Civil rights 1940-70

Question 1

Positive WW2 consequences for civil rights

Answer 1

Armed forces desegregated
Black soldiers allowed in marines and pilots
2 million African Americans in in industry
Law to stop desegregation in gov jobs

Question 2

Negative WW2 consequences

Answer 2

Increased racial tension
Most jobs given were most dangerous or bad conditions

Question 3

Brown V Topeka

Answer 3

Court case to stop segregation in southern schools
In Kansas

Question 4

Positive consequences of Brown v topeka

Answer 4

300,000 children in formerly segregated schools
People were realising segregation is psychologically damaging

Question 5

Negative consequences of brown v topeka

Answer 5

2.4 million black children still in segregated schools
Racist southern congress signed southern manifesto
Judgment was vague and took too long
450 laws passed to prevent the enforcement of the law

Question 6

Little Rock 9

Answer 6

1957
9 students joined all white high school in Arizona
Met with many riots and racism
School shut for a year

Question 7

Positive consequences for Little Rock 9

Answer 7

Law later passed to force integration in 1959
Eisenhower finally sent troops and overruled state gov

Question 8

Negative consequences for Little Rock 9

Answer 8

Attitudes were still bad to civil rights due to
the massive amounts of hatred received
Black activists realised state gov could overrule federal ruling

Question 9

James Meredith case

Answer 9

First black student to be accepted in Mississippi uni forced by Supreme Court
Riots to stop this, 210 wounded 2 dead
Kennedy sent many Marshall’s to ensure safety

Question 10

Positive consequences of James Meredith case

Answer 10

JFK’s intervention proved federal gov could take over and they were in favour, gain hope

Question 11

Negative consequences of James Meredith case

Answer 11

Violence shows people still upheld racist values
In Alabama state gov vowed to not let a black student into the Uni

Question 12

Montgomery bus boycott events

Answer 12

Rosa Parks refused to give up seat for white passenger
She was arrested
MIA set up to organise 1 day boycott
Worked with MLK to organise whole year boycott
Taken to court and segregation finally deemed unconstitutional

Question 13

Positive consequences

Answer 13

Put pressure on economy to turn accept civil rights
Federal decision showed gov intervention

Question 14

Sit ins

Answer 14

Black people would sit in white only cafe seat and refuse to move even when met with violence and store closing

Question 15

Famous sit in example

Answer 15

4 black students entered woolsworth store
Remained for 5 days and 407 joined them

Question 16

Freedom riding

Answer 16

Testing whether stations and bus stops actually integrated
Would ride in white only buses and use white only services, met with arrests and violence

Question 17

Positive consequences of freedom riders

Answer 17

Passing of law to end racial segregation in bus terminals
International attention
Proved point of racism because met with KKK and violence

Question 18

MLK methods

Answer 18

March on Washington
Letter from Birmingham jail
Selma March
I have a dream speech
Assassination

Question 19

March on Washington

Answer 19

250,000 demonstrators
Attracted international attention
Tested police reaction
Demand end to segregation in jobs and fair wages

Question 20

What did March on Washington accomplish?

Answer 20

Pressured Kennedy into creating a civil rights bill

Question 21

Letter from Birmingham jail

Answer 21

After being arrested he wrote a letter outlining slow progress towards civil rights

Question 22

I have a dream speech

Answer 22

Was televised to large crowds
Outlined his peaceful methods and pressured Kennedy into passing civil rights bill

Question 23

March on selma

Answer 23

Due to racist chief of police not registering black voters
Pressure on passing voting rights bill