Unit 1: Topic 4: African Americans in the North and South

Question 1

How were the democrats split?

Answer 1

Split between New Deal Liberals and the Dixiecrats

Question 2

When did the southerners start voting for Republicans?

Answer 2

1964

Question 3

Who led the states right party?

Answer 3

Strom Thurmond

Question 4

Which amendment gave African Americans equal protection under law?

Answer 4

14th Amendment

Question 5

When was Plessy vs Ferguson?

Answer 5

1896

Question 6

When was Murray v Pearson and then Gaines v Canada?

Answer 6

1935, 1938

Question 7

Who were famous lawyers who worked for the NAACP?

Answer 7

Thurgood Marshall, Charles Hamilton Houston, Robert Carter

Question 8

How much was Black income compared to white during Trumans presidency?

Answer 8

01-Feb

Question 9

H0w many black workers did Bell aircrafts employ in the South out of a total number?

Answer 9

2500 out of 35000

Question 10

How many Southern African Americans were registered to vote in 1947?

Answer 10

12

Question 11

When was the Congress of Recial Equality (CORE) founded?

Answer 11

1942

Question 12

When was there a race riot in Detroit and how many joined and how many died?

Answer 12

1943, 100000, 34

Question 13

When were Jim Crow Laws enforced until?

Answer 13

1965

Question 14

When were there many lynchings?

Answer 14

1920s and 20s

Question 15

When did the 3rd Klan flourish?

Answer 15

1950’s

Question 16

How did the population of Black People in the North change after the Great Migration?

Answer 16

1900 - 8% outside south. 1940s - 1.4million moved, 1950s - 1.4million moved

Question 17

When was Malcolm X assassinated?

Answer 17

1965

Question 18

When was Jackie Robinson the first black baseball player?

Answer 18

1947

Question 19

How long was Malcolm X’s prison sentence 1946?

Answer 19

8-10 years

Question 20

What executive order created the presidents committee on civil rights?

Answer 20

9808

Question 21

When was the to secure these rights report?

Answer 21

1947

Question 22

What executive order ended discrimination in the armed forces?

Answer 22

9981

Question 23

When was discrimination in the armed forces ended?

Answer 23

1948

Question 24

What executive order created the comitee on government contract compliance?

Answer 24

10308

Question 25

Which executive director of the NAACP did Truman meet with?

Answer 25

Walter White

Question 26

When did Truman give his radical speech on civil rights to congress?

Answer 26

1948

Question 27

Who were top lawyers in the NAACP

Answer 27

Thurgood Marshall, Charles Hamilton Houston

Question 28

When was Morgan v Virginia desegregating interstate buses?

Answer 28

1946

Question 29

When was Shelley v Kramer banning restrictive covenants?

Answer 29

1948

Question 30

When were McLauren v Oklahoma and Sweatt v Painter desegregating education?

Answer 30

1950

Question 31

When was COREs journey for reconciliation and how many people took part

Answer 31

1947, 8 whites 8 blacks

Question 32

When did the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters campaign against segregation in the armed forces?

Answer 32

1947

Question 33

When was the states rights party under storm Thurmond founded?

Answer 33

1948

Question 34

How many southern blacks were registered in south 1947

Answer 34

12%

Question 35

What was the new KKK Klan?

Answer 35

3rd Klan

Question 36

When was the Detroit race riot and how many African Americans were killed?

Answer 36

1943, 25

Question 37

How many migrated in the 1940s and 1950s

Answer 37

1.4 million, 1.1 million

Question 38

How many more people did west coast airlines employ 1940-50?

Answer 38

15x

Question 39

Who were black members of the House of Representatives?

Answer 39

William L Dawson and Adam Clayton Powell

Question 40

Who was a famous black basketball player?

Answer 40

Jackie Robinson

Question 41

Which amendment gave African Americans equal protection under law?

Answer 41

14th amendment

Question 42

When was Plessy vs Ferguson?

Answer 42

1896

Question 43

When was Murray v Pearson and then Gaines v Canada?

Answer 43

1935, 1938

Question 44

Who were the famous lawyers who worked for the NAACP?

Answer 44

THurgood Marshall, Charles Hamilton Houston, Robert Carter

Question 45

How much was Black income compared to white during Trumans presidency?

Answer 45

01-Feb

Question 46

How many black workers did Bell aircrafts employ in the South out of a total number?

Answer 46

2500 / 35000

Question 47

How many Southern African Americans were registered to vote in 1947?

Answer 47

12%

Question 48

When was the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) founded?

Answer 48

1942

Question 49

When were Jim Crow Laws enforced until?

Answer 49

1965

Question 50

When were there many lynchings?

Answer 50

1920’s and 20s?

Question 51

When did the 3rd Klan flourish?

Answer 51

1950’s

Question 52

How did the population fo Black people in North change after the Great Migration?

Answer 52

1900- 8% outside south. 1940s - 1.4million moved, 1950’s - 1.4million moved.

Question 53

When was Malcolm X assissinated?

Answer 53

1965

Question 54

When was Jackie Robinson the first black basketball player?

Answer 54

1947

Question 55

How long was Malcolm x prison sentence 1946?

Answer 55

8-10 years