History American Civil Rights

Question 1

Paragraph 1 -1890 - 1910

Answer 1

Social inequality - Jim Crow Laws, KKK and Lynching
Early supreme court rulings - Plessey v. Ferguson, Cumming v. Board of Education
Voting restrictions - Poll Tax, Literacy Test, Grandfather clauses
Booker T Washington - He advocated a focus on economic progress, DuBois.
Analysis - not much progress at all

Question 2

Paragraph 2 - 1910 - 1930

Answer 2

The Great Migration - mass movement of African Americans.
First world war - Political and Social change
The New Deal - failure to address the needs of African Americans.
Activism - CORE, NAACP, SCLC, Garvey
Analysis - more progress in this period

Question 3

Paragraph 3 - 1930 - 1950

Answer 3

The Great Depression - Reversing the earlier modest advances.
Rooselvelt - presented itself as the arsenal of Democracy.
Second World War - barriers began to break down
Double V - Victory internationally and at home
Analysis - resistance is forming

Question 4

Paragraph 4 - 1950 - 1970

Answer 4

Late supreme court rulings - Sweatt v. Painter , Brown v. Topeka, Brown 11
Eisenhower - Long time to improve, Make matters worse
Montgomery Bus Boycott - refusal of public transport, little rock
Martin Luther King - Protests and marches would bring faster results
Analysis - resistance is making a difference

Question 5

Paragraph 5 - 1970 - 1990

Answer 5

Johnson - Civil Right Bill was forced into law
Civil and Voting rights Act - low rates of African American registrations
Bussing - Address the ongoing de facto segregation
Desegregation - It took years for some states to get on board
Analysis - Positive change is being affected