civil rights

Question 1

years of the civil war?
who wins?
years of the civil rights movement?
^importance?

Answer 1

1861-1865
north wins

1954-1968
almost 100 years after fighting for slavery to end the civil rights movement starts.

Question 2

civil rights definition

Answer 2

the rights of citizens to political(voting) and social (segregation) freedom and equality

Question 3

what is slavery based on?

Answer 3

race

Question 4

what percent owned slaves?
how many supported?
why?

Answer 4

5 % owned
95 % supported
white supremacy

Question 5

civil war recap:

Answer 5

civil war brings and end to slavery but white supremacy will continue

Question 6

south feeling towards civil war

Answer 6

“the lost cause”

the south lost but they fought for a just cause

Question 7

where is the federal government

Answer 7

washington dc

Question 8

states rights vs federal government

Answer 8

states rights(south)
pro slavery/pro segregation

federal government(north)
end slavery/ end segregation

Question 9

13 amendment

Answer 9

abolish slavery

Question 10

14th amendment

Answer 10

US citizens

Question 11

15th amendment

Answer 11

right to vote

Question 12

what do the 13, 14, and 15th amendment have in common?

Answer 12

civil war amendments

Question 13

most segregated city today?

Answer 13

milwaukee

Question 14

what is lynching
why was it used?

Answer 14

illegal hanging
*scare the black community

Question 15

literacy test and poll tax
purpose?

Answer 15

literacy test: had to read to vote. many blacks could not read. blacks got harder questions than whites

poll tax: pay to vote. blacks had no money

prevent blacks from voting

Question 16

segregation definition + purpose

Answer 16

separation

to remind blacks everyday they are second class citizens

Question 17

De Jure vs De Facto segregation
example?

Answer 17

de jure: segregation by law
south
easier to end
ruggles

de facto: segregation by chance/habit
north
secretary + janitors

Question 18

plessy vs ferguson

Answer 18

“separate but equal”
segregation is now legal

Question 19

tulsas massacre

Answer 19

largest race massacre
300 people killed

Question 20

“Double V”

Answer 20

1) Victory in WW2
2) Victory at home=civil rights/equality

Question 21

WW2 and Jackie Robinson

Answer 21

fought ww2 to bring democracy to the world. blacks fought.

baseball player
most popular sport
represents change in america

Question 22

jim crow laws
example?

Answer 22

segregation laws

restaurants, busses, schools

Question 23

what is a precedent

Answer 23

prior ruling

Question 24

brown v board of education

Answer 24

segregation in schools is over
precedent is now set
*beginning of the end of segregation

Question 25

television

Answer 25

without television the civil rights movement wouldn’t have happened at this time

Question 26

Montgomery bus boycott

Answer 26

Alabama

rosa parks

381 days

60%of bus riders are black and refuse to ride the bus

economic boycott

bussing segregation is over

Question 27

MLK jr

Answer 27

civil rights leader

peaceful and nonviolent protest

doesn’t want to be seen as an agressor/violent

Question 28

little rock 9
time limit to desegregate schools?

Answer 28

Arkansas

try to desegregate little rock highschool

101st airborne escorts kids to school

but 9 black kids into a high school

all deliberate speed

Question 29

young people and the civil rights movement
2 reasons why they lead:

Answer 29

young lead the civil rights movement

1) young and dumb
2) little responsibility to others

Question 30

sit ins

Answer 30

desegregate restaurants

Question 31

james meredith

Answer 31

first black student to attend ole miss

2 people killed due to riots of JM attending ole miss

Question 32

march to washington

Answer 32

“i have a dream speech”

putting pressure on congress to get civil rights bill passed

Question 33

civil rights act of 1964

Answer 33

segregation is now illegal in all public spaces

dejure segregation is over

Question 34

freedom summer

Answer 34

register blacks to vote in the south

3 civil rights workers are killed by KKK/police

Question 35

voting rights act of 1965

Answer 35

fed gov will now protect all voters

Question 36

Malcolm X

Answer 36

civil rights leader
supports violent “eye for eye” protests

Question 37

black power

Answer 37

proud to be black

Question 38

redlining + white flight

Answer 38

“white flight”
white people moved out of the city and took wealth with them. city becomes the ghetto

refusal to give someone a loan in a certain area because of their race

Question 39

black panthers

Answer 39

protection from police brutality

Question 40

kings death
where and who

Answer 40

memphis tn
james earl ray

Question 41

civil rights act 1968

Answer 41

housing

ends redlining

Question 42

end of the civil rights (2 reasons)

Answer 42

1) kings death
2) white people believe they have done enough

Question 43

3 failures of civil rights

Answer 43

1) doesn’t solve defacto segregation
2)racism/discrimination
3) poverty/economics

Question 44

purpose of the freedom riders? what reaction did they want?

Answer 44

enforce desegregation on busses

violent reaction

Question 45

what happen to the first bus at the alabama state line? then the second at anniston alabama

Answer 45

1) get beaten
2) get bombed / blew up

Question 46

when new volunteers became freedom riders what police protection did they get? what does kennedy finally do?

Answer 46

none

fed gov will protect them

Question 47

why was birmingham called bombingham

Answer 47

60 bombings

Question 48

what happens to children who march with MLK? why do they march instead of adults?

Answer 48

arrested

fill the jails

Question 49

how does bull dinner inadvertently help the civil rights movement

Answer 49

uses fire hoses and police dogs

caught on tv

Question 50

what does kennedy decide needs to be done to end racial violence in the south?

Answer 50

wants a civil rights bill passed