Harry Truman Civil Rights 1945 - 1953

Question 1

What did the Red Cross not accept from African-Americans during Truman?

Answer 1

Blood Donations

Question 2

What was the Great Migration during Truman?

Answer 2

More black workers moving to the North to towns like Detroit and Chicago

Question 3

What does the NAACP stand for?

Answer 3

National Association of the Advancement of Coloured People

Question 4

What does CORE stand for?

Answer 4

Congress of Racial Equality

Question 5

How many members did the NAACP have by 1952 during Truman?

Answer 5

1 million

Question 6

When and who found CORE?

Answer 6

1942 and James Farmer

Question 7

What laws were in the South for African-Americans during Truman?

Answer 7

Jim Crow Laws

Question 8

What case stated “separate but equal” facilities during Truman?

Answer 8

Plessy v Ferguson

Question 9

How much did voting rise for African-Americans during Truman?

Answer 9

1940 was 3%
1947 was 12%

Question 10

Was there Jim Crow Laws in the North during Truman?

Answer 10

No

Question 11

What type of segregation did the North and South have for African-Americans during Truman?

Answer 11

The North had de facto
The South had de jure

Question 12

What was a reason for African-Americans moving North during Truman?

Answer 12

KKK

Question 13

What does the NOI stand for?

Answer 13

Nation Of Islam

Question 14

What year was NOI established and who led it?

Answer 14

1930 and led by Elijah Mohammed

Question 15

What year did Malcom X join the NOI during Truman?

Answer 15

1948

Question 16

How was ghettoisation caused in the North during Truman?

Answer 16

White flight (leaving for suburbs)

Question 17

Example of the Justice System being harder on black defendant during Truman?

Answer 17

1946, Malcom X was sentenced 8-10 years for burglary

Question 18

What civil rights groups were mainly in the North during Truman?

Answer 18

NOI and Urban League

Question 19

What civil rights groups were mainly in the South during Truman?

Answer 19

CORE and NAACP

Question 20

When and how did CORE desegregate interstate travel during Truman

Answer 20

April 1947, organised a group of 8 white and 8 black men on what was to be a 2 week bus trip in an effort to desegregate interstate travel

Question 21

What did the NAACP try to do during Truman?

Answer 21

Undermine the Plessy ruiling

Question 22

When wand what was Trumans executive order about regarding civil rights?

Answer 22

1948 ending discrimination in the armed forces

Question 23

What did “secure these rights” mean during Truman”?

Answer 23

1946, Truman established The Presidents Committee on Civil Rights and told its members he wanted the Bill of Rights to become a reality

Question 24

When did Truman give a civil rights speech to a joint Congress?

Answer 24

Feb 1948

Question 25

Was Trumans order about federal protection against lynching implemented?

Answer 25

No

Question 26

What political group opposed desegregation during Truman?

Answer 26

Dixiecrats

Question 27

Who opposed the Bill of Rights during Truman?

Answer 27

Southern racists such as:
James O Eastland, Senator of Mississippi
Storm Thurmond, Senator of South Carolina