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Race Relations Flashcards

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1
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When was core created an way did they do

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1942

They were leading activists whom organised events such as the freedom rides

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How many people does and were injured in the Michigan riots of 1943

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433 wounded

34 dead

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How much damaged was done in the Michigan riots

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2 million dollars worth

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What impact did government action have on race relations

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Truman brought in the civil rights committee
John f Kennedy introduced housing acts sent people to help people in education
Desegregated stuff
Civil rights act

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What was the Brown vs Topeka case

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A case where a black man took on the education board

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Why did the Chief Justice describe segregation as in the Topeka case

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Separate but equal was phycological damaging

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What was the backlash and why was it caused

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The backlash was the kkk fighting bck against desegregation

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How old was emmet till

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14

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What did the mother of emmet till do that helped the civil rights movement

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Have emmet tills body in an open casket and move it through Chicago Which spread the word of the problem

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What sparked more outrage in the emmet till case

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That the murderers were found not guilty

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Why started the Montgomery bus boycot

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Rosa parks refusing to give up her seat

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What were MLK’S demands in the Montgomery bus boycott

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To have black drivers and to have a first come first serve basis on the busses

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How did the Supreme Court rule segregation

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Unconstitutional

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What were MLK’S methods

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Non violent

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What was MLK accused of

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Being out of touch with the young black people

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MLK had limitations what were these

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Black people 7x more likely to be in prison

Planck people 62% of white wage

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When were black children enrolled into little rock high school and how many

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September 1957 and 9

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What was the purpose of the little rock high school incident

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To test the brown vs Topeka rulings

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Who was called in on the first day to close the school

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State guard

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Who did Eisenhower send in to stop the state guard at little rock

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Federal troops

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21
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How many college tide the initially started the sit ins in Greensboro

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4

22
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Why was the Greensboro sit in so effective

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Lead to copy cat sit ins

23
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Who organised the freedom rides

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Core

24
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Who attacked the busses in the freedom rides

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The kkk and police

25
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What happened to the protestors in Albany

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They were arrested

26
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Why did MLK choose Birmingham Alabama to March

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It was a kkk strong hold

27
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What happened to MLK in the Birmingham March

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Hotel bombed

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Why did MLK pick Selma to March

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He knew the sherif would fight back

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What happened in the watts riots of 1965

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The blacks fought back against whites beating them up in the streets and shorting police and fire fighters who were trying to put out the fires caused by them

30
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Who was involved in the 1968 Mexico Olympic black power salute

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Thommy smith and John Carlos am some Australian bloke

31
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When were the NAACP formed and what did they do

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1911 and they campaigned for back rights through law and courts

32
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Name all the Jim Crow laws you can

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Facilities were segregated
Blacks unable to vote (only 3% in Mississippi)
Black people weren’t protected by law
Black people earned half the wage of a white person

33
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Give three reasons why people were racists

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Southern whites wanted their way of life protected
Blacks outnumbered whites in South made people scared
10th amendment allows states to make their own rules regarding segregation etc

34
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Describe the brown vs Topeka case

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NAACP went to court to try get the courts to desegregate schools to support the black students who were standing up to the board of education
They won and schools became desegregated “separate but equal has no place, sepreated educational facilities are inheritanly unequal

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What was rosa parks known as

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The mother of the civil rights movement

36
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What started the Montgomery bus boycott

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Rosa parks was arrested for sitting in the white section of a bus

37
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How long did the Montgomery bus boycott last for

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381 days

38
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What did the authorities do in the Montgomery bus boycott

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Make car pools illegal

Arrested MLk

39
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What was the significance of the Montgomery bus boycott

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Inspiring
Showed min viol emcee worked
Led to the desegregation if buses

40
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Where is little rock high school

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Arkansas

41
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Who called in the national guard to prevent the little rock nine from entering the school

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The school governor

42
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What did Eisenhower call in to combat the national guard

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The 101 airborne division

43
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What was the significance of the little rock high school give positives and negatives

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-2-3% of blacks still didn’t go to school
-Governer who called national guard was re-elected
+tv pictures showed horrendous abuse to blacks
Led to further events. Eg James Meredith

44
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Describe the James Meredith protest

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Riots started after hames meridith was refused enetery to Mississippi univerty. JFK sent on the military to allow him in. During the riots two people died

45
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Describe the conditions black people had to live in

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Hard for them to become employed
50% in poverty
Wanted more economic equality
Sport prevented them eg MLB not allowed in if black until 1950

46
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What does naacp stand for

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National association for the advancement of coloured people

47
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What does core stand for

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Congress of racial equality

48
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Who and where were the sit ins started

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4 students

In a woolworthes in Greensboro

49
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What did the orginal sit in lead to

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Copy cat protests

50
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Where was forced to end all segregation thanks to the sit ins

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Nashville Tennessee

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