US Civil Rights Unit Flashcards
How many times has the US constitution been amended?
27
When did it become illegal to buy slaves from overseas?
1808 (ones already in the US were still fair game though)
When was the Civil War declared?
12 April 1861
Which amendment to the Constitution freed slaves across America?
13
When did the Reconstruction start?
1865
How many Black Americans had migrated North by 1930?
1.3 million
Who issued the Emancipation Proclamation?
President Abraham Lincoln
When was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?
1863
When was Plessy v. Ferguson?
1896
How many states formed the Confederate States?
11
When was the NAACP formed?
1908
When was the military desegregated?
1948
When was the CORE formed?
1942
When was Brown v. Board of Education?
1954
When did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat?
1955
What year was the incident with the Little Rock Nine?
1957
When was the SNCC formed?
1960
When was the Freedom Rides?
1961
When was the March on Washington?
1963
When was discrimination by race outlawed in the US, and by which president?
1964, Lyndon B Johnson
When was the Mississippi Freedom Summer?
1964
In what year was the Voting Rights Act passed?
1965
When did Malcolm X deliver his speech, and what was it called?
1964, ‘The Ballot or the Bullet’
When was the Black Panther Party formed?
1966
What does CORE stand for?
Congress of Racial Equality
When was CORE formed?
1942
What 3 key actions did CORE take?
- sit-ins in segregated restaurants
- Mississippi Freedom Summer
- the Freedom Rides
What does SCLC stand for?
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
When was the SCLC formed?
1957
What kind of activism did the SCLC primarily support?
Grassroots activism - i.e. local civil rights activism
What 3 projects did the SCLC support?
- Crusade for Citizenship (voter registration drives/voting education for Black Americans)
- Operation Breadbasket (only supporting businesses that employed Black Americans)
- Citizen Education Program (training Black Americans for the workforce)
What does SNCC stand for?
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
When was the SNCC formed?
April 1960
