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Civil Rights Campaign Flashcards

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1
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When was Emmett Till murdered

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1955

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When was the Greensboro sit in

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Feb 1960

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Where was Emmett till from and where was he visiting

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From Chicago and visiting his uncle in Mississippi

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What did he say to a white woman

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“Bye baby”

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5
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Where was Mississippi

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In the South where it was very racist

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Who was Emmett Till murdered by

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Roy and Milam Bryant

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How was Emmett Till murdered

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Taken to a barn, beat up, tortured and tied to part of a cotton gin with barbed wire and thrown into a river

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Who was Emmett’s uncle

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Mose Wright

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Why was Emmett’s trial a joke

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The jury had helped with his murder

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10
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Where did Linda Brown’s case reach

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The Supreme Court

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11
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Who announced that the constitution was colourblind

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Chief Justice Earl Warren

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12
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When was the constitution announced colourblind

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1954

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13
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When did the Supreme Court order all schools to be integrated

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1955

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14
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What was the board of education called

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The Topeka board of education

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15
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Where was the Little Rock school

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Arkansas

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16
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When did the LR9 first try to enter the school

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3rd September 1957

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17
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Which LR9 student had to walk into school by herself

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Elizabeth Eckford (15)

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18
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Who was the Governor of Arkansas

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Orville Faubus

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What did Faubus do

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Sent state troopers to stop LR9 entering the school on 3rd of September

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What did President Eisenhower do to help LR9

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Sent troops to protect LR9 to attend the school

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21
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Where was the Greensboro sit in

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Woolworths

22
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What did Woolworths do

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Only allowed black people to shop, not eat at the lunch counter

23
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What were people’s reaction to Greensboro sit in

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Many whites were violent but many other students joined the sit-in

24
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When was the voting rights march

A

1965

25
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What happens during the Montgomery bus boycott

A

The black citizens refused to use the buses and walked or used cabs instead

26
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How long did the Montgomery bus boycott last

A

About a year

27
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What percent of people who used the buses were black

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75%

28
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When did Rosa Parks sit on the bus

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December 1955

29
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When was the Montgomery bus boycott

A

December 1955

30
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When did the Montgomery bus boycott finish

A

December 1956

31
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When did the supreme court declare that bus segregation was illegal

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November 1956

32
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What was the freedom rides

A

testing the desegregation laws by travelling from Washington to New Orleans

33
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When was the Birmingham campaign

A

1963

34
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What was Birmingham

A

A very racist city in America

35
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Did Kennedy speak at the MoW

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No

36
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What was the children’s crusade

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Thousands of children left school to peacefully march through Birmingham

37
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What were the reactions of the childrens crusade

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Chief police Bull Connor used police dogs, fire hoses and arrested children

38
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Who ordered the attack at the children’s crusade

A

Bull Conner, the chief of police

39
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When was the march on Washington

A

1963

40
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Why did they march in Washington

A

They wanted the civil rights bill to be passed as some politicians were fighting against it

41
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What were the aims of MLK’s I have a Dream speech

A
  • emphasise peaceful methods
  • inspire people
  • shame/ reassure white
  • recruit people
42
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Where was the voting rights march

A

From Selma to Montgomery

43
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When did Eisenhower sign a civil rights act

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1957 and 1960

44
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When did johnson sign a voting rights act

A

1964

45
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When was the KKK

A

after the civil war but peaked in 1923

46
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When were the freedom rides

A

1961

47
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How many people marched on Washington

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250, 000

48
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What did Eisenhower’s Civil Rights Acts contribute to

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1964 Civil Rights Act

49
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What was the voting rights march aim

A

To challenge opposition to African Americans voting

50
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Why did the voting rights march target Selma

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There were a large number of AA voters

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