Civil Rights

Question 1

Life black americans 1950s in the north

Answer 1

• worse jobs

- lived in poorest parts in town/ghettos

Question 2

Life black americans 1950s in the south

Answer 2

• state laws enforced segregation
• separate resturantes and schools
• buses were segregated
• bad school for blacks

Question 3

Education-brown vs topeka school board 1954

Answer 3

• court case
• againts racial segregation in public school
• change in access of black people to public schools

Question 4

Roas parks

Answer 4

• refused to give up her seat to a white person
• was arrested for it
• catalyst for montogmery bus boycott 1955

Question 5

Montgomery bus boycott

Answer 5

• segregation on buses between white and blacks in the south
• arrest rosa parks
• boycott of buses by black community

Question 6

Montgomery bus boy cott end

Answer 6

• 1956
• start intergration
• ended the boycott

Question 7

What was the Little rock 1957

Answer 7

• school intergration was met with resistance
• little rock-arkansas-has done nothing(no intergration)
• police tried to prevent the black people to attend school
• president iesenhower sent federal troop to protect black people and make them go to school

Question 8

Significance of little rock

Answer 8

• it forced eisenhower to take action
• introduction of civil rights act
• illigal to deny american citizens their civil rights
• the state of arkansas forced to re open schools for black and whites

Question 9

5 Civil rights movements in 1960-1965

Answer 9

• greenborough sit in
• freedom ride
• freedom summer
• birmingham
• march on washinghton

Question 10

What was the greensboro sit in 1960

Answer 10

• civil right protest

- black people refused to leave resturants as they were not served

Question 11

What was the freedom rides 1961

Answer 11

• protests againts segregation on buses

- blacks and white ride buses together in the south

Question 12

What was the freedom summer 1964

Answer 12

• mississippi

- attempt to register as many african americans voters as possible

Question 13

What was the birmingham protest 1963

Answer 13

• alabama
• most racist city in america
• campaign and boycott throught the city

Question 14

What was the march on washinghton 1963

Answer 14

• martin luther king
• march to washinghton to ask for civil and economic rights
• speech “i have a dream”

Question 15

Civil rights act 1964

Answer 15

• banned discrimination in voting, public spaces and jobs

- government had power to enforce desegregation

Question 16

Civil rights act limitations 1964

Answer 16

• dificult to enforce
• limited staff
• south found ways around it

Question 17

Voting rights act of 1965

Answer 17

• one voter registration

- federal government ran registration in some states

Question 18

Voting rights act limitation 1965

Answer 18

• very slow proccess

- frustration by black american

Question 19

Selma march 1965

Answer 19

• march from selma to montgomery
• peaceful protest marches (3)
• assault on marchers by police
• led to voting rights act

Question 20

How many towns in the south had black policmen

Answer 20

143

Question 21

In 1956,how many black people were registered to vote percent

Answer 21

20%

Question 22

Name two ways in which black people were prevented from voting

Answer 22

• gangs beating up black people outisde voting places

- black people who went to court and defend their rights were murdered

Question 23

How many school districts had desgregated by 1957

Answer 23

723

Question 24

2 responses to school desgregatuon in deep south

Answer 24

• kkk members grew

- protests outisde schools