civil rights movement Flashcards
What was bus travel like for Black people in Montgomery, Alabama?
Black and white people had to sit in separate spaces. If there wasn’t enough room black people would have to give up their seats
What did Rosa parks do?
She refused to give up her seat for a white man so she was fined and arrested
What was the boycott that followed rosa parks?
a Baptist called martin Luther King jr boycotted buses in Montgomery, albama and elsewhere they took to TV, radio and newspapers
What happened in 381 days?
Segregation on buses was illegal
Why was the buses so important?
First victory of black Americans
When did the USA declare independence from Britain?
1776
Did Britain’s abolition affect US slaves in 1807 and 1833?
No
What were women’s jobs like?
domestic service, longest hours and lowest pay
what happened in 1857?
Matrimonial cause act - allowed divorce through the law courts
what happened in 1870?
Married women’s property act - allowed women to keep £200 and personal property
what happened in 1882
Married women’s property act - allowed a women to control everything she brought into a marriage and everything she earned during it
what happened in 1884
Matrimonial causes act - prevented a wife from being forced to live with / have sex with her husband
what happened in 1886
Guardianship of infants act - welfare of the children into account when deciding custody in a divorce
what happened in 1894?
Local governments act- allows women to vote in elections for county and borough councils
difference between suffragists and suffragettes
- advocates for the right to vote
- Militant tactics to work for it
When did the suffragists and suffragettes emerge?
20th century
Governments response to suffragettes
arrested for illegal actions (some went on hunger strikes) - force feeding against their will.
Who was Emily Davidson?
She ran out at a horse race i the path of the king’s horse holding a “vote for women” banner. She died from a fractured skull.
What day was the Epsom derby race?
4th June 1913
Women before WW1
women did not have the right to vote and had alienated themselves from previous supporters
When was the law passed for the right to vote?
February 1918 8 million women over 30
First female MP
Nancy Astor 1919
When were women given the full right to vote?
1928
When were African- American slaves emancipated?
1865
Who were the Ku Klux Klan?
They beat, burned, tortured, shot, drowned hundreds of black people
when was the civil rights act put in place?
July 1964
what was Martin Luther Jr awarded?
Nobel peace prize
when was Martin Luther King jr assassinated?
1968
