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Racial Inequality 1929 - 1950 Flashcards

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What were the Jim Crow Laws?

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A set of laws which kept black and white Americans segregated as long as the facilities were “Separate But Equal” as ruled by Plessy vs Fergurson.

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How did the Jim Crow Laws try to stop black Americans from voting?

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  • Introduced a poll tax which most black Americans couldn’t afford
  • Introduced a literacy test which most people couldn’t pass anyway
  • Authorities intimidated and threaten any black Americans who could vote
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What were the KKK?

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The Ku Klux Klan was an organisation of WASPs united against blacks, immigrants, Jews, Catholics, communists and socialists.

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What were the KKK infamous for?

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  • Strange uniforms and rituals
  • Beatings
  • Hangings
  • Rapes
  • Lynchings
  • Murders
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Why were the KKK seldom caught?

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Because policemen, judges and governors were often members.

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How many KKK members were there in 1924?

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5,000,000

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What does NAACP stand for?

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The National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People.

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When was the NAACP set up and by who?

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1909 by WEB Du Bois

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What were the four main aims of the NAACP?

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  • Abolish segregation
  • End lynchings
  • Get black people voting
  • Get equal education
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What are four examples of methods used by the NAACP?

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  • Discussions
  • Petitions
  • Sit-ins
  • Freedom rides
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Which famous activist was a member of the NAACP?

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Martin Luther King Jr

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Why did lots of Black Americans move to the north?

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  • To escape the Jim Crow laws and KKK
  • To get better jobs and quality of life
  • Freedom
  • No official segregation in the North
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What was sharecroping?

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A system o farming which employed most of the Black Americans in agriculture. It was imposed to try and keep the Black Americans as slaves by having their land rented from landowners at extortionate prices.

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What were four benefits of the New Deal for Black Americans?

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  • Set up lots of schemes to tackle unemployment, starvation and homelessness
  • More relief available
  • Some given responsibility in slum-clearance projects
  • New housing
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What were four disadvantages of the New Deal for Black Americans?

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  • FDR allowed the alphabet agencies to manage their own budgets so some chose to spend only on the whites.
  • Black Americans were first fired and last hired.
  • 30% of Black Americans depended on relief.
  • Segregation was still in place.
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What were five benefits of the Second World War for the Civil Rights Movement?

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  • Everyone could see the irony of Black Americans fighting against the racist Nazis for the racist USA.
  • Black soldiers felt that if they were willing to risk their lives they ought to be given equal rights.
  • Black soldiers in Britain were given the opportunity to experience life in a desegregated society.
  • 2 million Black Americans got jobs in factories.
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What was NAACP membership before and after the war?

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Before: 50,000

After: 450,000

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How did the Fair Deal benefit Black Americans?

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  • Truman wanted to end lynching
  • Truman wanted to abolish poll taxes
  • Truman wanted to end segregation in the army
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Why did Truman want to help the Black Americans so much?

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  • He wanted to reward those who had served the country during the war
  • He believed that “the tide was slowly turning” against racism
  • There was pressure from abroad and the UN.
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What were five benefits of the Second World War for the Civil Rights Movement?

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  • Everyone could see the irony of Black Americans fighting against the racist Nazis for the racist USA.
  • Black soldiers felt that if they were willing to risk their lives they ought to be given equal rights.
  • Black soldiers in Britain were given the opportunity to experience life in a desegregated society.
  • 2 million Black Americans got jobs in factories.
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What was NAACP membership before and after the war?

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Before: 50,000

After: 450,000

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How did the Fair Deal benefit Black Americans?

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  • Truman wanted to end lynching
  • Truman wanted to abolish poll taxes
  • Truman wanted to end segregation in the army
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Why did Truman want to help the Black Americans so much?

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  • He wanted to reward those who had served the country during the war
  • He believed that “the tide was slowly turning” against racism
  • There was pressure from abroad and the UN.

History - Unit Three (USA) (6 decks)

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