1920s America-black Americans

Question 1

What did the Jim Crow laws state

Answer 1

Black and white Americans were segregated

Question 2

Give examples of segregation

Answer 2

Separate toilets, water fountains, schools, hospitals

Question 3

What was the 15th amendment and when was it passed

Answer 3

Black people had the right to vote(1969)

Question 4

Why was it difficult for black people to vote(even after 1970)

Answer 4

Had to pay a poll tax-most couldn’t afford
Had to pass a literacy test-most hadn’t had the right to decent education

Question 5

How did segregation impact black Americans?

Answer 5

Lowered life expectancy-separate facilities for hospitals and dirty water fountains.

Poor education-less investment into black schools

Question 6

Why did 750,000 black Americans lose their jobs in the 1920s

Answer 6

Crop prices fell-farms closed down

Question 7

What were social customs for black Americans which highlighted inferiority

Answer 7

Only enter a white mans house through the back door
Not to speak unless spoken to

Question 8

In which part of America did Jim Crow laws exist?

Answer 8

The south

Question 9

What were the main reasons that life for black Americans was so hard

Answer 9

No equal pay
Last hired first fired policy
Hostility from racist groups such as the Kkk
Less investment into black school so worse education

Question 10

How did black Americans influence react against oppression (specifically in the entertainment industry)

Answer 10

When jazz was banned in some cities-black performers influenced America through speakeasies

Areas of black culture such as Harlem New York where black Americans could showcase their talents

Question 11

What were the two main black American political groups?

Answer 11

NAACP
UNIA

Question 12

What did the NAACP do

Answer 12

Campaigned for the abolition of segregation and the right to vote and equal education

Number of lynchings declined when investigations by NAACP caused a public outcry

NON VIOLENT

Question 13

What did NAACP stand for

Answer 13

National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People

Question 14

What did the UNIA do

Answer 14

Had over 1 million members by 1921

Its aim was to increase black pride

There main slogan was “black is beautiful”

It caused some black Americans to start their own businesses and boycott shops that didn’t employ black people

VIOLENT PROTESTS

Question 15

Why did the leaders of NAACP and UNIA become enemies even tho they fought for the same thing

Answer 15

They had different methods of protests

NAACP was Non-violent
UNIA was more VIOLENT

Question 16

How many members did the KKK have in 1921 and 1925

Answer 16

1921-100,000
1925-5,000,000

Question 17

What made the KKK grow so quickly

Answer 17

They struck fear into white Americans-that black immigrants would cause unemployment, communism, corruption and “Un-American” ideologies

It hired professional promoters (such as Elizabeth Tyler) to produce propaganda

Question 18

What were the main impacts of the KKK

Answer 18

Over 400 lynchings on the -1920s

Violently attacking minorities

Threatened minorities of they had the right to vote

Question 19

Why was the KKK not punished

Answer 19

Many members held authority

Politicians were scared to lose votes

Question 20

What were the main causes for the decline of the KKK (only a few hundred thousand members by 1928)

Answer 20

The claim that they stood with traditional values was undermined when the “D C grand dragon” was found guilty of kidnapping and raping a young white girl in 1925

Laws that restricted immigration settled many people’s fears

Question 21

Name an example where segregation caused a death directly

Answer 21

A lady named Bessie smith had a car crash. She was taken to an all white hospital where they refused to treat her. She died as a result