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18 Cards in this Set
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Describe America before reforms |
Jim crow laws Segregation in transport, parks etc Blacks had to pass literacy tests to vote 1931 scottsboro trials (8 boys "rape" 2 girls) |
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When was the NAACP formed |
1909 by William Du Bois |
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When was the KKK formed |
1860s |
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KKK entry requirements |
WASPS, anti jew, commie, catholic etc |
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KKK actions |
Beat people, lynched and castrated etc |
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KKK membership change |
Peaked at 6m in 1920s 30k by 1930 due to 1925 klan leader prosecution |
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3 effects of the depression on blacks |
1/3 were jobless by 1932 2m black farmers and share croppers forced off their land 60% unemployed in northern cities |
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3 effects of the new deal in blacks |
1m jobs to blacks Training to 500k Employment in govt rose from 50k in 1933 to 200 in 1945 |
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Blacks in the military before reforms (2 details) |
Only allowed in catering b4 1944 No pilots before tuskegee airmen |
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Military for blacks after reforms (2 details) |
Over 1000 pilots by 1945 Armed forces de segregated in 1948 |
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3 details about the home front for blacks |
2m in factories by 1944 Double V NAACP membership rose to 450k by 1945 |
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Brown vs topeka (3 details) |
1952 NAACP took the case to the supreme court Segregation in schools banned in may 1954 |
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Little Rock high (3 details) |
Sept 1957 Governor of Arkansas attempted to stop the kids from entering Eisenhower sent 101st airborne division to protect them |
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James meredith (4 details) |
June 1962 - mississippi uni forced to accept him Governor of mississippi refused Kennedy sent 2k troops to control riots 300 remained to protect him |
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4 details on the role and significance of MLK |
Organised March on Washington Organised MBB Gifted public speaker Won 1964 Nobel peace prize |
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3 malcom x details |
Joined nation of Islam in 1952 Left in 1964 and formed Muslim mosque Inc Assassinated in Feb 1965 |
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3 pieces of civil rights legislation |
1964 civil rights act 1965 voting rights act 1968 fair housing act |
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LA riots (4 details) |
Caused by Rodney king being assaulted Army, marines and national guard restored order 53 dead, 2383 injured 3100 businesses damaged |
