EXTRA EXAMPLES FOR BA Flashcards
1
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Federal government intervention 1920s
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- Warren Harding urged Cabinet members to appoint Black Americans
- Spoke out against segregation to a crowd of 30,000
2
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Between 1915-1930 Lynching numbers
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579 black men
3
Q
Membership number of KKK
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By 1925, estimated 3-8 million
4
Q
Supreme court ruling that upheld segregation
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1896- Plessy v Ferguson
5
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Boycotts during the 1930s
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- The Housewives League mounted the “Don’t Buy Where You Can’t Work”
- Boycott stores until hire black workers
6
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NAACP court cases
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- 1926 Sweet Trial (set up a legal defence fund to fight segregation)
- 1936 Murray v Maryland (UoM law school desegregated)
- 1948 Shelley v Kramer (bans regulations that bar black people from buying houses in any area of the state
7
Q
Voting in the South in 1920s
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Fewer than 1% were able to vote
8
Q
Media coverage of Little Rock
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over 250 reporters and photographers
9
Q
SC that desegregated busing
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1956- Browder v Gayle
10
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SC that upheld busing
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1971- Swann vs Charlotte- Mecklenburg