Race and Religion Flashcards
1
Q
1st Amendment
A
1791
you can believe any religion in America
2
Q
Bible Belt
A
- Southern States
- banned gambling, jazz and short swimming suits
- Sister Aimee founded Foursquare Church
- term first used in 1925 by reporter for the Monkey Trial
3
Q
John Scopes
A
- illegal teaching of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
- Tennessee
4
Q
Monkey Trial
A
- John Scopes defended by Clarence Darrow
- humiliated prosecutor - Bryan
- told students to testify against him
- £100 fine but never forced to pay
5
Q
Butler Act
A
banned the teaching of the Darwin’s Theory of Evolution in the Southern States
6
Q
lives of Native Americans before
A
- buffaloes: skin, transport, skull decoration etc
- hunted for food
- moved homes when buffaloes moved
- God: Wakan Tanka
- visions to get their adult names
7
Q
Indian Reservations (Native Americans
A
- no buffaloes
- had to farm
- had to stay in one set place
8
Q
Indian Citizenship Act (Native Americans)
A
1924
- made them Americans
- but often couldn’t vote
9
Q
Eugenics Project (Native Americans)
A
- sterilising women
10
Q
assimilation (Native Americans)
A
- taught American culture not Native culture
- children went to boarding schools
- taught English
11
Q
Meriam Report (Native Americans)
A
1928
- showed they were underpaid
- revealed truth about treatment of Native Americans
12
Q
Jim Crow Laws
A
- Southern States
- segregated blacks and whites
- Great Migration to North to escape these
13
Q
life was awful for blacks
A
North: - 1919 race riots led to 62 deaths - ghetto with no hope for a better home - more expensive housing if black South: - 1915-1922, 430 black people lynched - not allowed to vote
14
Q
life was good for blacks in the North
A
- Harlem, New York, centre for black music, art and writing poetry
- work for Ford Motor company and make lots of money
- population increased by 194%: increased culture in North
15
Q
Countee Cullen
Paul Robeson
A
- educated (unusual) with white males
- graduated from NY Uni in 1925
- famous actor
