Decades of disappointment

Question 1

What period was this?

Answer 1

1880-1915

Question 2

By what date was there no AA in Congress?

Answer 2

1915

Question 3

Was the right for a black man to vote systematically removed from the South?

Answer 3

Yes

Question 4

Was white political domination challenged?

Answer 4

No because it was difficult

Question 5

What did losing the vote also mean losing?

Answer 5

Lost any right to serve on juries

Question 6

Were segregation laws formalised in the South?

Answer 6

Yes

Question 7

What led to humiliating forms of segregation?

Answer 7

Development of public transport

Question 8

Did equal opportunities in education ever exist?

Answer 8

No

Question 9

What were the positives?

Answer 9

AA’s were free to leave the South, Tuskegee improved economic opportunities, the NAACP developed ‘The Civil Rights protest movement’

Question 10

When did Washington die and what did this lead to?

Answer 10

1915 as well as impact of WW1 = more joining the organisation and less accepting of oppression

Question 11

When was the end of the Civil War and why was it a promising time?

Answer 11

1965 and because they were freed and given the right to citizenship and the vote

Question 12

Between what dates was Washington the leading spokesman for blacks?

Answer 12

1880-1915

Question 13

What two activists disagreed with Washington?

Answer 13

Ida B Wells and Du Bois

Question 14

Were foundations laid?

Answer 14

Yes

Question 15

What did blacks soon develop into?

Answer 15

Pressure groups

Question 16

Did presidents listen to them?

Answer 16

Some

Question 17

Was the situation better than slavery?

Answer 17

Yes, but not as good as Reconstruction had promised