Civil Rights

Question 1

What did Roosevelt do in 1941?

Answer 1

Promised to set up the fair employment practise committee (FECP). It found widespread discrimination in all industries. As a result many companies improved their policies to black workers.

Question 2

What did Truman do in 1954?

Answer 2

Truman’s government declared that all education boards had to end segregation in schools.

Question 3

What did Eisenhower do in December of 1956?

Answer 3

The bus boycott led to Eisenhower’s Supreme Court ruling that segregation on busses, like education was also illegal.

Question 4

What did Eisenhower do in September 1957?

Answer 4

Passed a civil rights act to ensure all African Americans could exercise their right to vote.

Question 5

What were Martin Luther kings methods and tactics?

Answer 5

• peaceful protest
• March on Washington
• created the southern Christian leadership conference (SCLC)

Question 6

What were Malcolm X’s tactics?

Answer 6

Encouraged race riots, became leader of a group called Nation of Islam.