USA 2 obstacles Flashcards

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legal impediments KU

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Jim Crow white stage performer
Stupid lazy unreliable
Laws allowed segregation
Separate transport seats, schools, buildings
Acceptable as long as facilities were equal “separate but equal” - SC

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legal impediments A

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SBE made Jim Crow Laws legal
Separate did not always mean equal
Black schools underfunded = illiterate
Uneducated, stopped them campaigning
Encouraged racist mindsets

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legal impediments A+

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Northern states = less segregation
Access to education and better life
Not all in South was racist, some involved in NAACP for civil rights

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legal impediments E

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Homer Plessy first class ticket
Conductor said to move so refused and arrested
KKK would have delt with it worse with a punishment of public hanging/lynching
Enforced JCL with racist mindsets

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lack of political influence KU

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15th Amendment 1870 = all men, regardless colour to vote
1900, stopped them voting
Couldn’t simply ban blacks so voting qualifications started

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lack of political influence A

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Literacy Test intentionally written confusingly
1 wrong = fail
Grandfather Clause = vote if grandfather voted = favoured white men as blacks grandfathers couldn’t vote due to 15th

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lack of political influence A+

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Voting Qualifications not in place all over USA
Grandfather Clause challenged as unconstitutional in 1915
1915 could no longer be used

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lack of political influence E

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Number of Voting Qualifications didn’t matter
KKK outside polling stations deterring blacks
Acts as a barrier to get political representation which was important for

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the KKK KU

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KKK funded in 1860s demonstrating dark life
Rise of racism in 1920s led to a resurgence
Existence = no civil rights
White robes with white hoods for intimidation

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the KKK A

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Their terror make blacks too scared to campaign out of fear of what they would do to family
Terrorise farmers by burning crosses and wait with guns and ropes for lynching
Led to public hanging

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the KKK A+

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Black campaigners less likely to encounter Klan in North.
1925 = 4m members dropped 1930 = 30,000
Leader David Stephenson murdered a young woman and brutally raped

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the KKK E

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Chalmers Klan relied on “local anarchic autonomy”
Klan do what they want as no one held South accountable = black people living in fear
Members held prominent positions such as police and judges
= very difficult to get justice for crime
Blacks had to simply accept treatment

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popular prejudice KU

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JCL affected life everyday
To escape poverty, segregation and violence = migrate to north
Great Migration
Hoped to achieve better life chances
Land of opportunity
NY 91,700 to 327,700

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popular prejudice A

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Signifiant prejudices based on stereotypes which had been perpetrated
Blamed for growth of ghettos and stealing jobs
Increase in riots and unspoken sense of white superiority = isolated

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popular prejudice A+

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rise in jazz music
largely created by black musicians
spread across america
white musicians took it up
indicates appreciation of black culture

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popular prejudice E

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1925 KKK granted permission to walk in Washington, heart of US politics
Permission shows deep rooted racism existed
Significant deterrent to black people to challenge

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divisions in the black community KU

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NAACP National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People
Funded in Feb 1909 W.E.B Du Bois
Launched in response to lynching and poor black education
Marcus Gravey hated NAACP for trying to unite races as whites are devils
Black people to move to Africa

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divisions in the black community A

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Without a united strategy = difficult to build support = prevented successful civil rights
Graveys viewpoints isolated some white people who may have supported

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divisions in the black community A+

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Raised black consciousness
NAACP looked up to as many campaigners took inspiration from their protests
Proved there was a demand for increased civil rights

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divisions in the black community E

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NAACP had influence and tackled some segregation laws
Anti-lynching bill did not pass
extreme power of the KKK as lynching common for the KKK
black campaigners differed in approach
KKK united in their aims