how far did the lives of black americans improve in the 1920s

Question 1

improvements

Answer 1

• education and jobs better in north
• NAACP
• UNIA
• encouraged to set up businesses

Question 2

example of better education and job opportunities in the north

Answer 2

Howard university for blacks

Question 3

what movement encouraged blacks to set up their own businesses

Answer 3

Black Capitalist Movement

Question 4

what became a centre of black pride

Answer 4

harlem

Question 5

what was the NAACP aim

Answer 5

they set up a campaign for an end to racial segregation and lynching

Question 6

how mnay branches did the NAACP have by 1919

Answer 6

300

Question 7

how many memberes did the NAACP have by 1919

Answer 7

90 000

Question 8

what did the UNIA aim to do

Answer 8

encourage blakcs to be proud of their race and set up businesses

Question 9

who founded the UNIA

Answer 9

marcus garvey

Question 10

how mnay members did the UNIA have in 1921

Answer 10

over 1 million

Question 11

continuing problems

Answer 11

• slavery caused hatred between whites and blacks
• scared to vote
• no good jobs or education
• poverty
• KKK
• low life expectancy

Question 12

how mnay members did the KKK have in 1928

Answer 12

5 million

Question 13

how mnay lynchings did teh KKK do a year

Answer 13

50 lynchings

Question 14

where some govenment officials part of the KKK

Answer 14

yes

Question 15

what did many blacks do to escape persecution

Answer 15

move to northern cities

Question 16

• blacks escaped persecution by moving to northern cities, how much did New York’s population grow to

Answer 16

from 150 000 to 330 000

Question 17

what was black life expectancy compared to whites

Answer 17

black = 48
white = 59
(in 1930)