Race and Religion ⛪️ Flashcards
What was a popular kind of Christianity at the time?
Fundamentalism
Give examples the treatment of Native Americans
~Forced to live on poor quality reservations
~Children were sent to boarding schools
~Native men were made to cut their hair
~Native women banned from using face paint
When was the Indian Citizenship Act?
1924
Was the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 successful?
No, as although they were allowed to vote, they were treated as second class citizens and were generally poor.
Who broke the law by teaching Darwins theory of evolution?
Johnny Scopes (Biology teacher)
When was the ‘Monkey Trial’?
July 1925
What was the outcome of the ‘Monkey Trial’?
Scopes was found guilty and fined 100 dollars.
By 1900, how many black people were living in America?
12 million.
Give examples of Jim Crow laws
~Black people unable to vote
~Jobs segregated black and white people
When was the Great Migration?
1916-1920
What happened during the Great Migration?
1 million black went north to New York and Chicago.
When did the Ku Klux Klan begin?
1865
Who was the Ku Klux Klan revived by?
William J Simmons in 1915.
When was the KKK at it’s peak?
Mid 1920’s with 5 million members.
Who did the KKK discriminate against?
Mexicans, Roman Catholics, Jews and black people.
Why did the KKK decline in members?
As David Stephenson (Indiana Grand Dragon) was found guilty of rape and mutilation of a woman in 1925.
When and who was the Tuskegee Institute set up by?
Booker T Washington in 1900.
When and who was the NAACP set up by?
William Dubois in 1909.
When and who was the UNIA set up by?
Marcus Garvey in 1914.
How did organisations fight back against racial injustice?
~The Tuskegee Institute provided education and job training to black people
~The NAACP used legal methods such as marches and protests
~The UNIA encouraged black people only businesses and black people returning to Africa
