USA Unit 2 Race + Religion Flashcards
Area of strong religious views in America?
Bible Belt
Protestants who beleived the Bible word for word?
Fundamentalists
What did 6 states including Tennessee ban the teachings of?
Evolution
Who was the teacher that deliberately broke this Tennessee law and taught evolution?
Johnny Scopes
He was put on trial - what was it known as?
The Monkey Trial
Which leading fundamentalist led this case for the prosecution?
William Jennings Bryan
Who was Scope’s lawyer?
Clarence Darrow
Where did the trial take place?
Dayton, Tennessee
Because of the trial’s fame, the trail was less about the case and more about what?
Conservative America Vs Progressive America
Scopes was found guilty. How much was he fined?
$100
Where were Native American children sent?
Boarding schools
How did the settlers treat the Native Americans?
As infererior - treating them as inferior
What year was the Meriam Report?
1928
What did the Meriam Report say?
Native American schools were underfunded and abusive
What was passed in 1887 that gave the govt the right to take away 86 million acres of Native American land?
The Allotment Act
What year were Native Americans granted US citizenship and given the right to vote?
1924
What changed for Native Americans after 1924?
Very little
What percentage of Black Americans population lived in the south in 1900?
75%
What were the laws that segregated black people from white people known as?
Jim Crow Laws
What two facilities in particular were poorer than blacks than whites?
Health and eduction
What was the quote that segregation should have been, in theory?
“Seperate but equal”
In certain states, what did black people have to pass in order to vote?
Literacy test
Black people moved north to look for work and gain a better life from 1916-20. What was this known as?
The Great Migration
Where did black people typically live once they had moved north?
Ghettos
How many black people were killed in Chicago race riot of 1929?
38
Despite racism, in which states was there a growing black middle class?
Chicago and New York
Which peaceful anti-racism organisation was founded by William Du Bois?
NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People)
The Ku Klux Klan was founded for what?
White supremacy
