Civil Rights and Equality Flashcards
Radical Republicans wanted to all of the following:
- Destroy power of former sharholders
-Give full citizenship, and suffrage to African Americans
Some Northerners believed the Freedmen’s Bureau should seize lands of Confederates to distribute to ________________
Former Slave and poor whites
Which of the following was NOT a positive outcome of Reconstruction?
Rise supremacy
Which of the following was true of African Americans and land ownership after the Civil War?
Black landowners, non-farmers were attacked- made them turn to share cropping.
Which of the following was a part of the system of sharecropping?
Owner gives land, seed, tools for a part of the profit
When did Reconstruction official end?
Compromise of 1877:
- Federal troops leave LA, SC
- Funding for Southern railroads and waterways
- Conservative Southerner in cabinet
What groups did the KKK target?
Black people
Jewish People
LGBTQ
Immigrants
Even after the passage of the 15th amendment, many Southern states disenfranchised black men…
from voting
People that had many different views about how to fix problems they believed existed in the American society were known as __________________
Scalawags were southerners
Carpetbaggers were northerners who migrated to the south
What was the main goal of Theodore Roosevelt’s Square Deal?
Business Regulations
Consumer Rights
Nature presevation
What major laws were passed in response to the public outcry caused by Upton Sinclair’s book, The Jungle?
Pure food act and meat inspections
How did W.E.B Du Boi’s view on achieving equality for African Americans differs from Booker T. Washington’s?
WEB believed that social justice can only be given by protesting
Booker felt that African Americans should get rights by applying themselves to society, and showing society black peoples worth by working.
What was the significance of the women’s suffrage movement?
The Equal Pay Act, the Title IX education amendment, and the proposed Equal Rights amendment (ERA) were primarily efforts to improve the status of _________________
Examples of non-violent protest that were part of the Civil Rights Movement include:
In Arkansas, the governor tried to prevent black students from entering a HS by ____________
Not allowing them in the school
“Seperate educational facilities are inherently unequal.” -Brown v. Board of Education
The effect of this ruling was to…
MLK Jr. first emerged as a leader of the civil rights movement when he ________
was elected the leader of the Montgomery boycott
The president acted as a commander in chief in response to which event of the civil rights movement
Little rock
How did JFK use his power as commander-in-chief to enforce the integration of universities like Ole Miss?
He sent federal marhsalls to accompany the black student to his classes. also provided protecting for the student and parents
By urging Congress to pass a civil rights bill, JFK wanted to legally guarantee ______________
that there was no discrimination
The Kerner Commission found that events in Watts, LA in 1965 were a direct result of __________
Hopelessness and desperation amongst black youth.
Providing government assistance for housing, job training, and money for preschool aged programs are examples of programs from
LBK’s fight against poverty
What is the purpose of Medicare?
Health insurance for retired people
