Civil Rights- Seeds of Change 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryAmerica - 19th and 20th centuryASOCR Created by: AnnabelCreated on: 07-05-13 23:02 Which legal reform opened up primary elections to African Americans? Smith Vs Allright 1944 1 of 41 Which organisarion opened up work to African Americans after WW2? FEPC 2 of 41 Which supreme court ruling desegregated interstate buses? Morgan Vs Virginia 1946 3 of 41 Which supreme court ruling opened up Texas law schools to African Americans? Sweatt Vs Painter 1950 4 of 41 What imapct did WW2 have on education rates for African Americans? 300% rise in college students 5 of 41 What population change occured across America during WW2? Black migration to Northern cities 6 of 41 Which legal case ruled on school desegregation? Brown Vs Topeka Board of Education 7 of 41 In 1968, what percentage of black chidren were still in segregated schools? 58% 8 of 41 What new oppostion did Truman face in the 1948 elections? Dixiecrats 9 of 41 How did Southern democrats respond to the Brown Case? Senator Harry Byrd led them in signing the "Southern manifesto" 10 of 41 Which civil rights report did Truman commision? "To secure these rights" 11 of 41 What effect did WW2 have on the percentage of African American voters in the South? Rose form 2% to 15% by 1945 12 of 41 What was Eisenhower's policy to the FEPC? It remained but was under-funded 13 of 41 Who was the first black judge appointed by Truman? William Haist 1949 14 of 41 Who was Truman's black ambassador to the UN? Ralph Bunche 15 of 41 What did executive order 9980 do? Fair employment in the civil service 16 of 41 What did executive order 10308 do? Led to CGCC intervention in federal housing programmes 17 of 41 Which executive order desegregated the armed forces in 1948? 9981 18 of 41 Which African American's were elected to congress during Truman's presidency? William L Dawson and Adam Claydon Powell 19 of 41 What was unusual about Truman's 1949 inauguration? It was desegregated 20 of 41 In which state did the NAACP organise boycotts from 1945? Lousianna 21 of 41 Who organised the Baton Rouge bus boycott? Which year? UDL, 1953 22 of 41 When was the frist 'Journey of Reconcilliation'? Who organised it? 1947, CORE 23 of 41 Where did the Commitee on ***** Organisation hold their voter registration campaigns? Arkansas 24 of 41 Which local rules maintained segregation in the South? Jim Crow laws 25 of 41 Which court case did the Brown ruling overturn? Plessy Vs Ferguson 26 of 41 What happened to the two men that murdered Emmit Till? The court acquitted them 27 of 41 For what problem did the NAACP set up a specific squad to investigate? Lynching 28 of 41 What did many white people join to protest the Brown ruling? White Citizens Councils 29 of 41 Which event in 1943 shows opposition to equal pay for black workers? The Detroit Riots 30 of 41 What happened to the NAACP after the Emmet Till case? Many Southern branches were closed down 31 of 41 What barriers remained to black voters? Poll tax, grandfather clause, and literacy test 32 of 41 How many African Americans migrated North during WW2? 400,000 33 of 41 What was A. Phillip Randalph's wartime campaign for civil rights called? Double V campaign 34 of 41 What protest did A. Phillip Randalph plan, but never execute, during wartime? A march on Washington of 50,000 35 of 41 How many cities experienced race riots during WW2? 47 36 of 41 What political impact did black migration to the North have? They became a political force able to sway elections 37 of 41 Who was NAACP's lawyer involved in the Brown case? Thurgood Marshall 38 of 41 Where was Emmett Till from? Chicago 39 of 41 What are the main factors that explain the early changes for African Americans? WW2, federal government, and organisations 40 of 41 What are the dates for the 'seeds of change' questions? 1945-55 41 of 41
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