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what was the new deal?
A series of programmes, public work protest, financial reforms and regulations by franklin d Roosevelt
1933-1939
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new deal positive and negatives for AA?
The new deal created jobs which benefited AA

employment was still 2 or 3 times more than white Americans
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who was Malcom x?
An American Muslim minister, assassinated in 1965
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who did Malcom x preach?
Encouraged racial price and black power and used more violent actions to counter white supremacy
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Was Malcolm X and black Power successful?
The assassination of Malcom x and the race riots of 1964 ignited the movement
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What was the 13th amendment?
Abolished slavery
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What was the aa position in 1865?
13th amendment abolished slavery
Emancipation proclamation
14th amendment
Rise of white supremacist groups
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What was the impact of Phillip Randolph
1890-1979
He had a big impact because he knew how to organise a movement

organised a 100,000 strong march on Washington which put Roosevelt under pressure in 1941
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When was Malcolm x alive?
1925-1965 (assassinated)
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How big was Malcom X impact?
big impact because he was campaigning at the same time as Martin Luther King
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What impact did Marcus Garvey have?
He didn't have a very big impact because he had a lot of different aims in a lot of different places

however his movement collapsed when he was imprisoned for fraud

movement never truly amounted to anything
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when was Marcus Garvey alive?
1887-1940
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who was Martin Luther king?
1929-1968 (assassinated)
a Baptist minister in Montgomery Alabama in 1954

big impact because he was the biggest leader in the civil rights movement and he organised the march on Washington and gave the ‘i have a dream speech’.
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How did the federal government hinder AA rights?
1890 Plessy v Ferguson Supreme court case established the legal basis for segregation laws. challenged the segregated transport in the South
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How did the federal government help AA rights?
The new deal and Roosevelt in 1933 benefited AA
1964-65 civil rights act
civil rights employment act 1991
1972 equal employment act
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what was the state governments impact on AA rights?
The situation in the south descended to official restrictions on AA civil rights including Jim Crow laws

From 1877, opposition to civil rights did not focus on illegal terrorism, but came from the activities of state governments
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When was the black panthers founded and what did they do?
1966
Carried weapons openly and formed defence groups against police brutality
They wanted economic equality and to end exploitation
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when was the gilded age?
1877-1896
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What was the Nation Of Islam?
1930
They wanted to show their ideology was much stronger than other civil rights organisations
Links with Islam increased the emotional appeal of the group
preached separatism
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who was WEB Du Bois?
1868-1963
He had a big impact as he improved the daily lives on AA
alliance with white supporters
shifted attention to AA rights through press attention and his ability to organise
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What was the congress of racial equality?
Founded in 1942
they provoked more violence, freedom rioting and mob violence. They desegregated schools in Chicago
They wanted to demonstrate mass feeling and uphold the constitution to states.
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what was the Jim cow laws?
It was a racial caste system which operated primarily in the southern states between 1877 and the mid 60s.
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When was the KKK formed?
1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee
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who founded the KKK?
founded by Bedford Forrest, a confederate and the ‘Grand Wizard’
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what did the KKK do?
They used guerilla warfare, blocked AA from voting and blocked desegregated schools
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how did the KKK gain support?
They objected violently to northern officials and businessmen after the war and interfering with their affairs and used corruption to gain votes
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what was the gilded age?
It was a period of economic growth when both the state and federal governments were concerned with the social and economic impact of industrialisation
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what was the civil rights act of 1964?
prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex or national origin
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what was the civil rights act of 1965?
outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests
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what did the civil rights act of 1866 state?
all people born in the US have the rights of a US citizen
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when was the Plessy vs Ferguson court case?
1890
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what did Plessy vs Ferguson state?
that segregation in Louisiana was not unconstitutional

it established legal basis for segregation laws
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when was Grigg's v duke power company?
1971
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what did Griggs vs dukes power company do?
protected African Americans from discrimination from employers who insisted they need a high school diploma when they did not
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how did ww2 change civil rights for aa?
encouraged change such as the desegregation of the armed forces in 1948

Roosevelt came under pressure from Phillip Randolph's 100,000 strong march on Washington in 1941. resulted in executive order 8802
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what was executive order 8802?
passed in 1941 by Roosevelt which outlawed discrimination in the defence industry
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when were the race riots?
summer 1965 and 1992
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when was the equal employment act?
1972
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what was the equal employment act 1972
prevented job discrimination based on race, sex, religion and gender
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what was the NAACP?
the national association for the advancement of coloured people
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when was the NAACP set up?
1909
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who were notable members of the NAACP?
W.E.B due bois
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what did the NAACP acheive?
achieved a supreme court ruling in 1944 which made it illegal to deny aa the right to vote in primary elections

helped in the Topeka board of education ruling in 1954
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when was brown vs board of education?
1954
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what was brown vs board of education?
declared that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional
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who was Jesse Jackson?
stood as a presidential candidate in 1984 and 1988
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