Continuing Problems for Blacks 1920s

Question 1

What had caused a lot of hatred between blacks and whites?

Answer 1

Slavery

Question 2

Why didn’t many blacks vote despite being legally able to?

Answer 2

Intimidation

Question 3

What didn’t blacks have?

Answer 3

Good jobs or education

Question 4

What did blacks suffer?

Answer 4

Great poverty

Question 5

What did extremist groups such as the KKK do to blacks?

Answer 5

Persecuted blacks

Lynched, tar and feathered and branded blacks with acid

Question 6

Who were members of the KKK?

Answer 6

Many government officials

Question 7

How many lynchings per year?

Answer 7

Around 50

Question 8

Why did KKK membership increase?

Answer 8

During the 1920s immigration to the USA increased

Question 9

What did KKK membership grow to by 1928?

Answer 9

5 million

Question 10

Who led the KKK?

Answer 10

Imperial Grand Wizard Hiram Wesley Evans

Question 11

Where did many blacks move to to escape persecution?

Answer 11

Northern cites

Question 12

What did New York’s black population rise to?

Answer 12

From 150,000 to 330,000

Question 13

Black life expectancy in 1930

Answer 13

48 compared to 59 for whites

Question 14

What did blacks pay higher rents for?

Answer 14

Poorer housing than whites

Question 15

What were athletic groups?

Answer 15

Groups of Polish and Irish immigrants which attacked blacks in Chicago if they went into parks, playgrounds or other public places