legal challenges and direct action.

Question 1

what was the result of Murry v Maryland 1936.

Answer 1

university of Maryland’s law school is desegregated.

Question 2

What was the result of Gains v Canada 1938.

Answer 2

University of Missouri has to take black students.

Question 3

What was the result of Shelly v Kraemer 1948.

Answer 3

Bans de jure housing segregation between blacks and whites.

Question 4

What was the result of Morgan v Virginia.

Answer 4

Interstate buses and trains are desegregated in theory.

Question 5

What was the ruling of Brown v Board of education of Topeka.

Answer 5

that segregation of schools were naturally unequal as it was harmful to black school children, was unconstitutional.

Question 6

what white supremacist transition was formed in response to Brown v Topeka.

Answer 6

White citizens council.

Question 7

what did CORE stand for.

Answer 7

Congress of racial equality.

Question 8

Who was the 1st leader of the Montgomery improvement association.

Answer 8

Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 9

What were Martin Luther kings 3 main rules for peaceful protests.

Answer 9

1, do not show a violent black American.
2, be peaceful when you are arrested.
3, accept as many white people as you can in your protests.

Question 10

Who was the governor of Arkansas in 1957

Answer 10

Orval Faubus.

Question 11

When was the SNCC founded and what did it stand for.

Answer 11

15th April 1960, Student Nonviolence Coordinating Committee.

Question 12

Did the freedom rides by CORE and the SNCC in 1961 succeed?

Answer 12

They did not make it new Orleans but they did provoked national outrage and forced the change to be enforced.

Question 13

how many blacks were successful registered to vote as a result of the Freedom summer campaign in 1964.

Answer 13

1600 out of 17000

Question 13

how many blacks were successful registered to vote as a result of the Freedom summer campaign in 1964.

Answer 13

1600 out of 17000

Question 14

What community work did the black panthers do.

Answer 14

Provided free breakfasts for school children, advocated for better housing and taught people black history.

Question 15

why did the 1964 northern crusade fail.

Answer 15

Lack of support for social issues compared to integration and Kings souring relationship with the media.

Question 16

What were the main achievements of the civil rights movement.

Answer 16

The development of a black middle and upper class, increased employment access to black Americans. Increased black home ownership, increased black voter registration.

Question 17

What were some of the limitations of the civil rights movement.

Answer 17

Blacks were made to feel unequal to whites in same social field, passing of civil rights act and voter registration act had caused whites to think the battle was won, death of MLK weakened the movements support.

Question 18

what did the government find most relevant about the black panthers.

Answer 18

Their uniform and carrying of weapons.

Question 19

what was a consequence of black power in 1965.

Answer 19

The civil rights movement split there would never be a unified march again.

Question 20

What was a long term consequence of the black power movement for the civil rights groups.

Answer 20

the rest of the civil rights groups became more radicalised, in 1973 NAACP accepted slowing of integration in Atlanta for more control over black schooling.

Question 21

what was a negative consequence of the black power movement.

Answer 21

it contributed towards a white backlash that may have been inevitable.