Theme 2 - The quest for civil rights, 1917-18 Flashcards
What did black Americans hope for in relation to equality by the year 2000?
They hoped that if they worked hard and showed their worth, white people would accept them and allow them the equality they had been granted in law.
What is the percentage of African American migration to the North/East?
40%
What was the legal status of black Americans after the 13th Amendment was passed?
By 1870, black Americans were supposedly free and equal, but they faced discrimination and segregation.
What were the Jim Crow laws?
Laws that enforced segregation in the South, affecting every aspect of life.
How did life in the South in 1917 affect black Americans?
They faced legal restrictions, discrimination, and violence, and were often segregated in their communities.
Who was Booker T. Washington?
A famous black American who advocated accepting segregation and had a significant following among better-off black Americans.
What were the three methods black Americans used to campaign for civil rights?
- Legal challenges
- Non-violent protest
- Violent protest
What was the impact of segregation on black Americans’ education?
Black children were educated in poorly funded black schools and colleges, yet they still achieved high levels of success.
What was the significance of the 14th Amendment?
It made all people born or naturalized in the USA, including former slaves, US citizens.
What was the significance of the 15th Amendment?
It declared that all US citizens had the same voting rights.
What was the ‘Red Summer’ of 1919?
A series of anti-black race riots, often set off by police injustice, resulting in hundreds of deaths.
True or False: The civil rights movement only focused on racism.
False
Fill in the blank: The civil rights movement also worked against other forms of _______.
[discrimination]
What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 achieve?
It extended voting rights to cover more minority groups, including Hispanic Americans and Native Americans.
What were the conditions for black Americans in the workforce during segregation?
They were often last hired and first fired, typically relegated to the lowest-paid jobs.
What was the significance of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
It was a pivotal event in the civil rights movement that highlighted the fight against segregation.
What was the role of violence in the black American civil rights struggle?
Some black Americans resorted to violent protest as a means of fighting for their rights.
What was the relationship between the civil rights movement and other minority rights movements in the 1960s?
The civil rights movement inspired and modelled tactics for other minority rights campaigns.
What did the term ‘permanent system’ refer to in the context of Jim Crow laws?
It referred to the entrenched and systemic segregation laws in the South.
What was the outcome of the Brown v. Board of Education case in 1954?
It resulted in the decision to desegregate schools.
What is ‘Lynching’?
Lynching someone is taking the law into their own hands to punish someone.
Between 1915 and 1930, how many lynchings of white men in comparison to black men in the South?
65 White Men Lynchings
579 Black Men Lynchings
What was the Jim Crow laws?
Set of state and local laws in the US, primarily in the South. There purpose was intented to enforce racial segregation and disenfranchised African Americans.
How long was the duration of Jim Crow Laws?
1870s to the 1960s
