USA Topic 3- The Issue Of Civil Rights

Question 1

By 1945 how many black Americans are in the army

Answer 1

750,000

Question 2

What was the role of black nurses during the war

Answer 2

To only treat black soldiers

Question 3

Which acclaim won acclaim in the battle of the bulge

Answer 3

761st tank battalion also known as the black panthers

Question 4

When did the Navy become desegregated

Answer 4

1946

Question 5

How many black Americans became involved in industry during World War II

Answer 5

2 million

Question 6

During the war how much did NAACP membership increase to

Answer 6

450,000

Question 7

What doctrine made segregation constitutional

Answer 7

Separate but equal

Question 8

What was the closing statement of Brown Topeka

Answer 8

segregation in education is unconstitutional

Question 9

When was Brown V Topeka

Answer 9

1954

Question 10

Why was the BvB ruling vague

Answer 10

It only gave a vague answer to when desegregation should occur

Question 11

By 1957 how many black children were attending integrated schools

Answer 11

300,000

Question 12

What were the events of Little Rock

Answer 12

Elizabeth Eckford and nine other students were prevented from entering the school by state governor Faubus.
The following day the National Guard was removed and the children were allowed entry However they were moved at midday due to their safety

Question 13

How did President Eisenhower respond to the events on Little Rock

Answer 13

Eisenhower sent the 101st airborne division to protect students

Question 14

What’s the significance of Little Rock

Answer 14

The events were broadcasted worldwide
I was the first time many US citizens had seen The racism in the south


Question 15

What was James Meredith’s events at Mississippi University

Answer 15

Meredith was accepted Following a federal court ruling by Mississippi University
Kennedy sent 320 federal troops to Scott Meredith to campus

Question 16

When was the Montgomery bus boycott

Answer 16

1955

Question 17

What association with established improve race relations

Answer 17

Montgomery improvement Association

Question 18

What was Martin Luther King’s key philosophy on race and civil rights in America

Answer 18

African Americans were tired of being humiliated in their own country

Question 19

What were the events of the Montgomery bus boycott

Answer 19

Montgomery citizens walk to work
The Montgomery white citizens Council what the opposition to the boycott
In February 1956 king and parks were arrested for the boycott
On the 13th of November 1956 segregation on transport was unconstitutional

Question 20

What was sit-ins

Answer 20

For students in Greensborough demanded to be served at a white only food counter however they were met with violence and eventually Segregation ended

Question 21

What a freedom rides

Answer 21

They were tests to see if integration of transport had really been Enforced in the south

Question 22

What are the events of freedom rides

Answer 22

Freedom rides were attacked by mobs then the KKK and John F. Kennedy made it clear that the US marshals would be sent in to enforce the law

Question 23

Who is Martin Luther King

Answer 23

A black activist who adopted peaceful protest tactics and created the SCLC

Question 24

What was March on Birmingham

Answer 24

Marches and sit ins were used to end segregation in public facilities
Martin Luther King was arrested and wrote a letter from Birmingham Jail


Question 25

What was the significance of the Birmingham match

Answer 25

John F. Kennedy put forward in the civil rights bill

Question 26

What was the march on Washington

Answer 26

March protesting jobs and freedom And the civil rights bill to be passed

Question 27

How many demonstrators were there at the march on Washington

Answer 27

250,000

Question 28

When was the civil rights act passed

Answer 28

1964

Question 29

What was the nation of Islam

Answer 29

Muslim group supporting separatism and members had sleeve names removed with X

Question 30

who was Malcolm X

Answer 30

Black activist who adopted a hate white doctrine and use violence to achieve a separate black nation

Question 31

Malcolm X’s views were the foundation to which movements

Answer 31

Black power black panthers

Question 32

What was the 1964 Civil Rights act

Answer 32

Segregation in public was banned and created equal employment opportunities

Question 33

What are the voting rights protest in Selma

Answer 33

Nonviolent protests were only 383 black voters were registered
On the 15th of March 1965 Lyndon Baines Johnson promised voting rights act

Question 34

What was the voting rights act of 1965

Answer 34

Ended literacy tests and insured federal officials would monitor registration

Question 35

How many black Americans were registered to vote by the end of 1968

Answer 35

750,000

Question 36

How many people died in the Los Angeles 1965 riot

Answer 36

34

Question 37

How many rights occurred in 1967

Answer 37

There were riots in 125 US cities

Question 38

What was black power movement

Answer 38

Movement originated in the 1960s who sought separation and rejected White House

Question 39

He was Stokey Carmichael

Answer 39

A leader of the movement who sorted aggressive tactics and was inspired by Malcolm X

Question 40

What happened at the 1968 Mexico Olympics

Answer 40

Add 200 meter ceremony Tommy Smith and John Carlos were single black laughing clench their salute as a symbol for black power

Question 41

Who are the black panther

Answer 41

Founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale the movement was influenced by Malcolm X and sorted to end capitalism

Question 42

What were the success of the black panthers

Answer 42

Established a free breakfast for children program