KKK Flashcards
By 1920 what percentage of Americans were black?
10%.
Between what years were Jim Crowe Laws created?
1870-1910.
What did Jim Crowe Laws aim to do?
Curb blacks freedom and create a segregated society, especially in the south.
Where were blacks forced to live?
In different neighbourhoods.
Where did blacks work in the armed forced?
Armed forces were segregated.
What did the Red Cross do?
Kept blood from blacks and whites separate.
What were blacks denied from doing in some states?
Voting.
How was schooling different to whites?
They were not allowed to attend the same schools as whites so often fell behind on their education.
Were poverty levels higher in blacks?
Yes.
What were blacks not allowed to do in public places?
Drink from the same water fountains as blacks or sit on the same park benches.
On buses what did black people have to do?
If a white person got on, they would have to move.
What was outlawed between blacks and whites?
Marriage.
What did the KKK believe in?
White supremacy.
When did the KKK reemerge?
1915.
How many members of the KKK were there in 1925?
5 million.
Who were members?
Mostly people who felt threatened, usually economically by immigration.
Why were the KKK not banned?
Many white law enforcement officers were sympathetic towards the klan and its aims.
What important people were members of the KKK?
The Governor of Alabama and at least one Texan Senator.
Who was persecution aimed at?
Blacks.
Who did the KKK consider un-American?
Jews, Catholics.
What else did the KKK use?
Intimidation and casual violence.
How did the KKK push people north?
Their presence and the farming crisis push blacks north.
In the years 1920-1930 how many blacks migrated to the northern cities?
824 000.
When in cities were did blacks live?
In ghettos.
