Section B - Seperate But Equal Flashcards
Name some Jim Crow laws
Black and whites went to different schools Blacks couldn’t cut white women hair Blacks and white couldn’t marry Blacks had to sit at the back of the bus Blacks wouldn’t shake whites hands
Name some tactics of the KKK
Lynch blacks from trees Burn crosses on hillsides to scare blacks Rape blacks to show their power Came late at night to kidnap blacks Wait at voting poles to beat blacks up Mutilate black men
Why blacks moved north?
Better jobs To escape poverty Better pay Not to live in fear of the KKK Better education - no segregation Blacks could use their vote Discrimination of the Jim Crow Laws Better housing
How many blacks moved north from 1910-1920
500,000
Why blacks weren’t welcome in the north?
Stealing jobs - long hours, low pay
Overcrowding
Brought crime
Didn’t mix
Why race riots broke out in the north?
Competition over jobs
Competition over housing
Police siding with whites
Usually started as a small argument
Name the two big riots that broke out in the north?
East St.Louis Riot 1917
Chicago riot 1919
What happened in the East St Louis riot 1917?
Two white police officers were shot dead, a group of whites went into a black only city and attacked women, men and children. 50 blacks died.
What happened in the Chicago Riot 1919?
Black teens used a white only beach causing a 5 day riot. Black teen hit with stone and died but police wouldn’t arrest white man accused and blacks attacked police. 38 died and 537 seriously injured with large scale destruction.
Problems blacks faced in the north 1920-30?
Still lives in poverty in overcrowded ghettos
WASP’s blamed them for stealing jobs
Called strike breakers
What happened to Emmett Tills body?
Eyes were gouged out, head bashed with a bullet in it
