13. What had changed by 1960s?

Question 1

continuing violence and discrimination of SOuth gave ammunition to

Answer 1

Communist bloc in Cold War who saw USA as defending rotten capitalist system

Question 2

better communications especially spread of TV =

Answer 2

brought racial violence home to Americans nationally

Question 3

murder of 14 yr old AA Emmet Till
when
why did it shock USA

Answer 3

1955

acquittal of killer by all white jury. crime was talking ‘fresh’ to white woman

Question 4

Pictures of Southern mobs abusing black schoolgirl at Little Rock 1957 =

Answer 4

dangerously bad for image of USA

Question 5

by 1960 AA organisations

Answer 5

better organised

more skilled in making demands

Question 6

Kennedy supportive?

Answer 6

sympathetic speeches.

more appointments of AA to positions of Authority

Question 7

Kennedy limited?

Answer 7

slow to make civil rights the key element in his administration

Question 8

key figure

Medgar Evers

Answer 8

civil rights activist
worked with NAACP
murdered in 1963 and his killer acquitted by an all white jury

Question 9

why was Civil Rights forced to forefront of national politics by 1963

Answer 9

1. ongoing violence - murder of civil rights leader medgar evers 1962
2. increasingly effective campaigns by civil rights organisations - march on Washington demanding CR largest public demonstration seen in capital (led to one of most effective CR speeches by MLK)

Question 10

Little Rock 1957

Answer 10

following Brown . Topeka Board of Education
NAACP enroll 9 AA students into little rock high school
denied entry by crowds which were supported by Arkansas National Guard ordered in by Faubus (govener of Arkansas)
Eisenhower sends federal support and students allwed in but faced harassment

Question 11

what made civil rights legislation more extensive and effective

Answer 11

assasination of kenedy 1963 =
new leadership of Lyndon B johnson
emotional rallying cry that kennedys vision had to be fulfilled