Civil rights Topic 2

Question 1

What were the Jim crow laws

Answer 1

Laws which enforced racial segregation e.g. schools, restaurants, libraries, public transport

Question 2

What was different about the north and south of america

Answer 2

In the North racism was not illegal but discrimination still meant that they most likely lived separately

Question 3

What was Plessey V Feuguson

Answer 3

Ruled separate but equal

Question 4

When was Brown V Topeka

Answer 4

1954

Question 5

What was Brown v Topeka

Answer 5

The supreme court ruled that education had to be integrated

Question 6

Which Civil rights group got Brown V topeka passed

Answer 6

NAACP

Question 7

What were the drawbacks of Brown V Topeka

Answer 7

• There was no deadline so states in the deep south took their time
• Did not always benefit the African Americans as they suffered extreme abuse and harassment
• Southerners were furious and it saw the resurrection of the KKK

Question 8

When was the murder of Emmett Till

Answer 8

1955

Question 9

What was the murder of Emmett Till?

Answer 9

A young African American from the north down in the south beat and shot by a white man due to talking to the mans wife

Question 10

What happened to the murders of Emmett Till

Answer 10

They were immediately found not guilty, even after later admitting they were

Question 11

What were the effects of Emmett Till

Answer 11

• Brought awareness to the increased problems faced by African Americans in the south
• Motivated many African Americans to take a more active role to bring about change

Question 12

When was the Montgomery bus boycott

Answer 12

1955

Question 13

What was the Montgomery bus boycott

Answer 13

Rose Parks, a secretary for the NAACP refused to move when a white person sat in her row on the bus
- This sparked the boycott where African Americans didn’t use busses for 381 days

Question 14

Why was the montgomery bus boycott so successful

Answer 14

African Americans made up 70% of their passengers so caused serious financial harm to the bus companies

Question 15

How did the African Americans get around without the use of busses

Answer 15

• Black taxis were set up
• Car pooling systems
• The church gave out shoes

Question 16

What did the opposition to the Montgomery bus boycott do

Answer 16

Bombed MLK’s house
Harassed African Americas while they were waiting for a car
Created new laws
Made arrests
Raised minimum taxi fees

Question 17

What were the effects of the bus boycott

Answer 17

Browder V Gayle - integrated all state buses

Question 18

What did the montgomery bus boycott attract

Answer 18

Major media attention which raised awareness of the problems of segregation

Question 19

Why was the Montgomery bus boycott so signficant

Answer 19

provided that protests were successful
Inspired other boycotts and means of non-violence

Question 20

What happened to the Civil rights bill which was presented in 1948

Answer 20

It was opposed by republicans and dixiecrats

Question 21

Why was the Civil rights bill in 1956 not passed

Answer 21

It was filibustered by Storm Thurmond due to southern resistance

Question 22

A weakened bill was proposed in 1957, what happened

Answer 22

It had high opposition but lyndon Johnson got it passed

Question 23

Effects of the 1957 Civil rights bill

Answer 23

• It had little immediate action which disappointed activists
• But it was the FIRST TIME in 82 years the federal government had acted to try and improve the civil rights of African Americans

Question 24

By 1957, 3 years after Brown V Topeka, how many schools in the south were integrated

Answer 24

Zero, they closed schools as they believed it was an abuse of the supreme court

Question 25

Why is Little rock central high school significant

Answer 25

a federal court ruled that the school must start to integrate

Question 26

How many African Americans were accepted into the school, how many attended on the first day

Answer 26

25 were accepted only 9 showed up

Question 27

What had the Governor Faubus do to prevent entry of the students

Answer 27

State troops had been ordered to stop the students from entering

Question 28

What happened on the first day at little rock

Answer 28

• The nine were awaited by an angry white mob, shouting abuse at them
• the state troops forced them to go home
• all these was captured by the media and shown over the USA and the world

Question 29

Who was the president which got involved with little rock 9

Answer 29

President Eisenhower

Question 30

What did President Eisenhower do to benefit the little rock 9

Answer 30

Got the state troops removed
- had to intervene with the riots at the school
- sent 1,200 federal troops to escort the 9 for the entire year

Question 31

Governor Faubus closed the schools again once the little rock were able to attend classes, what did the supreme court do

Answer 31

They stood by their ruling of Brown V Topeka and forced Little rock back open and to continue integration

Question 32

Why was little rock significant

Answer 32

The FIRST TIME the president directly intervene to enforce the Supreme courts decision
- Also showed that winning battles in the supreme court would not be enough and that media coverage was essential for gaining support and success

Question 33

What were the effects of the civil rights act of 1957

Answer 33

• Allowed the government to prosecute states who interfered with peoples right to vote
• Set up a commission to investigate voting violations e.g. poll tax and unfair literacy tests
• the 1964 Civil rights act