Race Relations

Question 1

When was core created an way did they do

Answer 1

1942

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

Question 2

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

Answer 2

433 wounded

34 dead

Question 3

How much damaged was done in the Michigan riots

Answer 3

2 million dollars worth

Question 4

What impact did government action have on race relations

Answer 4

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

Question 5

What was the Brown vs Topeka case

Answer 5

A case where a black man took on the education board

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Separate but equal was phycological damaging

Question 7

What was the backlash and why was it caused

Answer 7

The backlash was the kkk fighting bck against desegregation

Question 8

How old was emmet till

Answer 8

14

Question 9

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

Answer 9

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

Question 10

What sparked more outrage in the emmet till case

Answer 10

That the murderers were found not guilty

Question 11

Why started the Montgomery bus boycot

Answer 11

Rosa parks refusing to give up her seat

Question 12

What were MLK’S demands in the Montgomery bus boycott

Answer 12

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

Question 13

How did the Supreme Court rule segregation

Answer 13

Unconstitutional

Question 14

What were MLK’S methods

Answer 14

Non violent

Question 15

What was MLK accused of

Answer 15

Being out of touch with the young black people

Question 16

MLK had limitations what were these

Answer 16

Black people 7x more likely to be in prison

Planck people 62% of white wage

Question 17

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

Answer 17

September 1957 and 9

Question 18

What was the purpose of the little rock high school incident

Answer 18

To test the brown vs Topeka rulings

Question 19

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

Answer 19

State guard

Question 20

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

Answer 20

Federal troops

Question 21

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

Answer 21

4

Question 22

Why was the Greensboro sit in so effective

Answer 22

Lead to copy cat sit ins

Question 23

Who organised the freedom rides

Answer 23

Core

Question 24

Who attacked the busses in the freedom rides

Answer 24

The kkk and police

Question 25

What happened to the protestors in Albany

Answer 25

They were arrested

Question 26

Why did MLK choose Birmingham Alabama to March

Answer 26

It was a kkk strong hold

Question 27

What happened to MLK in the Birmingham March

Answer 27

Hotel bombed

Question 28

Why did MLK pick Selma to March

Answer 28

He knew the sherif would fight back

Question 29

What happened in the watts riots of 1965

Answer 29

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

Question 30

Who was involved in the 1968 Mexico Olympic black power salute

Answer 30

Thommy smith and John Carlos am some Australian bloke

Question 31

When were the NAACP formed and what did they do

Answer 31

1911 and they campaigned for back rights through law and courts

Question 32

Name all the Jim Crow laws you can

Answer 32

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

Question 33

Give three reasons why people were racists

Answer 33

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

Question 34

Describe the brown vs Topeka case

Answer 34

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

Question 35

What was rosa parks known as

Answer 35

The mother of the civil rights movement

Question 36

What started the Montgomery bus boycott

Answer 36

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

Question 37

How long did the Montgomery bus boycott last for

Answer 37

381 days

Question 38

What did the authorities do in the Montgomery bus boycott

Answer 38

Make car pools illegal | Arrested MLk

Question 39

What was the significance of the Montgomery bus boycott

Answer 39

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

Question 40

Where is little rock high school

Answer 40

Arkansas

Question 41

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

Answer 41

The school governor

Question 42

What did Eisenhower call in to combat the national guard

Answer 42

The 101 airborne division

Question 43

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

Answer 43

-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

Question 44

Describe the James Meredith protest

Answer 44

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

Question 45

Describe the conditions black people had to live in

Answer 45

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

Question 46

What does naacp stand for

Answer 46

National association for the advancement of coloured people

Question 47

What does core stand for

Answer 47

Congress of racial equality

Question 48

Who and where were the sit ins started

Answer 48

4 students | In a woolworthes in Greensboro

Question 49

What did the orginal sit in lead to

Answer 49

Copy cat protests

Question 50

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

Answer 50

Nashville Tennessee