The Impact of the Second World War

Question 1

When was A. Philip Randolph protest?

Answer 1

1941

Question 2

What happened during A. Phillip Randolph’s protest?

Answer 2

Him and railway workers threatened a 100,000 march on Washington unless Roosevelt banned discrimination in the army

Question 3

What was achieved in A. Phillip Randolph’s protest?

Answer 3

Executive Order 8802

Question 4

What was Executive Order 8802?

Answer 4

Banned discrimination in defence work and set up a Fair Employment Practises Committee (FEPC)

Question 5

How many black Americans were employed in defence industries during WW2?

Answer 5

2 million

Question 6

What percentage did black people in the military rise up by as a result of the FEPC?

Answer 6

4%

Question 7

When was the Fair Employment Practise committee (FEPC) created?

Answer 7

1941

Question 8

What did the war force?

Answer 8

Assimilation between whites and blacks as they worked side by side

Question 9

How many black Americans served in the war?

Answer 9

Over 1 million

Question 10

What did Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) campaign for?

Answer 10

Desegregation of interstate transport

Question 11

Truman on civil rights: (3)

Answer 11

• Anti-lynching
• Anti-segregation
• Fair employment laws

Question 12

How did Congress react to Trumans committee report ‘to secure these rights’

Answer 12

Rejected all proposals as well as Trumans request to continue the FEPC

Question 13

When was the Presidents Committee on Civil Rights?

Answer 13

1946 - equal opportunity in work and housing

Question 14

Adam Clayton Powell:

Answer 14

• Led a successful bus boycott in Harlem in 1941, forcing the bus company to employ more black drivers

Question 15

James Farmer:

Answer 15

In 1942 he established CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)

Question 16

When was the GI Bill of Rights?

Answer 16

1944

Question 17

How did the GI Bill of Rights help black Americans?

Answer 17

Gave veterans government aid for a college education or to set up businesses

Question 18

What did Truman establish in 1948?

Answer 18

Fair Employment Board - aimed to ensure equal treatment for minorities in federal hiring

Question 19

Why was the Fair Employment Board limited?

Answer 19

• Lack of funds

- Conservative employees

Question 20

What did Truman establish in 1951?

Answer 20

Committee on Government Contract Compliance (CGCC) - President Truman created the committee to oversee compliance with the Executive order 8802 by Roosevelt

Question 21

When was Executive order 9981?

Answer 21

1948

Question 22

What did Executive Order 9981 do?

Answer 22

Banned segregation in the armed forces

Question 23

How many black Americans served in the war?

Answer 23

Over 1 million