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What are human rights?

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  • Fundamental rights, especially those believed to belong to an individual and in whose exercise a govt may not interfere
  • Includes the right to speak, associate, work etc.
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What are civil rights?

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  • Rights to personal Liberty established by the 13th and 14th Amendments to the U.S Constitution and certain Congressional acts especially as applied to an individual or a minority group
  • The rights to full legal, social, and economical equality extended to blacks.
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What is congress?

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Discusses laws and agrees the people in the President’s cabinet (personal advisors)

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What is the role of the president?

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  • Elected every 4 years
  • In charge of foreign and domestic policy, head of armed forces
  • A cabinet of advisors helps the president govern
  • Asks Congress to draft laws
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What is the supreme court?

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  • Highest court in the land whose judgements are final

- States whether or not a law is constitutional

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When was Andrew Johnson president?

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1865-69

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When was the reconstruction period?

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1865-1877

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What was Andrew Johnson’s aim?

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To re-admit and re-build the Confederate states and help African Americans integrate into society

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What was Andrew Johnson’s plan?

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  • All Southerners prepared to swear oath of allegiance to receive Amnesty
  • All required to ratify 13th Amendment
  • All property bar slaves to be returned
  • Civil and military leaders not pardoned
  • Slaves given land - Special Field Order #15 ‘Forty acres and a mule’
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When was the emancipation proclamation?

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1st January 1863

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What was the emancipation proclamation?

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  • Declared “that all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious states “are, and henceforward shall be free”
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Why was the emancipation proclamation limited?

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  • It applied only to states that had seceded from the United States, leaving slavery untouched in the loyal border states
  • The freedom it promised depended upon Union (United States) military victory.
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Did the emancipation proclamation end slavery?

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No

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When was the 13th Amendment introduced?

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1865

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What was the 13th Amendment?

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  • Abolished slavery everywhere in the USA

- Gave Congress power to ensure this through legislation

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When was the Freedman’s Bureau created?

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1865

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What was the Freedman’s Bureau?

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  • A federal agency
  • Lasted for 4 years
  • Supplied food, medical services and schools to freedmen
  • Also negotiated work contracts between them and their former masters
  • It was an example of social welfare by the state.
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When was the first Civil Rights Act?

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1866

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What was the first Civil Rights Act?

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Granted citizenship to anyone born in the USA (except Native Americans).

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Why was the first Civil Rights Act limited in terms of helping African Americans?

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It was only for those born in the USA which most slaves were not, they were traded and imported

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What was the first Civil Rights Act in response to?

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  • A response to the black codes of some Southern states (laws designed to limit the rights and freedom of former slaves)
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When was the 14th Amendment introduced?

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1866

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What was the 14th Amendment?

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  • A 4-part amendment
  • Confirmed the rights to citizenship
  • Forbade states from depriving the ‘privileges and immunities of citizens’
  • Forbade states from depriving any person of life, liberty or property without ‘due process of law’
  • Forbade states from denying citizens the ‘equal protection of the laws’.
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When was U.S. Grant president?

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1869-77

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When was the 15th Amendment introduced?

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1870

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What was the 15th Amendment?

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  • Forbade states from denying anyone the right to vote ‘on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude’
  • But left states free to restrict suffrage on other grounds such as illiteracy or poverty
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When were the Enforcement Acts/Ku Klux Klan Acts?

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1870-71

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What were the Enforcement Acts/Ku Klux Klan Acts?

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  • It became a federal criminal offence for an individual to restrict the civil and political rights of others
  • In order to control the Ku Klux Klan, martial law could be enforced and habeas corpus (the right to trial) suspended.
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What were the Enforcement Acts/Ku Klux Klan Acts introduced in response to?

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  • In response to increased violence in the South against freedmen
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When was the 2nd Civil Rights Act?

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1875

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What was the 2nd Civil Rights Act?

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A law to guarantee black Americans equal accommodation in public places, but lacked powers of enforcement.

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How many Southern rebels were pardoned?

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  • 13,000

- Far more than suggested

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How many black people were killed in Texas between 1865-68?

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1000

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What were black codes?

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  • Allowed African Americans to own property, draw up contracts, sue, attend school and marry
  • Forbade voting, serving on a jury, giving evidence against a white person, carrying arms and marrying a white person
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Who introduced black codes following the 13th Amendment?

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Southern States

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When was the period of ‘Congressional Reconstruction’?

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1867

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What was the period of ‘Congressional Reconstruction’?

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Radical Republicans took control of both Congress and Reconstruction, allowing the fourteenth and fifteenth Amendment to be ratified

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When was The Period of Hope?

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1867-77

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From 1865-75, how many black men held office in the South?

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1,465

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What was the situation by the mid 1870s for African Americans?

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  • Black sharecroppers, controlled by white landowners
  • Industrial employment discouraged by whites fearing for their jobs
  • Freedmen’s Bureau closed in 1872 - real fear of violence becomes evident
  • Contrast between De Jure (in theory/law) and De Facto (in reality/fact) rights became clear
  • Segregation was common but not formalised until later
  • African Americans seen as a corrupting influence on white children
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When was the Slaughterhouse Case?

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1873

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What was the Slaughterhouse Case?

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  • In judging a case concerning a meat monopoly, the federal Supreme Court decided that the rights of citizens should stay under state rather than federal control
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What were the Jim Crow Laws?

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  • Series of State Laws in the Southern and border states
  • Started with 8 Southern states introducing formal segregation of races on trains, 3 extended this to waiting rooms
  • Re-enforced school segregation
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When were the Jim Crow Laws put into place?

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Between 1887 and 1891

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In what year was segregation extended to cover pubic places of all kinds?

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After 1891

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When were the Jim Crow Laws deemed constitutional?

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1896

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Which case made segregation constitutional?

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Plessy vs Ferguson

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What was Plessy vs Ferguson?

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  • Separate but equal’
  • Plessy was a light-skinned mulatto, legally classed as black who sued after being denied a seat in an all-white railway carriage
  • Decided 8-1 against him that the segregation was constitutional
  • It ruled that separation didn’t mean inferior; this created a legal precedent for future cases.
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When was Plessy vs Ferguson?

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1896

50
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Who were the major early activists against the Jim Crow Laws?

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  • Ida B. Wells
  • Booker T. Washington
  • Du Bois
  • Marcus Garvey
  • Frederick Douglass
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What did Ida B. Wells do?

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  • Anti-lynching campaign

- Founded NAACP

52
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What were Ida B. Wells’ limitations?

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  • Stubborn
  • Angry personality
  • Preferred to work alone
  • Limited support for NAACP
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What were Ida B. Wells’ impacts (social, economic, political)?

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  • Social

- Political

54
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What did Booker T. Washington do?

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  • Met with Teddy Roosevelt
  • Atlanta address
  • Tuskegee Institute
55
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What were Booker T. Washington’s limitations?

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  • Too civil

- Slow with actions

56
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What were Booker T. Washington’s impacts (social, economic, political)?

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  • Social

- Economic

57
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What did Du Bois do?

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  • Founded NAACP
  • First AA to get a PhD from Harvard
  • Made a proclamation requesting equal rights
  • Niagara Movement
  • Called upon talented tenth
  • Set the foundations for equal rights
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What were Du Bois’ impacts (social, economic, political)?

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Political

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What did Marcus Garvey do?

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  • UNIA
  • Created his own newspaper called The Negro World
  • Pan-Africanism
  • Black Star Line
  • Encouraged black consciousness, pride in heritage
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What were Marcus Garvey’s limitations?

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No long-term effect

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What were Marcus Garvey’s impacts (social, economic, political)?

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  • Social

- Economic

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What did Frederick Douglass do?

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  • Anti-slavery society and newspaper
  • Speaking tours and active protests
  • Autobiography about his experiences as a slave
  • The North Star anti-slavery newspaper which circulated through more than 4,000 readers in the US, Europe and West Indies
  • Campaigns for equality
  • Anti-slavery society and newspaper
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What were Frederick Douglass’ limitations?

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Refused to run the Freedmen’s Bureau

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What were Frederick Douglass’ impacts (social, economic, political)?

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Political

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When was the NAACP founded?

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1909

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What was the NAACP?

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  • First national association and eventually successful supporting civil rights
  • Led by both blacks and whites
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What were the policies of the NAACP?

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  • Believe the races should live, work and be educated together
  • It would take cases to federal courts that would establish the equal rights of the African American
  • Defended those accused of rioting but non-violent organisation
  • Lobbying rather than mass action was the central policy
  • Supports anti-lynching law though it fails- contributes to decline in lynchings.
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How many members did the NAACP have by 1920 and what does it suggest?

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  • More than 90,000 members

- Greater interest in civil rights post WW1

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How many members did the NAACP have by 1930 and what does it suggest?

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Declined to 50,000 members

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How did people in the South feel about the NAACP?

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  • White population was violently anti-NAACP.

- Therefore there was limited speaking opportunities in the South

71
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How many blacks supported communism after 1929?

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7,000

72
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How did the Great Depression affect African Americans?

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  • Hit harder than whites
  • 2 million Southern black farmers left the land as crop prices plummeted
  • Many went to the cities but urban black unemployment was between 30-60% and always higher than whites
  • Whites took over black jobs
  • Whites organised vigilante groups such as the black Shirts of Atlanta to stop blacks getting jobs
  • Blacks tended to be the last hired and first fired
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When was Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) president?

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1932-45

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What was Franklin D. Roosevelt’s (FDR) aim?

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  • Wanted to ‘save America’

- ‘We are going to make a country in which no one is left out’

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When was the New Deal?

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1933-38

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What were the aims of the New Deal?

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  • Relieve human suffering

- Promote economic recovery

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How did the New Deal attempt to achieve it’s aims?

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  • Correcting the financial crisis
  • Offering initial short-term relief to the unemployed
  • Promoting industrial recovery by increased government spending and by cooperative agreements between govt, industry and unions
  • Alphabet Agencies
    The second New Deal programme 1935-38
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Why were the Alphabet Agencies introduced?

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These were the first he first New Deal programmes

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When were the first New Deal programmes/Alphabet Agencies introduced?

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1933-34

80
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When were the second New Deal programmes/Alphabet Agencies introduced?

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1935-38

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Name the first New Deal programmes/Alphabet Agencies.

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  • Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
  • Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
  • Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
  • Federal Housing Administration (FHA)
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When was the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)?

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1933

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What was the purpose of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)?

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Used farm subsidies to regulate farm production

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What were the issues with Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)?

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Disbanded after WW2

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What impact did the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) have on African Americans?

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  • More black workers were unemployed than white
  • Black American life expectancy was 10 years less than that of white Americans living in the same area
  • Lynching increased; 20 dead in 1930 and 24 in 1934.
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When was the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)?

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1933

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What was the purpose of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)?

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Regional planning of a deprived area, with hydro-electricity conservation, flood control and educational and health projects.

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What were the issues with Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)?

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Still in operation, though criticised for it’s anticipated environmental impact

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What impact did the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) have on African Americans?

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  • Racial segregation

- Sharecroppers suffered badly as farms went out of production and farmers reduced the number of labourers required

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When was the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?

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1933

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What was the purpose of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?

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Provided work for young men aged 8-25, paying $30 a month, of which $25 had to be sent to their families

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What were the issues with the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?

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Disbanded in 1942

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What impact did the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) have on African Americans?

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  • Racial segregation

- Sharecroppers suffered badly as farms went out of production and farmers reduced the number of labourers required

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When was the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)?

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1934

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What was the purpose of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)?

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  • Federal guarantees of private mortgages, with reduced down payments from 30% to 10%, and extended repayment time for 20 to 30 years.
  • Enabled more Americans to purchase their own homes
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What is a the strength of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA)?

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  • This policy continues today
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What impact did the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) have on African Americans?

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  • Discrimination
  • A refusal to give mortgages for black families in traditionally white neighbourhoods
  • Reinforces segregation and effectively ghettos too
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Name the second New Deal programmes/Alphabet Agencies.

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  • Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Wagner Act
  • Social Security Act (SSA)
  • Fair Labor Standards Act
  • National Housing Act
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When was the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Wagner Act?

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1935

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What was the purpose of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Wagner Act?

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  • Established work relief programmes funding a vast range of projects directed at different areas, including the Federal Art Project (FAP).
  • Helps resolve labour disputes
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What were the strengths and issues of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Wagner Act?

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  • Ran for 8 years
  • Employed 8.5 million people
  • African Americans were excluded from trade unions
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What impact did the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Wagner Act have on African Americans?

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  • WPA- Known for being ‘colour-blind’, with 1 million black Americans working for it by 1939
  • The Wagner Act- harmed blacks by making labour union monopolies legal, discrimination, encourages incentive in workers to exclude outsiders
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When was the Social Security Act (SSA) ?

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1935

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What was the purpose of the Social Security Act (SSA)?

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  • Guaranteed retirement payments for over-65s
  • Set up federal insurance for the unemployed
  • Provided additional assistance for the disabled, for public health and for dependent women and children
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What is a strength of the Social Security Act (SSA)?

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Continues today

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What impact did the Social Security Act (SSA) have on African Americans?

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Does not apply to domestic jobs (a major area of black female employment)

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When was the Fair Labor Standards Act?

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1938

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What was the purpose of the Fair Labor Standards Act?

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  • Set a minimum wage of 40 cent an hour
  • Set maximum working week of 40 hours for business involved in interstate commerce, and particular for workers not in unions
  • raised the wages of 12 million workers by 1940
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What were the strengths and issues of the Fair Labor Standards Act?

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  • Massive benefits to the worker without the need of Trade Union negotiation
  • This was the last New Deal reform to become law
  • The system was a model for the future
  • Opposed by Southern conservatives on the grounds of excessive government interference with business
  • They also feared that Southern industry, with its traditional low wage structure, would lose it’s competitiveness
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What impact did the Fair Labor Standards Act have on African Americans?

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No minimum wage for domestic workers (typically black jobs) leaving them unprotected

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When was the National Housing Act?

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1938

112
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What was the purpose of the National Housing Act?

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  • Established the United States Housing Authority

- Set up housing projects for low income families

113
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What impact did the National Housing Act have on African Americans?

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Discriminatory as focused on suburban housing rather than the black areas in the inner city.

114
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Who introduced the New Deal?

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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What were the positive impacts of the New Deal?

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  • Provided 1 million jobs, nearly 50,000 housing units and financial assistance
  • Government assistance allowed sharecroppers to become independent farmers
  • Eleanor Roosevelt- black women causes, Declaration of Human Rights
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What were the negative impacts of the New Deal?

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  • Black people were not always given the aid and assistance available
  • Fair Labour Standards Act did not apply to domestic jobs (black jobs)
  • Tennessee Valley Authority built all white towns
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When the Dock Company in Mobile finally responded to federal pressure and employed blacks in 1943, how many blacks were injured?

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50

118
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How many blacks served in the armed forces in WW2?

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Over 1 million

119
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How many blacks were shot in Alexandria, Louisiana, by a drunken white Military Police, state troopers, local police and civilians?

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13

120
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During WW2, how many members did the NAACP gain?

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  • Gained 400,000

- From 50,000 to 450,000

121
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When was Harry S. Truman president?

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1945-53

122
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Name the actions Truman took to improve the civil rights situation.

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  • Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC)
  • Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)
  • ‘To Secure These Rights’
  • Black involvement in the Korean War
  • Shelley vs Kraemer
  • CORE/NAACP/Freedom Rides
  • Impact on later Brown vs Board

A Level History: Civil Rights 1865-1992 (4 decks)

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