1.1 Black Americans In The Early 1950s

Question 1

What is the 14th amendment?

Answer 1

After the civil war in 1865, the 14th amendment granted all citzens their rights , even slaves . It basically ended slavery.

Question 2

What are Jim crow laws?

Answer 2

Laws in southern states engaged segregation of the races

Question 3

When was plessy vs ferguson?

Answer 3

1896

Question 4

What was plessy vs ferguson?

Answer 4

Homer plessy challenged segregation , saying it was against the 14th amendment . Supreme court ruled against him saying segregation was ‘separate but equal’ . Started legal segregation,which took years to abolish.

Question 5

What was employment like in the 1950s for black Americans?

Answer 5

In the south some jobs were not open to blacks and in the both he south and the north they had the worst paying jobs.

Question 6

What was housing like for black Americans in the 1950s?

Answer 6

Lived in ghettos

Question 7

What was education like for black Americans in 1950s?

Answer 7

Schools had very little funding and they were in small poorly made buildings .

Question 8

What were public facilities like for blacks in the 1950s?

Answer 8

No segregation in north but still social segregation . Full segregation in south.

Question 9

Did blacks have the right to vote in the 1950s?

Answer 9

Very hard to vote , but was technically legal

Question 10

What were white southerners attitudes to blacks in the 1950s?

Answer 10

• white southerners saw blacks as inferior
• social and legal segregation
• powerful white people abused black people

Question 11

What was the situation with police , judges and courts?

Answer 11

• many were members of kkk
• difficult to fight injustice
• police brutality prominent
• unfair sentencing

Question 12

Who were the KKK?

Answer 12

A racist group who persecuted jews , catholics ,communists and anyone who is not white

• blew up homes
• murdered and lynched people
• 4 million members at the time.
• put up burning crosses out side homes

Question 13

What is segregation?

Answer 13

Separating groups of people usually by race or religion

Question 14

What is discrimination?

Answer 14

Treating people unfairly because of their race or religion

Question 15

Why voting is important?

Answer 15

• forces politicians to create policies for blacks

Question 16

How many black Americans were registered to vote in the 1950s?

Answer 16

20% in the south

Question 17

Why black Americans found it difficult to vote ?

Answer 17

There were impossible literacy tests

Question 18

How many blacks could vote before ww2?

Answer 18

3%

Question 19

How racists in south stopped blacks from voting?

Answer 19

• black were beaten and murdered if tried to fight segregation
• gangs attacked outside voting booths
• threatened black employees if they registered

Question 20

How the cold war helped the growth of the civil rights movement?

Answer 20

Made us sensitive to criticism as sas used for propaganda against the us

Question 21

How changes in southern cities helped the growth of the civil rights movement?

Answer 21

New industries grew giving opportunities to blacks

Question 22

Why new ideas helped the growth of the civil rights movement?

Answer 22

• research suggested race did not make you superior

- blacks segregated felt inferior

Question 23

How migration helped the growth of the civil rights movement?

Answer 23

Poor blacks moved north and liberal whites moved south , diversifying

Question 24

How education help the progression of the civil rights movement?

Answer 24

Better education for black Americans especially in the north, more black professionals

Question 25

How ww2 helped the growth of the civil rights movement ?

Answer 25

Integrated army so gained respect from whites

Question 26

How the television helped the civil rights movement ?

Answer 26

Gave opportunities to show the unfairness and racial injustice

Question 27

When was the NAACP set up ?

Answer 27

1909

Question 28

What was the NAACP

Answer 28

A group that focused on fighting civil rights in the court, through the legal system. They wanted to stop wrongful convictions of black men and prosecuted white men who committed crimes against black men.

Question 29

What did the NAACP create in 1940?

Answer 29

A legal defence fund to campaign for integration and overthrow plessy vs ferguson

Question 30

When was CORE set up?

Answer 30

1942

Question 31

What does NAACP stand for ?

Answer 31

National association for the advanced for the coloured people

Question 32

What does CORE stand for ?

Answer 32

Congress of racial equality

Question 33

Who were CORE?

Answer 33

Smaller group in the north , majority were white and middle class . They wanted tactics that were non violent direct protests , including boycotts, pickets and sit ins. Wanted segregation abolished and trained protesters not to react

Question 34

Why churches organisations were important?

Answer 34

Were centre of black community and the black clergy were leaders and organisers.

Question 35

Why church leaders fought for civil rights ?

Answer 35

• paid by church , so they could not lose their jobs
• educated and effective speakers
• could negotiate with whites
• used as meeting points