USA HISTORY Topic 2

Question 1

what is plessy vs Ferguson and when

Answer 1

1896 it ruled the segregation was constitutional if it was separate but fair

Question 2

what was brown vs the board of education and when

Answer 2

1954 ruled that segregation was now unconstitutional all states must remove it from there leglislation

Question 3

what was beneficial to black civil rights

Answer 3

the new deal, gave over 1,000,000 jobs to the majortity poor black population

Question 4

what is the NAACP

Answer 4

it stands for the
- set up in 1909
- aims was to promote black equality through legal challanges

Question 5

smith vs allwright

Answer 5

1944 sumpreme court made it easier for blacks in the south to vote

Question 6

what is core

Answer 6

1942 established by james farmer
- would be more militant
- sit ins at resturants
-freedom rides to ensure de segregation

Question 7

which president sent federal troops to little rock arkansas

Answer 7

eisenhower

Question 8

what where the civil rights acts and when where they past

Answer 8

1957-1960

Question 9

what is the SCLC

Answer 9

southern christian leadership conference established 1957 by MLK
use of non violent protest

Question 10

how did Kennedy help civil rigts in 1962

Answer 10

supported his brother Robert Kennedy the attorney general to de segregate transport and facilities
- supported 1963 civil rights bill which got bogged down in congress
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Question 11

what happened to civil rights in 1964

Answer 11

LBJ pushed civil rights bill through congress

Question 12

civil rights bill of 1964

Answer 12

• equal employment comminsion
• ensure desegregation of school
• outlawed segregation of public facilities
  -strengthened black voting rights

Question 13

what was LBJs main consern

Answer 13

war on poverty indirectly helped black pepoloe

Question 14

northern riots

Answer 14

1964 northern cites expeianced riots
1965 LA experianced riots with 34 dead and 900 injured
1967 43 dead in Detroit
this was in response to de facto segregation in the north

Question 15

who was MALCOLM X

Answer 15

he was a radical black civil right activists
- was a preacher for the nation of Islam which believed black people should be separate and form an american nation for only black pepole in the south
- he left the NOI and was assisnated by a member in 1965

Question 16

black panther party

Answer 16

founded 1966 by bobby seal and huey newton
they won respect in the community by focusing on slef help
- setting up clinics
-giving advise on leagal and welfare rights aswell as health

Question 18

When was the stone wall riots

Answer 18

1969 27-28 June
Gay club members confronted the police in order to stop the raid on gay clubs this resulting in mass protest outside confronting the police

Question 19

What was occupied by Native Americans in Febuary 1973?

Answer 19

AIM occupies the village of Wounded Knee and declares independence as the Oglala Sioux Nation Nation; unlike all other occupations, this time the government resorts to sending in US marshalls and the state pllice; the siege lasts 71 days and AIM only wishdraws once the government agrees to an investigation of its demands and grievances.

Question 20

How much money was paid out by the Indian Claims Commission between 1946 and 1978?

Answer 20

$800 million dollar paid out by the Indian Claims Commision between 1946 and 1978. Although this was created by Congress independently of Indian activism

Question 21

indian rstoration act

Answer 21

1975
aimed for native American tribes to regain there homelands

Question 22

wahat was the AIM

Answer 22

american indian movment aim to seek better treatment of native americans founded 1968 in urban miniapolis to adress poverty and police brutality
by 1971 had 4,5000 members

Question 23

indian march on whasinghton

Answer 23

1972 lead to the occupation of the burea for indian affairs

Question 24

Alcatraz occupation when who and why

Answer 24

The Alcatraz Red Power Movement (ARPM) takes over Alcatraz Island (a former US prison) and occupies it until 1971 -

10,000 Indians visited the island during the protest

Question 25

what did the Delano grape boycott result in

Answer 25

1965-1970
resulted in the UFOW 3 year contract with the growers with better conditions and pay for the workers

Question 26

voting right sact extention