Racial Inequality 1929 - 1950 Flashcards
What were the Jim Crow Laws?
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.
How did the Jim Crow Laws try to stop black Americans from voting?
- 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
What were the KKK?
The Ku Klux Klan was an organisation of WASPs united against blacks, immigrants, Jews, Catholics, communists and socialists.
What were the KKK infamous for?
- Strange uniforms and rituals
- Beatings
- Hangings
- Rapes
- Lynchings
- Murders
Why were the KKK seldom caught?
Because policemen, judges and governors were often members.
How many KKK members were there in 1924?
5,000,000
What does NAACP stand for?
The National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People.
When was the NAACP set up and by who?
1909 by WEB Du Bois
What were the four main aims of the NAACP?
- Abolish segregation
- End lynchings
- Get black people voting
- Get equal education
What are four examples of methods used by the NAACP?
- Discussions
- Petitions
- Sit-ins
- Freedom rides
Which famous activist was a member of the NAACP?
Martin Luther King Jr
Why did lots of Black Americans move to the north?
- To escape the Jim Crow laws and KKK
- To get better jobs and quality of life
- Freedom
- No official segregation in the North
What was sharecroping?
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.
What were four benefits of the New Deal for Black Americans?
- Set up lots of schemes to tackle unemployment, starvation and homelessness
- More relief available
- Some given responsibility in slum-clearance projects
- New housing
What were four disadvantages of the New Deal for Black Americans?
- 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.