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When was the 13th Amendment and what did it do?

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1865

Formally frees the slaves

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When was the first Civil Rights Act and what did ti guarantee?

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1866

Legal equality

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When was the 14th amendment and what did it do?

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1868

Granted African Americans citizenship

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When was the 15th Amendment and what did it do?

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1870

Gave African Americans the vote

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When was the KKK Act and what did it do?

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1871

Protected Southern African Americans

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What did the 1873 Slaughterhouse Case do?

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Stated that states controlled citizen rights

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When was Plessy Vs Ferguson and what did it do?

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1896

Established “separate but equal”

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When was the Fair Employment Act?

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1941

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What year was Plessy Vs Ferguson overturned and by what, and under which president?

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1954

Overturned by Brown Vs Board under Eisenhower

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Which consecutive Acts were introduced by Kennedy and made legit by Johnson?

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1964 Civil Rights Act

1965 Voting Rights Act

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What Act was in 1968?

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Fair Housing Act

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What and When was California Vs Bakke?

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1978

White student discriminated against when trying to join school

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When was MLK Day introduced ?

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1983

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What Act was in 1983?

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Civil Rights Restoration Act

Recipients of federal funds must comply with the civil rights laws in all areas

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When were the Rodney King Riots?

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1992

Due to the excessive force used against Rodney King by policemen which killed him

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Main events during Reconstruction Period 1865 - 1877 (turning point)

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Led by Andrew Johnson in wake of civil war

Passed the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendment giving African Americans the vote

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Main events during the Gilded Age 1875 - 1895 (turning point)

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Introduction of the Jim Crow Laws

Increased opposition to African American rights through the KKK

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World Wars (turning point)

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WW1 increases employment, migration, ghettos

WW2 link with Hitler and Jewish persecution discouraging overall discrimination.

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1950’s (turning point)

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Murder of Emmet Till, Brown Vs Board, Little Rock

Rosa Parks, and Montgomery Bus Boycotts

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1960’s (turning point)

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Birmingham Protest, March on Washington, Civil and Voting Rights Act, role of MLK

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Black Power (turning point)

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Malcom X and Nation of Islam
Militant role of the Black Panthers and black consciousness
Other key activists believed it hindered progression of rights

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Who was Frederick Douglas?

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Led abolitionist movement and president of Freedman’s Savings Bank

23
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Who was Blanche K. Bruce?

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First African American senator to serve a whole term in office 1881- 1885

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Who was Ida B. Wells?

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Co-founded the NAACP and campaigned against lynching’s and Jim Crow laws

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Who was Booker T. Washington?

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Disagreed with Du Bois and promoted education and economic advancement to secure rights
Established Tuskegee institute

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Who was W.E.B. Du Bois?

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Established NAACP and believed in political rights campaigns

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Who was A. Phillip Randolph?

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Led organised labour causes in 1920’s to pressure govt.

Member of BOTSCP

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Who was Marcus Garvey?

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Established black identity and consciousness

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Who was MLK?

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Led SCLC, credited with Civil Rights Act

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Who was Malcom X?

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Believed in separatism worked with N.o.I

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Who was Jesse Jackson?

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Ran as president candidate in the 1980s

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Andrew Johnson

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Supported rights to hampered by Southern States

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Woodrow Wilson

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Very limited support for African American rights

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Introduced New Deal = slight improvements

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Harry S. Truman

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“To secure these rights” published

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Dwight Eisenhower

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Forced to act during Brown Vs Board

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John F. Kennedy

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Meets with MLK

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Lyndon B. Johnson

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Passes Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts

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Richard Nixon

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Introduces Affirmative Action

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Ronald Reagan

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Limited support, opposes MLK Day

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What was the Freedman’s Bureau?

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Organisation to support ex-slaves

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Who were the KKK?

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White supremacists group set up in 1867 led lynching campaigns. Resurges in 1920’s, 1950’s

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What were the NAACP?

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National Association for Advancement of Coloured People set up in 1909. Focused on legal challenges.

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What was the Tuskegee Institute?

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Set up by Booker T. Washington in 1881 to train teachers and promote education improvements

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What was the UNIA?

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Universal Negro Improvement Association founded by Garvey in 1914, first large organization.

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What was the White Councils?

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Set up after Brown Vs Board to protest school segregation

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What was the SCLC?

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference founded in 1957. Led by MLK

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What was CORE?

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Congress of Racial Equality founded in 1942. Introduced freedom rides and challenged segregation.

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What wad the SNCC?

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Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee established in 1962.

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What was the Nation of Islam?

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Founded in 1930 and Malcom X worked with them to promote African heritage in 1950s/60s

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What were the Black Panthers?

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Founded in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seal. Called for armed resistance and hostility to whites.

History: Civil Rights (4 decks)

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