HISTORY 0.5 BETTER

• What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?


  A political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama.
• What different types of protests were there?

  Sit-ins, Montgomery Bus Boycott, Freedom Rides & the March on Washington (1963)
• Which amendment abolished slavery?

  13th Amendment to the U.S constitution
• White Supremacy


  A belief system that holds that white people are inherently superior to people of other racial and ethnic groups, promoting their dominance and control over society.
• What were the Jim Crow laws? 


  A series of laws and social practices in the US, primarily in the South, that enforced racial segregation and discrimination against Black Americans from the late 19th century through the mid-20th century. It was named after a character that stereotyped Black people.
• What is the difference between white supremacy and segregation?


  White supremacy is the belief that white people are superior and should hold power over others. Segregation is the practice of physically separating racial groups, often to enforce this belief. White supremacy is the ideology; segregation was one way it was enforced.
• Were the Black Panther Party effective/not effective in the civil rights movement?

  The Black Panther Party was effective in providing community services like free breakfast and advocating for self-defense, but also ineffective due to its reliance on violence, lack of clear leadership, and disagreements within the community.
• How were Jim Crow laws used?


  Enforcing racial segregation and discrimination through segregating public facilities, restricting access to education and employment, and implementing various forms of discrimination.
• What was the Little Rock Nine?


  Nine African American students who were the first to attend Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas in 1957, after the school was desegregated by the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision.