facts to know for mocks - USA

Question 1

How many black workers lost their farm jobs in the 20s?

Answer 1

1 million

Question 2

What % of semi skilled workers owned a car?

Answer 2

3%

Question 3

In Elizabethtown, Tennessee how much were girls payed in the textiles factories?

Answer 3

18c per hour for a 56 hour week

Question 4

What percentage of wealth went to the bottom percentage of the population?

Answer 4

10% to the bottom 42%

Question 5

How many members did the KKK have by 1924?

Answer 5

4.5 Million

Question 6

Name one of two states which had a KKK governor

Answer 6

Oregon/Oklahoma

Question 7

How much lower was life expectancy for blacks than whites?

Answer 7

11 years (48 to 59)

Question 8

On average how many lynchings per year took place in the 20s?

Answer 8

50

Question 9

Which organisation did Marcus Garvey set up and how many members did it have by 1921?

Answer 9

UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement Association)

1 million

Question 10

What was the main reason Roosevelt ended prohibition?

Answer 10

Taxes to pay for the new deal

Question 11

Give 2 aims of the new deal

Answer 11

Get USA back to work

Provide for the sick, old and unemployed

Question 12

Which race riots took place in 1965 and 1967?

Answer 12

Watts riot and Detroit riot

Question 13

What does CORE stand for?

Answer 13

Congress of racial equality

Question 14

Where did MLK organise a march to encourage black people to vote in 1965?

Answer 14

Selma

Question 15

What % of its income did bus companies lose as a result of the Montgomery Bus Boycotts?

Answer 15

65%

Question 16

What does SNCC stand for?

Answer 16

Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee

Question 17

What did Eisenhower do to solve the issue in Little Rock?

Answer 17

Sent in state troopers to protect the students for 6 weeks

Question 18

Which famous boxer joined the nation of Islam

Answer 18

Muhammed Ali

Question 19

How many people were involved in the march on Washington in 1963?

Answer 19

200,000 Blacks

50,000 Whites

Question 20

What did the 1954 Brown vs Board of Education Topeka Act introduce?

Answer 20

Segregated schools had to allow black children in with ‘all deliberate speed’

Question 21

Which group had 2000 members and were effectively a private black army?

Answer 21

Black Panthers

Question 22

How many cities had desegregated lunch counters after the Greenboro sit ins?

Answer 22

126

Question 23

What was the name of the town in Arkansas which didn’t allow 9 black students to attend

Answer 23

Little Rock

Question 24

What percentage of blacks were registered to vote in Mississippi in the 50s?

Answer 24

5%

Question 25

Who headed the nation of Islam?

Answer 25

Elijah Muhammed

Question 26

Which president signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964?

Answer 26

Johnson

Question 27

Which group did the civil rights movement help set up in the Montgomery bus boycotts?

Answer 27

Montgomery Improvements Association

Question 28

name examples of jim crow laws

Answer 28

segregated schools
seperate water fountains
seperate waiting rooms etc

Question 29

name examples of jim crow laws

Answer 29

segregated schools
seperate water fountains
seperate waiting rooms etc