Free At Last Section B Flashcards
1
Q
Jim Crow laws
A
Seperate water fountains
Blacks allowed in pools on Sunday’s.
Blacks had to sit in the back of buses.
Blacks had to sit at the back of restaurants
Black barbers wasn’t allowed to cut white womens hair. Or they could be accused of rape.
Seperate schools
2
Q
KKK tactics
A
Lynching Waiting outside voting places to scare away blacks. Tarr and feather Burn crosses to scare blacks Done marches Wore white robes/ hoods Raided blacks homes Whipped, kidnapped or killed them
3
Q
Why did blacks migrate north
A
Better jobs Better pay Join family Escape Jim Crow laws Black males could vote. Schools weren’t seperate Escape violence from KKK
4
Q
Why weren’t blacks welcome to north
A
Brought crime Took jobs Made cities over crowded Started arguments Wasps seen as superior
5
Q
Problems blacks still faced in the north
A
Still faced discrimination Race riots - Chicago riots Blamed for stealing jobs Still lived in poverty Lived in overcrowded ghettoes
