Black Reaction to Discrimination

Question 1

How many black people migrated to the North between 1916 and 1920?

Answer 1

1 million.

Question 2

What was the mass movement of black people to the North known as?

Answer 2

The Great Migration.

Question 3

What were the names of the riots of the 1920 due to racial tensions.

Answer 3

The Race Riots.

Question 4

How many Black Americans did Ford employ in 1916 and 1926

Answer 4

50 and 10,000.

Question 5

How many deaths did the Race Riots result in?

Answer 5

62.

Question 6

What was the life expectancy for Black Americans in 1900 and then 1930

Answer 6

45 and 48.

Question 7

What did the NAACP stand for?

Answer 7

The National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People.

Question 8

What did the UNIA stand for?

Answer 8

The Universal Negro Improvement Association.

Question 9

When was the NAACP founded?

Answer 9

1909

Question 10

Who lead the NAACP?

Answer 10

W.E.B Duo Bois(1863 - 1963)

Question 11

In 1919 how many members did the NAACP have?

Answer 11

90,000 members in 300 branches.

Question 12

What were the aims of the NAACP?

Answer 12

The non-violent campaign against racism in the USA.

Question 13

What were the methods of the NAACP?

Answer 13

The use of legal methods to fight segregation, and investigative journalism and public information campaigns about lynching and KKK atrocities.

Question 14

Who was the founder of the UNIA?

Answer 14

Marcus Garvey (1887-1940)

Question 15

How many members did the UNIA have at its peak?

Answer 15

250,000.

Question 16

How did the UNIA fight segregation?

Answer 16

Using more militant methods, such as suggesting that black people return to Africa in order to found their own nation.

Question 17

When was the UNIA founded?

Answer 17

1914.

Question 18

What was the slogan of the UNIA?

Answer 18

Back to Africa.