African Americans - in-depth studies

Question 1

What did Jim Crow do in the Gilded Age?

Answer 1

• ‘Separate but equal’ ideology, but this was not reality. (plesey vs ferguson 1896)
• Legalised segregation in the south.
  For example, transport, education and hospitals.

Question 2

What did the Supreme Court do in the Gilded Age?

Answer 2

• Plessy vs Ferguson (1896) established ‘separate but equal’
• Wilkins vs Mississippi (1898) ruled anti-voting measures in the south were not unconstitutional.

Question 3

What is the Civil Conservation Corps?

Answer 3

Unemployed given work on conservation projects. They received clothing, food and $1 per day.

Question 4

what did Gaines v. Canada do

Answer 4

(1938) enforced separate but equal

Question 5

2 social problems for Blacks post 60s

Answer 5

1. housing - segregated. High crime rates and no education or money - no escape
2. education - de facto segregation in schools - Blacks in a poverty cycle

Question 6

how did Malcom X publicise his movement

Answer 6

wrote in the Nation of Islam journal “Muhammed speaks”

Question 7

what was the Chicago campaign

Answer 7

Kings changed focus onto de facto segregation: education, employment, housing.
- met with backlash
Chicagos housing problem had been highlighted but not solved

Question 8

what was the fair housing act

Answer 8

(1968)
no racial discrimination allowed to effect the sale, mortgaging or selling of properties

Question 9

who was Steely Carmichael

Answer 9

co-wrote Black-Power:

• outlining his vision for the role for Blacks in the USA
• rejected the help of whites

Question 10

what were the watts riots

Answer 10

watts riots (1965)

• 14,000 troops required to restore order
• 4,000 arrested

Question 11

who were the black panthers

Answer 11

(1966)

• led by huey newton and bobby seale
• had a ten point programme

Question 12

grigs v. duke power company

Answer 12

1971

• removed requirement for an intelligence test for employment

Question 13

what were Regans welfare policies + there effect on blacks

Answer 13

reduced welfare

• black = 12% of population
• yet 35% of people getting food stamps were black

Question 14

black voting stats 1964 + 68 in Alabama

Answer 14

1964: 19%

1968: 61%

Question 15

when was the great migration + its impact

Answer 15

Made civil rights a national issue:

• 6 million Black people moved from the South from the 1910s until the 1970s
• AA population grew by 40% in northern cities between 1910 and 1930