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Dates/events part 1 Flashcards

1
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When were 50 First Nations first enslaved by Gaspar Gorte-Real?

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1500

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What happens in regard to slavery in 1608?

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French colonizers introduce black salves to Canada

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When was the first black slave transported to Canada directly from Africa?

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1629

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When was slavery legal in New France?

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1689-1709

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How many slaves were registered in the New France colony in 1759?

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3604

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When do British loyalists head to Canada with heir slaves?

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1783

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Who starts to challenge slavery in Canada and when?

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John Graves Simcoe (Upper Canada first lieutenant general) in 1793

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When was slavery abolished in the British Empire?

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1834

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When and where did the last Canadian slave owner die?

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1871 in Cornwall, Ontario

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When did Canada start to establish residential schools?

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1830

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How many residential schools were present in each province and territory (excluding New Brunswick and PEI) by 1900?

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64

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From which years were First Nation children forcibly placed in residential schools?

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1874-1996

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In what year does the Canadian government agree to provide justice to First Nations?

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June 2005

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14
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How much money is given to First Nations in May of 2006?

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up to 6 billion

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15
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What was signed by Abraham Lincoln January 1st, 1863?

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The emancipation proclamation

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when does Robert E. Lee, American Confederate General, surrender to Ulysses S. Grant, Union Army General, at Appomattox courthouse in Virginia?

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April 9th, 1865

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When was the Civil Rights Act passed?

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April of 1866

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18
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When and where was the KKK formed?

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1866 in Pulaski, Tennessee

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When does the American supreme Court rule on the Brown versus the board of Education case which deemed segregation in schools is unconstitutional?

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May 17, 1954

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Where does the name Brown versus the Board of Education originate?

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The name Brown versus the Board of education is derived from the most famous case brought to court by Oliver Brown. The lawsuit was against the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas in 1951 after Brown’s daughter Linda Brown was denied entrance to Topeka’s all-white elementary schools. He claimed schools for black children were not equal to schools for white children and violated the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment.

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21
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When and where was Emmett Till murdered?

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August 1955 in Mississippi

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22
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Who killed Emmett Till?

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J.W Milam and Roy Bryant

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23
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Where was Emmett Till’s body disposed of?

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In the Tallahatchie River

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24
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When and where did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat?

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December 1st, 1955 in Montgomery Alabama

25
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What happened to the little rock nine?

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the little rock nine was blocked from entering all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas by Governor Orval Faubus by calling in the Arkansas National Guard September 1957. One month later, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends federal troops to escort the little rock nine into the school.

26
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Why did the Woolworth’s diner sit-ins take place?

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Four black college students partook in a peaceful sit-in at the segregated Woolworth’s diner in Greensboro North Carolina after being refused service. They were inspired by MLK’s peaceful protests against racial inequality, Gandhi, freedom riders, and Emmet Till. This sparked a movement among the college students’ fellow peers and across the South.

27
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When and where was the Asiatic Exclusion League founded?

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San Francisco, California in 1905

28
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What happened in downtown Vancouver in 1907?

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Members of the Asiatic exclusion league head to downtown Vancouver to riot against Asian businessmen

29
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When did the Asiatic exclusion league disband?

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five days after the 1907 riot

30
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How many Indian immigrants lived in Canada as of 1908?

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more than 5,000

31
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When was the bill of direct passage set into motion?

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1908

32
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When do the Sikhs board the Komagata Maru?

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1914

33
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when does the Nazi party rise into power?

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1933

34
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What happened between the Harbord Playground and the Christie Pits?

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On August 14th 1933, a group known as the Pit gang partook in disgracing jews after the Harbord Playground won a game against the Christie Pits. The next day the Harbord Playground and the Pit gang fought for six hours. The fight ended with the burning of a swastika banner.

35
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When did 907 German Jews leave Hamburg to go to Cuba?

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May 15th 1939

36
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What happened to the Jews on the S.S. Louis?

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On May 27th of 1939 the Cuban government refused entrance of the Jews who boarded the S.S. Louis. On June 5th, the government states that they can enter only if they can pay 443K. Some of the Jews debarked in England while others in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

37
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What did freedom riders do?

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During may of 1961, freedom riders took part in bus trips to protest against racial segregation. They were victims of unlawful arrests and violence from protesters

38
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When did James Meredith become the first black student at the University of Mississippi?

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October 1st 1962

39
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When and where was MLK arrested?

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April 16th 1963 during an anti-segregation protest in Birmingham, Alabama

40
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What is Eugene “Bull” Conner known for?

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He used fire hoses and police dogs to attack black protesters during Birmingham protests

41
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what does NAACP stand for?

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National association for the advancement of coloured people

42
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When was the NAACP’s secretary Medgar Evers murdered? Who murdered him?

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Byron De La Beckwith murdered Medgar Evers June 12 1963

43
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When did MLK deliver ‘I have a Dream’ ?

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August 28th 1963 during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, a protest spreading awareness about the still standing inequality black people face

44
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When and where did the Birmingham church bombing occur?

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September 15 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama at Sixteenth street baptist church

45
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What was the Civil Rights act of 1964 (signed by President Johnson) for?

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The act forbade discrimination based on race, colour, region or national origin

46
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When and where were James E. Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner found dead?

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August 4th 1964 in a dam in Neshoba County, Mississippi

47
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When was Malcom X assassinated?

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February 21st 1965

48
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When did protests for voting rights occur in Selma, Alabama? What happened?

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March 7th 1965, Blacks in Selma Alabama marched to Montgomery but were stopped at Pettus Bridge by a police blockade. Marchers were hospitalized after being subject to tear gas, whipping, and beatings from clubs. This event is called Bloody Sunday.

49
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What Civil Rights Act was signed August 10th?

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The civil rights act of 1965

50
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What did the Civil Rights Act of 1965 do?

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signed by President Lyndon Johnson, this act outlawed discriminatory voting practices adopted by Southern states after the civil war as in literacy tests.

51
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When did the riots in Watts LA take place? What were they about?

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August 11th-17th 1965, The watts rebellion started when Marquette and Ronald Frye were mistreated by police officers

52
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When were the Black Panthers founded? Who were they founded by?

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October of 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale

53
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When and where did the prohibiting interracial marriage become unconstitutional in the eyes of the Supreme court?

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June 12 1967 in Virginia, The loving v. Virginia case, the supreme court deems the prohibiting of interracial marriage unconstitutional.

54
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When the Detroit riots take place?

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July of 1967 due to over policing and unfair living conditions in Virginia Park

55
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When and where was MLK assassinated? By who?

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April 4th 1968 in Memphis by James Earl Ray

56
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What was the Civil Rights Act of 1968 for? When was it signed?

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The Fair rights Act prohibits discrimination concerning the sale, rental, or financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin, and sex. It was signed April 11th 1968 (signed by Lyndon Johnson)

57
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When was Edgar Ray Killen, ringleader of the killings of James E. Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Shwerner, convicted of manslaughter

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June 21st 2005 (41 years later)

58
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When did Rosa Parks die?

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October 24th 2005 at the age of 92

59
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When did Barack Obama become president?

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Novemner 4th 2008

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