Civil Rights 1945-1955

A quiz on key facts about civil rights in America which are relavent to the period 1945 and 1955.

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  • Created on: 24-12-12 14:48
What did the 14th Amendment do?
Gave equal citizenship rights to everyone born in America
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How many blacks migrated North to work in war-related industrial jobs?
500,000
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When was the Plessy V. Ferguson case?
1897
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How did Southern states introduce racial segregation from the 1890s and onwards?
Jim Crow laws
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What did the 15th Amendment do?
Gave voting rights to all citizens regardless of race
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Between which years was Truman president?
1945-1953
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What political party did Truman belong to?
Democrats
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What year was 'To Secure These Rights' published?
1947
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What did Executive Order 9980 do?
Outlawed racial discrimination in civil service employment
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What does CGCC stand for?
Committee on Government Contract Compliance
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What did the Executive Order 9981 do?
Ended segregation in the army
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When was the Washington Airport desegregated?
1950
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Which black man did Truman appoint as Ambassador to the United Nations?
Ralph Bunche
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What was the Fair Deal Programme?
Committed the government to building large numbers of new homes
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What does NAACP stand for?
National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People
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What does 'de jure' mean?
Change in law
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What does 'de facto' mean?
Change in practice
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Who was the fist black American Supreme Court Justice in 1967?
Thurgood Marshall
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When was Smith V. Allwright?
1944
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When was Morgan V. Virginia?
1946
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When was Sweatt V. Painter?
1950
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What did Smith V. Allwright rule?
Black citizens had a right to vote in primary elections
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What did Morgan V. Virginia rule?
Segregation on interstate transport was illegal
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What did Sweatt V. Painter rule?
Graduate education provision must be desegregated
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What did department stores in New Orleans refuse to allow black people to do?
Try on hats
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Why couldn't the UDL force desegregation in their 1953 bus boycott?
It only lasted a week - too short
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Voting registration in Arkansas rose from ___ to ___ between 1940 and 1947
1.5% - 17.3%
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When did the Brown Cases take place?
1955/56
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Why was the Brown case limited?
The Supreme Court did not specify a timeframe when desegregation should occur
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Which Senator signed the Southern Manifesto?
Harry F. Byrd
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Which Supreme Court Justice was sympathetic to Civil Rights?
Earl Warren
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What is the Dixiecrats?
A group of Southern members of the Democratic party who were committed to maintain racial segregation
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How many blacks migrated North to work in war-related industrial jobs?

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500,000

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When was the Plessy V. Ferguson case?

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How did Southern states introduce racial segregation from the 1890s and onwards?

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What did the 15th Amendment do?

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Matthew

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Weren't the Brown cases 54/55 not 55/56 as said on the cards and quiz?

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