Week 5 Flashcards
What is the civil rights movement
Refers to equal opportunities with regards to access to employment housing education as well as the right to vote and be free of racial discrimination
When was the civil rights Movement
1940s the 1960s
When was the brown versus board of education of Topia
1954
When was the Montgomery bus boycott
1955
When was the little rock case
1957
When was it declared that every education board has to end segregation in schools
1954
When was the civil rights act passed giving all AfricanAmericans the right to vote
1957
How did African Americans protest for civil rights laws
They travelled by sitting next to each other in whites only sections of buses in areas where the local authorities had refused to desegregate the buses
How many campaigners had staged citizens protest across yourself man
70,000 from 1960 to 1961
When was it outlawed racial discrimination in employment and segregation in public places
1964
When was the voting rights act
1965
When was the fair housing act racial discrimination illegal when buying property
1968
What did Malcolm X believe in
Believed violence was necessary to bring about chance
When did Malcolm X set up the organisation of Afro-American Unity
1960
How was Malcolm X killed and when
he was shot and killed by nation of Islam members 1965
Why was the Peace Corps upset up By President Kennedy
To send volunteers to assist people in poor countries
What did President Kennedy do for his new frontier
He cut taxes to give people money to spend 90,000,000 to businesses to create jobs minimum hourly wage increased Social Security act increase benefits for elderly and unemployed
In 1963 how many people were unemployed and how many in 1960
In 1963 there were 4.5 million and only 1 million less than 1960
What were the fails to President Kennedy’s new frontier
Funding for schools failed new equipment and factories meant that few workers were needed
As part of President Johnson is great society what did he introduce
Jobs corpse was introduced to help Jai school leavers get jobs minimum hourly wage increase from 1.25 to 1.40 housing act funded low income housing Medicare to find health care to elderly in low income families operation Headstart gave money to poor schools in cities
In 1968 was employment rising
No
In 1959 how many African Americans lived in desperate poverty
56%
In 1970 how many African Americans lived in poverty
30%
How much did women earn less than men
60%
When was the bestselling book called the feminine mystique by Betty Friedan published
1963
When was the equal pay act
June 1963
When was the civil rights act that band discrimination based on race and sex
1964
When was the roe v wade case
1973
What’s Did the roe v Wade case help women gain
The right to safe and legal abortion
