Social 1945-1975

Question 1

How was segregation in the south

Answer 1

Jim Crow laws still the same

Question 2

How were blacks and voting

Answer 2

Had the right but often didn’t as intimidated from registering to vote

Question 3

What did the literacy test do

Answer 3

Check literacy to see if eligible to vote

Question 4

How was courts and south

Answer 4

Judges all white and so were juries

Hard for black to achieve justice

Question 5

What was the discrimination for black to white teachers in south

Answer 5

White earned 30% more than black

Question 6

How were the university’s in the south regarding AA

Answer 6

Best ones blacks weren’t allowed to go

Question 7

How was education for black vs white

Answer 7

Black schools less funded

Question 8

What did the NAACP do in 1954

Answer 8

Challenge legal system saying separate education was unfair (brown vs board of education)

Sc ruled against separate education as said not possible as black inferior )

South has to integrate schools but fierce resistance for years

Question 9

What was Little Rock Arkansas and when

Answer 9

1957
SC ordered govt to let 9 black students attend a white high school in Little Rock

Troops sent to prevent black students entering school from governor of Arkansas

Eisenhower sent federal troops to protect students and let them go to school

Question 10

What was the Montgomery bus boycott and when

Answer 10

1955-56
Rosa parks (CR Activist) wanted to challenge segregation laws on buses

Arrested for not giving up her seat to white person

Activist formed Montgomery improvement association (MIA) which organised bus boycotts (MLK as leader)

Question 11

What was a result of Montgomery bus boycott for the bus company

Answer 11

Lost 65% income

Dec 56 - SC declared Montgomery bus laws illegal - victory for non violent action

Question 12

Who did MLK establish

Answer 12

Southern Christian leadership conference (SCLC)

Question 13

That was a form of direct action for Black civil rights by students

Answer 13

They founded student non-violent coordinating committee

SNCC

Question 14

What did James farmer establish

Answer 14

Congress for racial equality

CORE

Question 15

What was a form of action for AA CR in 1960

SNCC

Answer 15

Sit ins - done by students at Woolworths lunch counter - white only

They trained for resistance

By end of 1960 lunch counters desegregated in 126 cities

Question 16

What was a form of CR equality for AA in 1961 CORE

Answer 16

Freedom rides

Core organised white and black activists to ride buses sat next to each other as many states not agreeing to desegregate busses

When busses arrived in south they got attacked by mobs and police did little to help activists

Question 17

What did MLK do in March 1963

Answer 17

Staged a march of 200,000 blacks and 50,000 whites in Washington

Aim= put pressure on JFK to pass civil rights bill to end all segregation

I HAVE A DREAM SPEECH

HUGE PUBLIC IMPACT

Question 18

What was the civil rights act of 1964

Answer 18

Started by JFK then pushed through by LBJ

Outlawed segregation in public places then shifted to ensure back people’s had equal rights to vote

Question 19

What were the Selma marches 1965

Answer 19

Voting rights march organised by MLK

15,000 black population old enough to vote
Only 335 registered to vote

Marchers attacked know as Bloody Sunday

However convinced president to push through the voting rights act of 1965

Question 20

What was the voting rights act of 1965

Answer 20

Ended all tests and discrimination against people trying to register to vote (outlawed literacy test)

Question 21

What was the civil rights act of 1968

Answer 21

Made it illegal to rent or sell houses on the grounds of race , religion origin or sex

Question 22

Who was Malcom X

Answer 22

Criticised MLK method and demanded blacks had their own state

Got CR support from Islam as joined them in jail

Killed 1965

Question 23

How did Malcom X become influential on SNCC

Answer 23

They became more radical as wanted black power

Question 24

Who were the black panthers

Answer 24

Like a private army - for armed struggle for equal rights

Clashed with police

9 killed 67-69

Question 25

What were the race riots of 1975-67

Answer 25

Just after the civil rights and voting rights we’re past wide spread reads riot in northern and western cities

Question 26

What happened in LA 1965

Answer 26

Watts riot

34 dead as AA argument with police over reckless driving causes a massive fight and police hurt pregnant women

Question 27

When and how was MLK assassinated

Answer 27

1968

Probably Killed by an assassin

Question 28

In the 50s what was the attitude of many women

Answer 28

Main social attitude was that a married woman’s place was in the home

Question 29

When was the decade of change for women’s rights

Answer 29

60s

Question 30

What was the strong feminism movement and who buy in 1963

Answer 30

The feminist mystique (Book)

Betty Friedan

Question 31

What did the feminist Mistique say

Answer 31

Home was like a concentration camp that many women want to break out of

Question 32

What was NOW and when was it established

Answer 32

National organisation for women

1966 by Betty Friedan

Question 33

What was the equal pay act of 1963

Answer 33

Bill passed for equal pay but still campaigning In 72 as women’s pay only 72% of men’s

Question 34

What was roe vs wade and when

Answer 34

SC made abortion legal

1972

Question 35

What was the Supreme Court ruling of 1972

Answer 35

Ruled contraception should be available to unmarried couples on same basis as married couples

Question 36

What was the Equal rights amendment and 72

Answer 36

Banning of discrimination against women

Back lash form more traditional women

Question 37

What were the 5 things of youth culture 45-75

Answer 37

Baby boomers (teenagers spending money

Rich cultural teenagers

Sex drugs rock & roll

Protest movement of Vietnam

New left - new generation of leftist thinkers