1940s America

Question 1

What was the FEPC and when was it established?

Answer 1

It’s the Fair Employment Practice Committee and was established 1941

Question 2

What was the ‘Double-V’ Campaign?

Answer 2

It was a African-American movement campaigning to win the war overseas and win the struggle against prejudice at home

Question 3

What is the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP)

Answer 3

It is the main organisation campaigning for equal rights and it rose from 50,000 to nearly 500,000

Question 4

What is the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and when was it formed?

Answer 4

It was set up to fight for equality and it began to organise protests and it was formed 1942

Question 5

What’s a example of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)

Answer 5

One example is the ‘sit-ins’ - where people would refuse to move in order to make a point