USA 1954-75 Flashcards

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Why was the Montgomery boycott a thing?.

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1st December 1955 Rosa park broke segregation rules in Montgomery by refusing to give her seat for a white person. She was arresten and fined and people boycotted the buses

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Long term causes of Montgomery boycott?

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  • The WPC had focused on bus dicrimination since 1950
  • The bus compamy forced black people to sit at the back of the bus and not give up seat
  • Requests were made to change the rules of the bus but they were not listened to
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Short term causes of Montgomery boycott?

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Police arrested and charged Rosa Parks

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Events of montgomery boycott?

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5 december 1955 -Civil rights activist met to boycott city buses. Formed MIA and Martin luther was chairman
8 December - MIA met bus company. They refused to change so all black people boycotted until change
12 December - Over 300 carpools were done
MIA also negotiated reduced bus fares
30 December 1956 - Kings home was bombed. He responded by peaceful protests

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What was the significance of rosa parks?

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  • Parks was married middle ages woman hard to criticise her
  • She understood the principles of non violent action
  • She had already been in campaigns
  • She was secretary of NAACP
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When was the Brown vs Topeka case?

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1954

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Key features of Brown vs Topeka?

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  • Linda Brown who was a black american became famous after her experiences of segregated school education.
  • Made her feel seperate to white kids
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What was the case in Brown vs Topeka?

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  • It argued that that schools were seperate but equal. This cass damaged black people
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What did the supreme court say about segregation?

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  • Racial segregation was fair as long as they were seperate but equal
    Black schools were more underfunded than white schools
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Short term significance of Brown vs Topeka?

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  • Brown rullings overturned Plessy v Ferguson decision which allowed public faccilities and schools to be desegregated
  • Members of KKK increased
  • Black students and teachers received threats
  • Some good schools were shut down for black americans
  • South states avoided following the rules
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Long term significance of Brown Vs Topeka?

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  • Awareness of civil rights issues in southern states increased
  • white americans moved out of areas where black people stayed
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Brown vs Topeka timeline?

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1952 - NAACP took school segregation to court as they brok 14th ammendment
Dec 1952 - Judges asked for more legal advice
May 1954 - Supreme court ruled that segregated education was good but no time limit on how long it would take
July 1954 - white citizens were prepared to use violence to stop desegregation
1955 - Desegregation should happen immediately
1957n- 723 school districts desegregated

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How were black people treated in 1950’s?

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  • Second class citizens and prevented from voting
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How was life like for black people in early 1950’s?

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  • Wern’t allowed to mix in schools,public transport or resteraunts
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What laws were used to seperate black and white people?

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Jim crow laws

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What was the Jim crow law?

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It was legal to segregate as long as services were seperate but equal

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How was discrimination like in the southern states?

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  • White people viewed black people as racially inferior
  • police and white officials were apart of KKK
  • Assults and murders of black people were not investigated or prosecuted
  • Black people were not allowed to sit on juries
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Voting rights for black people in 1950’s?

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  • White gangs stopped black people voting
  • Some states made it harder for black people to vote by making unfair literacy tests
  • Grandfather law was brang in which meant people forefathers had to have voted
  • Employers sacked workers if they registered to vote
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Some civil rights orginisations in 1950’s?

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NAACP
- 1909
- Defended black people who were unfairly convicted
- Fought in court

CORE
- 1942
- Used non violent techniques
- Operated in northern states

20
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When was little rock?

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1957

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What happened in little rock?

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9 black students entered a new desegregated high school and were very badly treated by white americans

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What was the little rock 9?

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75 black students applied to join little rock but only 25 were accepted. However famalies got threats so some backed out and 9 still registered (little rock 9)

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Who was govener orval faubus?

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  • He was against integration and Faubus closed every school in little rock in attempt to stop interegation taking place. Lasted a year but reopened due to parents complaining
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What were the events at little rock?

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NAACP aranged so black people could arrive together at school 4th September. Faubus sent 250 troops to surround the school to “keep peace” but this blocked black students entering the school. Elizabeth did not get the message and was targeted and racially abused. 24th september eisenhower sent federal troops to allow black people to enter school

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What did the president do in little rock?

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  • USA’S image was getting destroyed abroad so Eisenhower sent 1000 troops to little rock. Eisenhower wanted to improve civil rights but keep the violent under rest