CIVIL RIGHTS BOOKLET 3 - THE TRIUMPH OF JIM CROW

Question 1

SUPREME COURT SIGNIFICANCE

Answer 1

• CREATES AND CHANGES LAWS
• FINAL APPEAL IN CIVIL WAR
• MEMBERS NOMINATED BY THE PRESIDENT

Question 2

W.E.B DU BOIS

Answer 2

• SPOKE AGAINST THE IDEA THAT BLACK AMERICANS SHOULD INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, AND ADVOCATED FOR EMBRACING AFRICAN HERITAGE
• DESIRED A CLASSICAL EDUCATION OPPOSED TO INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION
• FOUNDING MEMBER OF NAACP

Question 3

BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

Answer 3

• BORN A SLAVE; URGED BLACK AMERICANS TO ABANDON THE FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS AND INSTEAD PERFECT THEIR INDUSTRIAL SKILLS
• CRITICISED DU BOIS
• FOUNDED AN ALL BLACK PRIV. UNI IN ALABAMA

Question 4

MARCUS GARVEY

Answer 4

• BLACK NATIONALIST/LEADER OF THE PAN AFRICAN MOVEMENT
• SOUGHT TO ESTABLISH BLACK INDEPENDENT STATES WORLDWIDE
• LED A 50,000 PARADE THROUGH HARLEM
• APPROVED OF THE KKK - LOST INFLUENCE IN THE 1920S

Question 5

EARLY NAACP

Answer 5

• SPRINGFIELD RIOT TIPPING POINT FOR CREATION
• CREATED FEB 1909
• PROMISED TO END SLAVERY AND EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAW

Question 6

IDA B WELLS

Answer 6

• BORN A SLAVE, HUGE ACTIVIST
• SUED RAILROAD WHEN SHE WAS REMOVED FROM A RAILCAR, AND WON MULTIPLE TIMES
• WROTE ANTI LYNCHING PROGRAMMES
• PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF MULTIPLE BLACK ORGANISATIONS
• ISSUE OF LYNCHING MADE PUBLIC BY HER

Question 7

SEGREGATION

Answer 7

• EXTENDED ACROSS ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE
• DE JURE (LEGAL) SEGREGATION LED TO AN INCREASE IN DE FACTO (PERSONAL) SEGREGATION

Question 8

VIOLENCE

Answer 8

• THROUGHOUT THE 1890S, 187 LYNCHINGS TOOK PLACE EACH YEAR
• LYNCHINGS BECAME PUBLIC EVENTS WITH CROWDS GATHERING
• BLACK AMERICANS LIVED IN CONSTANT FEAR DUE TO IT BEING DIFFICULT TO STAND UP TO LEGAL DISCRIMINATION