White Rage Flashcards

The war was about slavery; more specifically, it was about maintaining the present way of life including the social structure and economy.

Discrimination was still rampant, they were not immediately given the right to vote, and many, including Lincoln himself, opposed equality.

He pardoned many Confederate leaders, allowing them to regain control and implement severe anti-black violence without response.

<p>Black Codes forced blacks into labor contracts, while the prison system targeted them with hard-labor punishments.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He gave land to poor white men but opposed leasing land to blacks, highlighting his blatant racism.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He gave land to whites who refused to work while claiming blacks were lazy, despite them being the ones who worked the land.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Black Codes made blacks dependent on the state, preventing them from becoming self-sufficient.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He ignored the centuries of labor that contributed to the wealth of the nation, claiming they needed to earn citizenship.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He called it unconstitutional, claimed it created black dependence, and asserted that it ignored 'our own race.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Blacks could not take their labor to the best employer or utilize their skills beyond prescribed jobs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Through attempts to keep states from ratifying the 14th Amendment and through poll taxes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The right to vote, the right to life, and the right to dignity and equality.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>States; this was problematic as it allowed for segregation and discrimination without federal intervention.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They faced unsafe labor conditions, frequent violence, and lack of access to education.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It required workers to buy goods from the landowner and often left them in debt.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They created enticement laws, silenced supportive media, and physically prevented blacks from leaving.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Discrimination, scarce housing, and lack of police assistance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They were expected to be quiet and accept limitations on their rights and opportunities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To maintain white supremacy by whatever means necessary.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>'Separate but equal' schools were underfunded and lacked resources, making them inherently unequal.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They tried to keep black students in separate classes and implemented various tactics to prevent desegregation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Through poll taxes, literacy tests, understanding clauses, and racially motivated violence.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>School funding was based on property taxes, which are lower in minority neighborhoods due to segregation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They claimed they were meeting educational access requirements and funding disparities weren't their responsibility.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They argued that systemic issues existed and that disparities directly correlated with educational quality.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They stated that state policies contributed to segregation and that the failure to address these issues exacerbated racial divides.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They redefined the movement as symbolic and legislative rather than addressing deep-rooted inequalities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They defined racism narrowly as actions by extremist groups, ignoring systemic and institutional racism.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They suggested that society was 'colorblind' and that all barriers had been removed for black Americans.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Resentment; white Americans felt cheated as if black Americans were receiving unearned advantages.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He framed black advancement as a threat to societal order, appealing to white voters without directly blaming blacks.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He presented himself as blind to racial issues and depicted government aid as a handout for blacks.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He cut funding for education, training, and labor services, disproportionately affecting black Americans.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Black college enrollment decreased, unemployment gap increased, and relative spending power shifted in favor of whites.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Reagan's National Security Council and CIA funneled cocaine into the U.S. to finance Contra efforts in Nicaragua.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He promoted incarceration instead of education and painted inner-city blacks as the crisis perpetrators.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He indicates that media coverage linked the crack epidemic primarily to black individuals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mandatory sentences for drug offenses, emphasis on punishment over treatment, and a harsh disparity for rock cocaine.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Supreme Court allowed laws targeting black people to prevail, exacerbated by the War on Drugs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Implementing voter-ID laws, polling discrepancies, reduced early voting, and literacy tests.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They demonized his policies and portrayed him with negative racial and nationalistic stereotypes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>He wished Obama would 'learn to be an American.'</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They forget the role of government in improving their living standards, associating it instead with individualism.</p> Signup and view all the answers