USA theme stats - civil rights Flashcards

1
Q

how many anti-black race riots were there in 1919

A

25 (eg. Red summer in Chicago)

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2
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when did the Jim Crow laws come about

A

1917

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3
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how many black men were lynched

A

579

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4
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when did lynchings take place

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1915-1930

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5
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when was slavery abolished

A

late 1880s

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6
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when did the Great migration take place

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1917-1930

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7
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how did the population of black people in New York change between 1910-1930

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1910 = 90,000

1930 = 327,000

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8
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how did the population of black people in Detroit change between 1910-1930

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1910 = 5,000

1930 = 120,000

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9
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when was the NAACP set up

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1917 but spread in the 1930s during the migration

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10
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how did the amount of members of the NAACP change between 1917-1946

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1917 = 90,000

1946 = 600,000

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11
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how did the number of black soldiers change during the war (1942-1944)

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1942 = 3%

end of war (1944) = 8%

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12
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when was CORE set up and why

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1947

CORE = congress of racial equality

involved in desegregating public facilities through sit ins

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13
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what legal challenge happened in 1954

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brown vs board

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14
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what was the name of the organisation that was set up for white people to fight against racial segregation and when was it set up

A

white citizens council

set up in 1954 during the brown vs board case

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15
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how many members did the white citizens council have by 1956

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250,000

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16
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what are some examples of sit ins that CORE organised

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1942 - St Louis sit in

1949 - Baltimore sit in

17
Q

what big turning point happened in 1955

A

Montgomery bus boycott

18
Q

which association was created following the Montgomery bus boycott and who was chosen as the leader

A

MIA = Montgomery improvement association with Martin Luther King being chosen as leader

19
Q

what committee was set up in 1960 and why

A

SNCC = Student nonviolent coordinating committee

it was created to help student cope with white abuse and violence

19
Q

how many black bus users partook in the Montgomery bus boycott and refused to take the bus

A

90% of all black bus users

(75% of bus users were black)

19
Q

how long did the Montgomery bus boycott last

A

380 days - starting on the 5th December 1955

20
Q

how many reporters were there at Little Rock

A

250

20
Q

what civil rights turning point happened in 1956-1957

A

Little Rock

21
Q

what civil rights turning point happened in 1960

A

Greensboro Sit in

22
Q

what civil rights turning point happened in 1961

A

SNCC and CORE set up freedom rides to see progress in desegregating bathrooms

23
Q

what civil rights turning point happened in 1962

A

JFK passed the housing desegregation support act

24
Q

what civil rights turning point happened in 1964

A

civil rights act was passed

24
Q

what happened in freedom summer 1964

A

SNCC sent 45 volunteers to the south to try push black voting rights but most disappeared or were found dead 6 weeks later

by the end of the summer there had been: 3 murders and 35 shooting incidents

24
Q

what civil rights turning point happened in 1963

A

Birmingham - starting 3rd April and ending 12th May

25
Q

what civil rights turning point happened in 1965

A

voting rights act was passed

25
Q

how successful were the SNCC in getting blacks to vote in the south during freedom summer 1964

A

17,000 black people tried to register to vote

only 1,600 were accepted to vote

26
Q

what organisation was set up in 1965 that later became the black power movement

A

Lowndes County Freedom Organisation

26
Q

what famous riot took place in 1965

A

Watts Riot

27
Q

how did the government census change in how many black people were registered to vote between 1966-1980

A

1966 = 58.2%

1980 = 60%

28
Q

by 1980 how many high school drop outs aged 25-34 had criminal records

A

75%

29
Q

what civil rights turning point happened in 1970

A

emergency school aid

30
Q

what civil rights turning point happened in 1972

A

Swann vs Charlotte Mecklenburg

31
Q

what were all the main Supreme Court rulings and when did they happen

A

1948 - Shellie vs Kraemer: mix housing

1954 - Brown vs Board: mix schools

1956 - Browder vs Gayle: mix transportation

1971 - Swan vs Charlotte Mecklenburg: security and funding for racially integrated schools

1973 - Roe vs Wade: legalised abortion (all races)