Nothern Migration

Question 1

What was the 13th Ammendment?

Answer 1

Abolished slavery in the US.

Question 2

When was the 13th Ammendment signed?

Answer 2

31.01.1865

31 January 1865

Question 3

What was the 14th Ammendment?

Answer 3

Made all people born, or neutralised in the USA, including those who had been slaves, US citizens.

Question 4

When was the 14th Ammendment signed?

Answer 4

09.07.1868

9th July 1868

Question 5

What was the 15th Ammdendment?

Answer 5

Declared that all US citizens had the same voting rights.

Question 6

When was the 15th Ammendment signed?

Answer 6

03.02.1870

3rd Feburary 1870

Question 7

When was the Dred Scott case?

Answer 7

1857

Question 8

When was Plessy V Ferguson?

Answer 8

1896

Question 9

Which states pushed to end slavery?

Answer 9

Northern States

Question 10

Which states pushed to keep slavery in place?

Answer 10

Southern States

Question 11

Where was discrimination the worst?

Answer 11

The Deep South

Question 12

In 1913, who introduced segregation in government offices and the White House?

Answer 12

President Wilson

Question 13

By what year did the South have a large number of Jim Crow Laws?

Answer 13

1917

Question 14

What was the purpose of Jim Crows Laws? What were there laws about?

Answer 14

To segregate every aspect of life.

• Where to sit on the trams
• Where to live
• Where to send children to school

Question 15

In order to vote, what did black people have to do?

Answer 15

Pass a literacy qualification.

Question 16

Briefly explain what lynching is.

Answer 16

A mob taking the law into its own hands for what it sees as a crime. The vitctim was usually hanged, some burned alive.

Question 17

Between 1915 and 1930, how many lynchings of black men were there?

Answer 17

579

Question 18

What was the name of the young boy lynched in 1955?

Answer 18

Emmett Till

Question 19

By 1925, what was the estimated membership of the KKK?

Answer 19

3 - 8 million

Question 20

Why did members of the KKK wear white robes and hoods?

Answer 20

To hide their identity.

Question 21

Which 2 Presidents were affiliated with or members of the KKK?

Answer 21

1. Warren Harding
2. Harry S Truman

Question 22

State what the KKK is.

Answer 22

A white supremacist organisation.

Question 23

Who was the KKK against?

Answer 23

Any non-WASP group - espeically black people.

Question 24

Between 1880 and 1910, how many black Americans left the South?

Answer 24

500,000

Question 25

The Great Migration between 1910 and 1970 saw how many people migrate from rural South to the cities?

Answer 25

6 million

Question 26

What percentage of black Americans lived in the South in 1910?

Answer 26

80%

Question 27

By 1970, what had the percentage of black Americans living in the South dropped to?

Answer 27

53%

Question 28

List 2 things that typical migrants were given.

Answer 28

1. Low paid jobs
2. Crowded accomodation