2.2 Peaceful Protests And Their Impact 1963-65

Question 1

Whay happemed in October 1961?

Answer 1

SNCC and NAACP organise a campign of marches and boycots

Question 2

When did campaign C begin?

Answer 2

April 1963

Question 3

What were the lessons of Birmingham?

Answer 3

Civil rights protestors learned:

-policy of inviting violence from opponents worked because it won them publicity and sympathy

Opponents of civil rights learned: violence against protestors would escalatw the situation,gain opponents bad publicity and win sympathy for protestors

Question 4

How many people rocked up to the March of Washington?

Answer 4

250,000 people

Question 5

Why was the March of Washington significant?

Answer 5

• its large size(at the time largest ever political gathering in the USA)
• poweful speech-gained support for civil rightd
• large crowd-black and white protested together
• broadcasted all over the USA

Question 6

Who set up freedom summer and when?

Answer 6

SNCC amd CORE in 1964

Question 7

Describe selma?

Answer 7

In alabama and it needed segregation, white officals had effective methods to stop black people from voting

Question 8

Describe what happened when King came to Selma?

Answer 8

• local groups invited the SNCC and King to selma
• ppl were protesting against voter rebistration tests
• 7th March protestors set out to March from Selma to Montgomery
• in both parts of congress people speak against the violence and in favour of voter registration
• johnson used an executive order to federalsie state national guard

Question 9

Why was Birmingham targeted?

Answer 9

It was completely segregated

Black Americans had been attacked there

Question 10

What was campagin C?

Answer 10

-included sit-ins
Peaceful protests
Boycott of shops

Question 11

What happened on the 3rd of May? 1963

Answer 11

‘Bull’ connor ordered the police to use dogs on protestors-world wide news

Question 12

What happened on 2nd May 1963?

Answer 12

-6,000 march and 900 are arrested

Question 13

What was the Freedom Summer?

Answer 13

1,000 volunteers go to Mississippi to work with local camapigners on projects in the black community

Question 14

What was the white opposition to freedom summer?

Answer 14

They KKK burnt 61 crosses at the same time to show their anger and power

They burnt 37 black churches and beach up volenteers

Question 15

Why could it be argued that the Freedom summer failed?

Answer 15

17,000 tried to vote, only 1,600 succeeded

Question 16

What are the key civil rights acts?

Answer 16

• civil rights act 1964

- voting rights act 1965

Question 17

When was the civil right act?

Answer 17

1964

Question 18

When was the voting rights act?

Answer 18

1965

Question 19

What did thr civil rights act do?

Answer 19

it banned discrimination in

• voter registration tests
• public spaces
• jobs(equal opportunities commission to enforce it)

-goverment power to force school desgregation

Question 20

What was the limitations of the civil rights act?

Answer 20

• did not abolish discrimination and the problem of enforcing laws on southern states remained
• equal opportunites commission could only investigate complaints and many people were scared to complain

Question 21

What was the voting rights act?

Answer 21

• one voting registration requirment enforced by federal goverment
• federal officials to investiagte where states of under 50% qualified were registered

Question 22

When is the march on Washington?

Answer 22

August 1963

Question 23

When is selma?

Answer 23

1965