LBJ civil rights 1963-1968

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Where did the SNCC and CORE extend their involvement in the summer of 1964?
Deep South
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How many black people were on the voting rolls in Mississippi 1964?
6.2%
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What did Robert Moses propose?
Northern white student volunteers join black activists for local campaigns.
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How many students joined the campaign?
Over 1,000
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What did the students do to help the activists?
*Registered black voters
*Teach literacy
*Promote Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
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What happened one week after the campaign?
3 civil rights workers reported missing
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Who was missing?
A black Mississippian, James Chaney
Two white northerners, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman.
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What was found to have happened to them?
They were shot and killed.
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How many black residents of Mississippi attempted to register to vote?
17,000
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How many were approved?
1600
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What was the result of the campaign?
Hint: violence
1062 arrests, 37 churches bombed, 80 workers beaten.
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What happened in Selma, 1965?
Campaign to address voting inequalities.
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Of Selma's black population, how many could vote?
23/15,000
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What happened to those marching to the Selma County Court?
Beaten and had live snakes thrown at them.
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How many were arrested?
3,000 including King.
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What was 'Bloody Sunday'?
A march from Selma to Montgomery, state troopers attacked protesters and used tear gas - broadcasted on national television = voting rights act.
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Who criticised King and the SCLC?
SNCC - said they left a 'string of embittered cities'
Some said King has a messiah complex and thye used funding for the north and southern rights were ignored.
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What happened to the Nation of Islam?
Lost influence as Malcolm X left
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How did Johnson deal with Kennedy's civil rights bill?
Showed great commitment to push it through
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What percentage of the public supported the first civil rights bill?
68%
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How long was the first civil rights bill subject to filibustering?
54 days
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What did the 1964 civil rights act do?
Made all forms of de jure segregation a federal crime, furthered school desegregation and established an Equal Opportunity Commission.
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What did the 1964 civil rights act fail to address?
Voting
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What did the voting rights bill in 1965 do?
Abolished literacy tests and poll taxes with constitutional interpretation tests abolished too, federal registrars established.
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By the end of 1966, how many southern states still had less than half of its African American population registered to vote?
4
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What did the third civil rights act of 1968 do?
Outlawed racial discrimination in the sale/rental of housing.
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What did King say the SCLC needed to focus on?
Economic opportunity to allow black people to be equal which the new legislation allows them to.
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Where did the focus on economic opportunity lead King?
Chicago
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How did Chicago fail?
*July 1966 rally gathered only 1/3 of the expected support.
*Unproductive meetings with the Mayor
*Mayor blamed King for $2 million damages to city
*March through white area led to abuse and unrest.
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How much did Johnson make available for civil rights?
$4 million
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What happened to James Meredith in June 1966?
Embarked on a 200 mile walk from Memphis to Jackson but on the second day he was shot and couldn't continue.
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Where did this lead King next?
Washington
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Why did Washington fail?
*Poorly planned
*King assassinated
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When did riots happen?
The 4 summers from 1965 to 1968
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What happened in Watts, Los Angeles 1965?
*34 deaths
*3500 arrests
*$40 million damages
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What were the figures of all riots up to 1972?
*250 deaths
*10,000 serious injuries
*60,000 arrests
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Where was the most serious rioting?
Detroit
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What did the Kerner Commission's report find?
"This is our basic conclusion: Our nation is moving towards two societies, one black, one white - separate and unequal."
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How did Johnson respond to the riots?
He couldn't resolve it and it was left to Nixon.
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