Intolerance- Racism Flashcards
When did the Jim Crow laws start and die out?
1877 and die out in 1950s
What were the Jim Crow laws?
System of laws designed to keep blacks from experiencing any rights. It was a southern idiosyncrasy that would become a national ideology
Where did the Jim Crow segregate?
Restaurants hospitals public transport schools military toilets cemetries
What was the population of the blacks in NY?
150,000 to 330,000
What was the KKK membership in 1920?
100,000 Men
What was the KKK membership in 1925?
5 million
What was the KKK?
It was set up in 1850s and it was revived by the movie birth of nation by woodrow wilson. They were anti- communist, anti- negro, anti- Jew, anti- Catholic, and agianst foreigners
What methods did the KKK use?
Lynching
Beatings
Hate campaigns
Brandings
Why was the KKK popular?
White ppl were scared AA would gain political power
White ppl were scared AA would take away jobs
It played on fears that AA might lead to unemployment of whites adn corruptionadn un-American values
What was Henry Ford’s newspapers called?
The Dearborn Independent
Why weren’t African Americasn able to fight?
Lack of political power
intimidation of violence
social attitudes
Whta lack of political power did AA have?
Black politicians did not get the same postions as whites
Black ppl could not serve as juries
What was the Black Renaissance?
Black culture adn black pride flourished in the cities. Harlem became teh centre of an artistic Renaissance.
Which universities accepted black people?
Howard university
Name three jazz singers
Duke Ellington
Billie Holiday
Bessie Smith
Name two clubs
Stork Club
Cotton Club
Name a famous dancer
Joshephine Baker
Name famous dances
Charleston
lindy hop
jitterbug
twist
Name a famous black actor
Paul robeson
Name famous writers
Langston Hughes
Weldon Johnson
Who led the UNIA?
Marcus Garvey
How many members were there in the UNIAin 1921?
1 million
What did the UNIA stand for?
That black people should take pride in their colour and culture q
What did the UNIA want to do?
Establish close contacts with Africa and the Balck Satr steamship was set up to carry AA to Africa
What did the NAACP want to do?
Challenge white supremacy and campaign against the practice of lynching
Who led the NAACP?
WEB Dubois
How many members did the NAACP have in 1919?
90,000 members
List examples of intolerance towards AA.
did not have the same education and jobs
segregation of AA
AA had a rough time earning their right to vote
How many people were illiterate in 1920?
23%
How may women worked as servants?
60%
How many AA were sharecroppers?
3 million
Give two examples of AA segregation.
Had to live in ghettos
interracial marriage was forbidden
Why did AA have a rough time voting?
Poll tax- Too expensive
Pass a literacy test- no education
Grandfather clause
WHta was the Grandfather clause?
Not allowed to vote if your grandfather was a slave
How many lynchings happened in 1919?
76
How many lynchings happened in 1910-1919?
569
How many lynchings happened in 1882- 1968?
3445
