African American Civil Rights 1945-75c

Question 1

When was slavery abolished?

Answer 1

1865

Question 2

What was some of the discrimination against African Americans in the 1940’s?

Answer 2

Segregation
Voting Rights
Law Enforcment
Employment and Pay
Education

Question 3

What percentage of the African American Mississipi population could vote?

Answer 3

5%

Question 4

How much more did white teachers earn then black teachers?

Answer 4

30% more

Question 5

What happened to Clemston King when he tried to apply to the mississipi university?

Answer 5

He was sent to an assylum

Question 6

Who was Jackie Robinson?

Answer 6

Black baseball player, first black player in major league baseball. He was viewed as an all american hero, having served in the US military. During his time in the US military he applied to become an office but was denied due to his race, however he had the support of Joe Louis and became a lieutenant.

Question 7

Who was Paul Robeson?

Answer 7

Black Lawyer, son of a church minister who had been a slave. He found it hard to get work due to his race and so turned to theatre. He had his first big break in ‘showboat’, and played the lead role in ‘othello’ in 1943-44. Due to a visit to Moscow in 1934 he became supportive of commnist views, due to their lack of discrimination against him. This lead to him being tried before the HUAC due to a comment he made about African Americans not wanting to fight for America due to the discrimination they faced.

Question 8

What was Brown vs the board of education?

Answer 8

A case involving Linda Brown, who had to walk kilometres along a dangerous railway track to reach her coloured school, despite a white-only school being closer to her home.

Question 9

What year was brown vs the board of education?

Answer 9

1942 - 1945

Question 10

When was the NAACP founded?

Answer 10

1910

Question 11

When was Emmit Till murdered?

Answer 11

1954

Question 12

What did Emmit Till’s mother insist?

Answer 12

That the coffin be left open

Question 13

What was the impact of the brown vs board of education case?

Answer 13

While the case was a catalyst for ending segregation many schools remained segregated, particularly in the southern states

Question 14

What happened in December 1955 in montgomery?

Answer 14

Rosa Parks refused to get off the bus

Question 15

Who had similiarly decided not to leave their bus seat?

Answer 15

Claudette Coleman

Question 16

What happened on the first day of the bus boycott?

Answer 16

The buses were empty and people car pooled instead

Question 17

How much of its income did the bus companys lose?

Answer 17

60%

Question 18

What were some challenged faced by the MIA leaders?

Answer 18

-King was arrested twice
-Carpooling was banned
-Churches and homes were set on fire
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Question 19

What was declared in December 1965?

Answer 19

Montgomery’s bus laws were declared illegal

Question 20

What was the impact of the bus boycott?

Answer 20

Showed that things could be accomplished without the use of violence and it gained publicity for MLK

Question 21

What did President Eisenhower use his power to do in 1956?

Answer 21

Force intergration of schools and pass the first civil rights act

Question 22

Name one state that refused integration repeateldy A s

Answer 22

Arkansas

Question 23

What did the governer of Arkansas do in protest?

Answer 23

Ordered the national guard (reserve troops) to stop the students from entering the school

Question 24

Explain what caused the Birmingham civil rights march and what the result was? (what year as well)

Answer 24

-1963
-Birmingham was still not desegregated 6 years after. The police members also had ties to the KKK and were very racist

-The march was covered by national news and showed the police force’s brutality towards the protesters. Over 1000 protesters were arrested.
-Critics claimed that MLK had provoked violence

Question 25

What was the result of the Birmingham civil rights march?

Answer 25

Segregation was outlawed. However, a KKK bomb killed 4 children at a church and racial tensions increased

Question 26

Where did MLK deliver the famous I have a dream speech?

Answer 26

Washington 1963

Question 27

What did the 1964 civil rights act bring?

Answer 27

Illegal for government to discriminate in areas such as housing and employment.

Question 28

Explain the Selma march

Answer 28

Selma, ALABAMA was a notoriously racist place. The population of black people was greater then whites yet only 2.4% voted. The march was originally banned but the protesters decided to go ahead anyway. When they marched they were brutally attacked in an event known as ‘bloody sunday’

Question 29

What was the Voting Rights bill 65-68?

Answer 29

Literacy tests were ended and all people could now vote