key terms

Question 1

jim crow laws

Answer 1

seperate but equal

Question 2

CORE

Answer 2

congress of racial equality

Question 3

NAACP

Answer 3

national association for the advancement of coloured people.

Question 4

focus of naacp

Answer 4

used the legal system and courts
defended unfairly convicted black people

Question 5

focus of core

Answer 5

non violent direct action
operated mostly in the northern states
alot of white and middle class members

Question 6

year of brown vs topeka

Answer 6

1954

Question 7

short term of brown vs topeka

Answer 7

overturned plessy vs fergurson
white backlash and the use of the KKK increased
black students and teachers faced hostility
some good black american schools were shut down

Question 8

long term of brown vs topeka

Answer 8

awareness of civil rights issues increased
inspiration for other desegregation campaigns increased
white americans moved out of areas where black americans lived to avoid forced desegregation

Question 9

when was little rock high school

Answer 9

1957

Question 10

how many children went to little rock

Answer 10

9
(75 applied, 25 accepted, only 9 went)

Question 11

who was orval faubus?

Answer 11

governor of arkansas

Question 12

what did orval faubus do in little rock?

Answer 12

sent in 250 state troops on the day the students were meant to arrive and claimed it was to keep the peace but this prevented the black students from gaining entrance

Question 13

who was elizabeth eckford?

Answer 13

one of the little rock students who didnt get the notification to arrive with the group and faced racial abuse

Question 14

when was the montgomery bus boycott?

Answer 14

1955

Question 15

short term causes of the montgomery bus boycott

Answer 15

1st december 1955 rosa parks refused to give up her seat for a white man and was arrested and charged

Question 16

long term causes of the montgomery bus boycott

Answer 16

black people had to sit at the back of buses and vacate their seats for any white person
requests to change the bus rules were never listened to
womens political council in montgomery had focussed on bus discrimination in 1950

Question 17

what did the montgomery bus boycott consist of

Answer 17

carpooling
taxis
walking
meetings

Question 18

when was martin luther kings house bombed

Answer 18

30th january 1956

Question 19

reasons for the boycotts success

Answer 19

well organised
committed to success
well publicised
bus company was hurt financially

Question 20

SCLC

Answer 20

southern christian leadership committee
-set up in january 1957
-led by martin luther king and ralph abernathy
-non violent direct action

Question 21

significance of martin luther kings leadership

Answer 21

he was a pastor
he always advocated a non violent approach
he made powerful speeches
he appealed to all americans regardless of race
he boosted morale and raised funds for the MIA

Question 22

what did the supreme court rule after the montgomery bus boycott

Answer 22

5th june - ordered that segregation on buses was unconstitutional and buses should be desegregated