WW2 Civil Rights

Question 1

Double V

Answer 1

Nazi attitudes

Question 2

Employment

Answer 2

-1945 8% of war workers were AA
-1945 1.25 million in labour union
-1949 AA income is 48% of white
-8802 prevents discrimination in hiring
-FEPC set up to ensure followed
-55% of Americans believed AA had same chance to make a living

Question 3

How many war workers 1945

Answer 3

8%

Question 4

1949 % of white income

Answer 4

48%

Question 5

Trade union members 1945

Answer 5

1.25 million

Question 6

Executive order prohibiting racial discrimination

Answer 6

8802

Question 7

What is set up to ensure 8802 is followed

Answer 7

FEPC

Question 8

Same chance to make a living as whites

Answer 8

55%

Question 9

Desegregation

Answer 9

-1944 700,000 AA in army
-9980 ends discrimination in federal employment
-9981 desegregation of armed forces

Question 10

How many AA in army in 1944

Answer 10

700,000

Question 11

Desegregation of armed forces

Answer 11

9981

Question 12

Discrimination in federal employment

Answer 12

9980

Question 13

GI Bill of Rights

Answer 13

1944
1 Million AA veterans benefit

Question 14

NAACP

Answer 14

50,000 to 1/2 a million

Question 15

CORE

Answer 15

-1942 after 8802 success
-1943 sit in results in Detroit, Chicago and Denver desegregation