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AQA A Level History- 2Q- The American Dream Reality and Illusion > Unit 2: Topic 4: African Americans in the North and South > Flashcards

Unit 2: Topic 4: African Americans in the North and South Flashcards

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How many black citizens lived in poverty compared to white citizens?

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  • 56% black
  • 18% whitess
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Which organisation fought for integration of racist trade unions?

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The National Urban League

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How many branches did CORE have at the end of Eisenhower’s Presidency?

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53 branches

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Which road was a key dividing line between black and white people in the North?

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The 8 mile road

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Which sports organisations contained more black players?

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  • The National Hockey League
  • The National Basketball Association
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Who was the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize and when?

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  • 1950
  • Ralph Bunche
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How many black members were in the House of Representatives during Eisenhower’s Presidency?

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4

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Name the 4 black members in the House of Representatives during Eisenhower’s presidency.

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  • Adam Clayton Powell
  • William L Dawson
  • Charles Diggs
  • Robert Nix
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Which contraversial television programme documented the Nation of Islam and who starred in it?

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  • The Hate That Hate Produced
  • Louis X
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When was the Hate that Hate Produced released?

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1959

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How many Americans owned a TV by 1960 enabling civil rights to be broadcast?

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90%

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When was Plessy v. Fergusson ruling seperate but equal?

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1896

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When was the Borwn vs Board case?

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1953-54

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How many people were involved in the Brown v. Board court case?

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Linda Brown and 5 others

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When was Plessey v. Fergusson?

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1896

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Which lawyer argued on behalf of the NAACP in Brown v. Board?

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Thurgood Marshall

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Which test showed seperate was unequal and who led it?

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  • The Dolls Test
  • Kenneth Clark
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What did the Dolls Test involve?

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  • 16 African American children showed a white and a black doll
  • 10 said they preferred the white doll
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Which Chief Justice gave the Brown Ruling?

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Earl Warren

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Which Chief Justice replaced who in the Brown v. Board case?

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  • Earl Warren
  • Replaced Chief Justice Fred Vinson
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When was the Brown ruling?

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May 1954

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What did the Brown ruling say?

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‘separate is inherantly unequal’

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Which ammendment did the Brown ruling quote?

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The 14th Ammendment

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24
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How many schools were segregated in Washington and within the border states within a year?

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70%

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How many schools within the Deep South were integrated by 1957?

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Less than 12%

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When was the Brown II ruling and what did it dictate?

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  • 1955
  • With all deliberate speed
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How many members joined White Citizens councils and when?

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  • 1956
  • 250,000
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When was the Souterhn Manifesto?

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1956

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How many Dixiecrat congressmen signed the Southern Manifesto?

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  • 101
  • 1/5 Congress
  • All Southern states except 2 senators
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What did the Southern Manifesto vow to do?

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Oppose Brown v. Board by ‘all lawful means’

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32
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When was Autherine Lucy accepted into the University of Alabama?

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1955

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When did the NAACP fight and win the Lucy v. Adams case?

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1955

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When was Autherine Lucy expelled from the university of Alabama?

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1956

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35
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When was Emmett Till murdered?

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1955

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36
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Who murdered Emmett Till?

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Rob Bryant and JW Millam

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How much did Till’s murderers sell their story for>

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$4,000

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38
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When was the Little Rock crisis?

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1957

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39
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Who entered Little Rock Central High School?

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The Little Rock 9

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Where is Little Rock?

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Arkansas

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How many federal troops did Eisenhower send to Little Rock?

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1,000

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42
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Who was the governor of Arkansas?

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Orval Faubus

43
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Who introduced the massive resistance campaign to close schools to stop integration?

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Senator Harry Byrd

44
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Who was the student who was famously harrassed alone outside Little Rock?

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Elizabeth Eckford

45
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When did Faubus close Little Rock schools?

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1958-59

46
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What did the year with little education in the South due to school closure become known as?

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‘The Lost Year’

47
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When was Cooper v. Aaron?

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1958

48
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What did Cooper v. Aaron dictate?

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States had to enforce the Supreme courts deision even if they disagreed.

49
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Which ruling was defied by Little Rock?

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Cooper v. Aaron

50
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When did Faubus close all the schools in Little Rock and what did the year become known as?

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  • 1958-59
  • The Lost Year
51
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How many times was Faubus re-elected as governor of Aransas?

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4 times

52
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What did Gallup polls say about Orval Faubus?

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He was one of the most admired men in America.

53
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How many troops did Eisenhower send to Arkansas?

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1,000 US Troops

54
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How much revenue from the bus companies came from the black people of Alabama?

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75%

55
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Which was the first bus boycott that inspired the Montgomery Bus Boycott and when was it?

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  • 1953
  • Baton Rouge Bus Boycott
56
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When was the Montgomery bus Boycott?

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1955-56

57
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How much was Parks fined for sitting in the ‘wrong seat’ of the bus?

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$10

58
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Who helped to organise the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

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  • The Montgomery Improvement Association
  • The NAACP
  • Martin Luther King
59
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What did the MIA organise to help people with transport during the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

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Car Pools

60
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How many threatening letters did Martin Luther King recieve a day?

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30-40

61
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When was Martin Luther Kings house bombed?

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1956

62
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How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last?

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Over a year

63
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How many people took part in the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

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50,000

64
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How much revenue did the Montgomery bus Companies loose per day as a result of the Boycott?

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75%

65
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Which supreme court ruling made segregation illegal on intrastate transport?

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Browder v. Gayle

66
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When was the Browder v. Gayle court ruling?

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1956

67
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Which Civil Rights group did Martin Luther King form?

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SCLC

68
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When was the SCLC formed?

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1957

69
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How many KKK members drove through the black region of Montgomery while the black citizens waved at them after the Browder ruling?

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40 car loads

70
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When was the Browder v. Gayle ruling?

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1956

71
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Who took part in the Browder v. Gayle court case?

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5 women who had been discriminated against on buses- not Parks but Aurelia S. Browder

72
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What was the Browder v. Gayle ruling?

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The Supreme court declared Brown v. Board applied to intrastate buses and that segregation on intrastate buses was unconstitutional by the 14th Ammendment

73
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What did the Browder ruling ensure?

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Montgomery buses were integrated.

74
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When were the Greensboro sit ins?

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1960

75
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Who initiated the Greensboro sit ins?

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4 black students

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76
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Where did the Greensboro sit ins occur?

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Woolworths

77
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When did the Greensboro sit ins begin to spread nationally and how many protestors were tehre?

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  • 5-6th February
  • 1,000 protestors
78
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How widespread were the Greensboro sit ins?

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  • 100 Southern cities
  • 50,000 students
79
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How many people were arrested for the Greensboro sit ins?

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3,600

80
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When did Woolworths agree to integrate their lunch counter?

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6 months later

81
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By how much were Woolworth’s profits decreased during the sit ins?

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1/3

82
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How many cities agreed to desegregate public places and when?

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  • 150 cities
  • 1961
83
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Which organisation was formed after the Greensboro sit ins?

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The Student Non-Violent Coodinating Comittee (SNCC)

84
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What prison sentence was King given for joining a sit in?

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Hard labour

85
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How many people were arrested in the sit ins by police who ignored white attackers?

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3,600

86
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From when did the Democrat’s Party Platform support civil rights?

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1948- Truman

87
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Which political party had the only 4 black representatives in the House of Representatives?

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The Democrats

88
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How many Southern States had Eisenhower won the support of?

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5 Southern States

89
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How many African Americans did the Republicans have in their staff?

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One

90
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Which Republican Party Platforms mentioned Civil rights?

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  • 1952
  • 1956
91
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Which Republican Party Platform didn’t mention states rights?

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1956

When we

92
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When were the two civil Rights Bills?

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1957 and 1960

93
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How many Southern African Americans weren’t registered to vote?

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80%

94
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How many black Mississipians were registered to vote?

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7,000/900,000

95
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When did Nixon visit Ghana and meet Martin Luther King?

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1957

96
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Which organisation watered down the 1957 civil rights bill?

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Congressional Comittees.

97
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Who was put in charge of the Democratic Congressional comittee?

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Mississippi Senator James Eastalnd

98
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How long did Strom Thurmond filibuster for?

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24 hours

99
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What did the 1957 Civil Rights Bill establish?

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  • A 6 member Civil Rights Comission
  • An Assistant Attorney General on Civil rights
  • Blocking registration to vote a crime- fine of up to $1,000 or 6 months imprisonment
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How long had it been since Civil Rights legislation had been passed before the civil rights bill?

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82 years

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101
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What did the 1960 Civil Rights Bill state?

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Penalties for obstructing people from voting

102
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How many black voters wre acted on by the 1960 electoral roll?

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3%

103
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What was the 1960 civil rights bill watered down by?

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Congressional Committees

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