Civil rights in the USA

Civil rights in the USA, up to peaceful protest 

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Who challenged the court in Plessy v Ferguson?
Homer Plessy
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In what year was plessy v ferguson?
1896
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What state did homer plessy challenge in Plessy v ferguson?
Louisiana
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What did plessy v ferguson lay the foundations for ?
separate but equal
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What did the 13th amendment guarantee ?
African Americans free from slavery
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What did the 14th amendment guarantee?
African americans citizenship rights for those born in the USA.
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What did the 15th amendment guarantee?
African American voting rights.
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What did African Americans embark on during WW1?
the great migration
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Where did AA migrate to?
Industrial cities e.g Chicago and detroit.
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How many AA migrated to the north in the 'economic boom'?
500,000
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AA were only earning ___ of the wages whites were earning in the north.
50%
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What were the problems living in the north?
Poorly paid, ghettoization
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What were black soldiers fighting for in WWII
Justice and Freedom = democracy
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AA soldiers fought in
all black regiments
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Over ____ African American men fought in WWII
1.2 million
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Black soldiers who made it to the front were ___
poorly equipped, poorly trained
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Who was president of the USA during the start of WWII
Franklin Roosevelt
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President explained that America was fighting for four basic freedoms...
Freedom of want, fear,speech,religion
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How much was spent on creating factories in the south during the war?
$4.5 billion
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A philip Randolph challenged the ___
Colour bar
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Roosevelt issued an executive order
creating the fair employment practices commission.
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In 1940, ___ of all blacks lived in the north
1/4
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by 1950, ____ of all blacks lived in the north
1/3
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Before the war, less than ___ of blacks could vote
2%
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By 1945, ___ blacks had registered to vote
45%
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_____ was appointed as a federal judge in 1949
William Haist
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There was a ___ fold rise in the black college population in the north during/after the war
3 fold
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The detroit riots were
a 3 day long riot over inequality in wages between whites and blacks
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after the war, ___ of black housing found in sub-standard areas while only ___ of white housing classified as sub-standard
40%, 12%
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At the age of 38, Harry Truman joined the ___ for $10
KKK
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Truman was born in the southern state of ___
Missouri
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Traditionally, African Americans had supported the ___
republican party
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'To secure these rights' was created by ____
President Truman
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Between 1882-1945 there had been ____ lynchings
300
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'To secure these rights' also investigated
Police brutality
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In 1944, only ___ of blacks were able to vote due to clauses such as literacy tests and the grandfather clause.
18%
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Only 1 in ___ black soldiers was promoted to rank of officer in the army according to 'to secure these rights'
70
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According to 'to secure these rights', __of black men were employed in low wage agricultural jobs while only __ white men were
62%, 28%
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On average, according to 'to secure these rights', blacks received only __ an hour while whites received __
47c, 65c
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In 1940, there was only 1 black doctor for every ___ patients
3,377
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'To secure these rights' argued for:
all mentioned
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Truman used his power to appoint ___ as american ambassador to the united nations
Ralph Bunche
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Truman signed executive order 9980 to ____
guarantee fair employment practices in the civil service.
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Truman signed executive order 10308 establishing:
the committee on government contract compliances
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As part of the fair deal programme, truman committed the government to
building houses in deprived urban areas
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Truman signed executive order 9981 guaranteeing ...
equality of treatment and opportunity in the armed service regardless of race, colour, religion.
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Truman was successful in
desegregating Dulles Airport in Washington DC
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Democrats in the south were known as
Dixiecrats
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The dixiecrats put forward their own candidate ___
J. Strom Thurmond
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Trumans FEPC was
underfunded
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The NAACP operated a three fold system:
All
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Between 1939-1942, the membership of the NAACP grew from ____
50,000-450,000
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Smith v Allwright 1944 challenged voting rights in ____
Texas
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In ____ the court case ruled that Texas white primary was illegal because it went against the 15th amendment
Smith v. Allwright
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Morgan v. Virginia 1946 challenged ___
segregation on interstate bus services
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In _____ in 1946, the court ruled that segregation of interstate buses was illegal
Morgan v. Virginia
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In 1947, NAACP picketed New Orleans four biggest department stores for ___
refusing to let African Americans try on hats
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CORES journey of reconciliation aimed to show that the ruling on interstate transport in the _____ case, was not being put into practice.
Morgan v Virginia
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In what year was plessy v ferguson?

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What state did homer plessy challenge in Plessy v ferguson?

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What did plessy v ferguson lay the foundations for ?

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What did the 13th amendment guarantee ?

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Matthew

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I thought Truman only managed to desegregate the canteen at Washington airport? Also although my textbook says it was Dulles I think it was actually National airport as Dulles hadn't been built : https://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/america-by-...

Really good quiz otherwise

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