
Atlanta Compromise
Speech by Booker T. Washington emphasizing vocational education and economic self-
improvement for African Americans.
Great Migration
