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Flashcards by Clare Noone, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Clare Noone
almost 6 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Give one way in which WW2 improved the position of Black Americans in society | One million fought, gaining the respect of many US people/The Armed forces began to de-segregated/Defence industries were made to de-segregate by FDR |
| Give one way in which opportunities were limited during and after WW2 | Less anti-black violence was more as a result of KKK members fighting in the war than being more tolerant/Navy had not de-segregated/Black Nurses could only tend to Black soldiers |
| What is the significance of the 1896 Plessy vs Ferguson ruling? | It stated that schools could be ‘separate but equal’ allowing segregation in education to take place. |
| Which famous legal case in 1954 ended segregation in schools, ruling separate but equal ‘unconstitutional? | Brown vs Topeka board of education |
| How did the Governor of Arkansas react to integration at Little Rock high school? | He used the National Guard to stop Black students entering to ‘protect’ White students |
| What actions did President Eisenhower take over the Little Rock crisis in 1957? | He sent the US Army (101st airbourne) to escort the Black students to the school and protect them. |
| Give two facts about the Montgomery Bus Boycott | 1955/Started when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man/Peaceful protest inspired by Martin Luther King/ lasted for 11 months/Segregation on buses ended |
| What is a ‘Sit-in’ and when did the first one occur? | 1960/Black Americans would go to segregated café’s and try to be served, it was often met with violent reaction |
| What was infamously fire bombed at the town of Aniston in 1961 | A ‘Freedom Riders’ bus, carrying both white and black passengers |
| Which town did Martin Luther King target for a de-segregation campaign in 1963? | Birmingham Alabama, because it was one of the most racially violent towns in the USA/Sheriff Eugene ‘Bull’ Connor was particularly violent toward Blacks |
| Which famous speech did Martin Luther King make at the March on Washington in 1963? | ‘I have a dream’ listened to by over 250,000 people |
| Which infamous assassination in 1963 held back a new Civil Rights Law | The assassination of John F Kennedy, he was a supporter of Civil Rights & was due to give a speech that day saying that the USA should have improved equality and social justice |
| When was the Civil Right law eventually passed and what did it mean? | 1964, it was now illegal to discriminate against people on grounds of Race |
| Give two facts about the Civil Right movements campaign to gain voting rights | Held a protest march in Selma, 1965/ First march was met with violence and was nicknamed ‘Bloody Sunday’/ President Johnson passed a voting rights act which ensured all Black Americans could vote |
| Give two facts about the ‘Nation of Islam’ | Most famous member was ‘Malcolm X’/ Believed in violence & Segregation, they felt White society was corrupt/Rejected Christianity as it was a ‘White man’s Religion |
| Give two facts about the ‘Black Panthers’ | Inspired by Stokeley Carmichael’s ‘Black Power’ movement/Formed by Huey Newton/Aimed to defend Black people with violence/wore military uniforms like Black Berets |
| What year was Malcolm X assassinated? | 1965 |
| Which famous Civil Right leader was assassinated in 1968 and how did people react? | Martin Luther King/Violence riots occurred all across America |
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