Social Change : African Americans

Question 1

what racist film was put out in which year

Answer 1

1915 Birth of a Nation

Question 2

give a timeline of KKK membership 1920-1960

Answer 2

1920s 5 million members
1930s 30,000 members
1944 disbanded but attempted revival by Samuel Greens Association of Georgia Klans however never as successful
1955 Knights of KKK organised Atlanta in response to Brown v Topeka ending school segregation and 3,500 rallied at Stone Mountain
1960 FBI interference

Question 3

who restricted the KKK’s membership and to what

Answer 3

William J Simmons to white American born protestant men (WABPs)

Question 4

how powerful was the KKK in 1924

Answer 4

neither major political party were willing to officially denounce it

Question 5

how many AA migrated north between 1914-18

Answer 5

400,000

Question 6

how many NAACP members 1914

Answer 6

6000

Question 7

what was set up in 1914 and by whom

Answer 7

UNIA Universal Negro Improvement association by Marcus Garvey

Question 8

what occurred in 1919

Answer 8

Race Riots across Northern Cities (Red Summer)

Question 9

how many members did UNIA have by 1920

Answer 9

2 million

Question 10

what was set up by whom in 1925 in response to the AFL’s segregationist views

Answer 10

Philip A Randolf set up the African American brotherhood of Sleeping Porters

Question 11

give a timeline of Marcus Garvey’s achievements

Answer 11

1914- United Negro Improvement Association set up
1920- 2 million members
1927- Macrus Garvey deported

Question 12

how many AA moved North between 1925-40 and why is it significant

Answer 12

1 million; significant as they moved into black ghettos where Civil Rights support originated and grew

Question 13

in 1940 how many AA in USA and how many were employed

Answer 13

12.9 million only 5.4 million employed

Question 14

what was planned in 1941 and what was the government’s response

Answer 14

-Randolf’s march on Washington to protest racism in war industries
-FDR conceded to stop march and passed Executive Order to stop discrimination in war industries

Question 15

what was set up 1942

Answer 15

Congress for Racial Equality

Question 16

give a statistic about war in 1943 which shows social progress

Answer 16

by 1943 only 79,000/504,000 AA soldiers overseas bc white commanders refused them

Question 17

how much did AA voter registration in Old South inc by between 1940-47

Answer 17

2%–>12%

Question 18

give 3 movements set up between 1910-1945 which shows social change for AA and their years

Answer 18

1914 UNIA United negro Improvement Association Marcus Garvey
1925 African American Brotherhood of Sleeping Porters Philip A Randolph
1942 Congress for Racial Equality

Question 19

give two migration statistics between 1910-1945

Answer 19

1914-1918 400,000 AA North
1925-1940 1 million AA North

Question 20

what 2 things did Philip A Randolph do between 1920-1945

Answer 20

1925 set up African American Brotherhood for Sleeping Porters
1941 set up march on Washington to protest racism in war industries and got FDR to concede and pass Executive Order to stop it