America

Question 1

1964 civil rights act

Answer 1

• all government agencies were desegregated
• outlawed discrimination in Hotels, motels and restaurants but was only encourage to public schools

STILL NO VOTE FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS

Question 2

1965 voting rights act

Answer 2

• sped up the process of getting all African Americans registered to vote
• end literacy tests which hit African Americans most

(Detroit , Atlanta, Cleveland all had black mayors)

Question 3

1968 civil rights act

Answer 3

• equal voting rights for all
• houses could not be rented or sold on the basis of race, religion , national origin or sex
• people living in rented or bought houses could not be intimidated or forced to leave

Question 4

Martin Luther king

Answer 4

Believed in non violent protest

Organise non violent protests, marches , boycotts and demonstrations wherever local laws discriminated against African Americans

He led the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955 and helped organise the 1963 march on Washington where he delivered his famous ‘I have a dream’ speech

Was awarded a novel peace prize in 1964

Assassinated in 1968 by James Earl Ray

Question 5

Malcom X

Answer 5

• Believed violence was necessary to bring about change
• member of the Nation of Islam but left in 1964
• assassinated in 1965

Question 6

Years Kennedy was president

Answer 6

1960-1963

Question 7

Years Lyndon B Johnson was president

Answer 7

1963-1969

Question 8

Kennedy and the ‘new frontier’

Answer 8

Kennedy promises the American people an improvement in their lives .

He will ensure that sick people are looked after and social security is given, housing and transportation are improved, aid will be given distressed areas and farmers will be supported through modernisation programmes

Question 9

Johnson and the ‘great society’: the economic opportunity act 1964

Answer 9

This provided training to disadvantaged youths aged 16-21 and recruited volunteers to work and teach in low income slum areas

Question 10

Johnson and the ‘great society’:

Medicare and medicaid 1965

Answer 10

Provided medical insurance for the over 65’s and hospital care for the poor

Question 11

Johnson and the ‘great society’:

The development act 1964

Answer 11

Money was provided for replacing inner city slums with new homes