History Flashcards
1
Q
What was the impact of MLK
A
- He was a great spokesman that inspired many people
- He was the leader of the SCLC and did many good things
- He used non violent tactics to make him look good in the eyes of the media and when the white people were violent, it made them look like the bad guys
2
Q
Who was Rosa Parks
A
She was a women that refused to give her seat up for a white man on a bus and got arrested and was the cause of starting the Montgomery bus boycott
3
Q
Little Rock Nine
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- It was a school that was about to become integrated
- 25 students were chosen to come to little rock nine
- white people did not like the idea of this so they threatened families and only 9 students remained willing to go to the school
- They were told not to walk to school
- They got spat on and abused by many of the local people
- Orval Faubus - sent in 1000 ? state troops to keep the peace but it did quite the opposite
- ## President Eisenhower did not like this idea and ordered for him to stop.
4
Q
Plessy v Ferguson rule
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Everything can be separate but it has to be equal
5
Q
Literacy Tests
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They were tests that were given to black Americans and if they passed they could vote, they made it unnecessarily hard so that they didn’t get the right to vote
