Civil Rights Movement- History

• What were the Jim Crow laws?

  Laws enforcing segregation
• What was the basis of the "Separate but equal" theory?

  Segregation was equal if facilities were equal
• What was the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)?

  Racist group attacking African Americans
• Why did the civil rights movement grow in the 1950s?

  Due to the Cold War and WW2
• What did the NAACP fight for?

  Civil rights by showing unequal facilities
• What happened to Emmett Till in 1955?

  Brutally kidnapped, tortured, and killed
• What methods did CORE use to protest?

  Sit-ins and pickets
• What was the nickname given to southern Democratic politicians who supported segregation?

  Dixiecrats
• What was the result of the Linda Brown case in 1954?

  Supreme Court decided to desegregate schools
• What were the limitations of the Brown vs Board case in 1954?

  Schools in the south refused to desegregate
• What event occurred at Little Rock High School in 1957?

  President Eisenhower sent federal troops to protect black students
• When did the Montgomery Bus Boycott begin?

  December 1955
• What was the name of the court case involving the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

  Browder vs Gayle
• Why was the Montgomery bus boycott successful?

  Due to massive publicity and involvement of MLK
• What were President Eisenhower's private feelings about integration?

  He thought it was a bad idea
• What was the SNCC?

  Student Nonviolent Co-Ordinating committee, formed after the Greensborough sit-ins
• What were the Freedom Rides?

  Aimed to see if desegregation was happening in the south
• When was Martin Luther King killed?

  April 4th, 1968
• What did President Nixon encourage black people to do?

  Set up their own businesses and homes
• What was the Black Panther Party?

  One of the biggest civil rights groups in the 1960s, emerged in 1966, pressured local police to improve facilities
• What was the "Black Power" movement?

  Semi-violent protest civil rights group, encouraged black people to be proud of their culture, wanted black people to feel empowered and equal
• What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?

  Banned segregation in public places, set up equal job opportunities
• What did the Voting Act of 1965 do?

  Made it illegal to ban certain races from voting
• What was the Freedom Summer of 1964?

  Not explicitly stated in the study material
• Who was James Meredith?

  A young black man who registered for university after the Supreme Court ordered it
• How did the Cold War and WW2 impact the civil rights movement?

  Many people thought black Americans deserved more after fighting for justice abroad
• What was the role of the NAACP in the civil rights movement?

  Fought for civil rights by showing unequal facilities
• What was the impact of the Brown vs Board case on the civil rights movement?

  Desegregated schools, but faced limitations and resistance
• What was the significance of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

  Ended segregation on buses due to massive publicity and involvement of MLK
• What was the role of President Eisenhower in the civil rights movement?

  Sent federal troops to protect black students, but privately thought integration was a bad idea
• What was the significance of the Freedom Rides?

  Aimed to see if desegregation was happening in the south
• What was the impact of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Act of 1965?

  Banned segregation in public places, set up equal job opportunities, and made it illegal to ban certain races from voting
• What does the NACCP stand for?

  National Assosiation for the Advancement of Colored people
• Who founded the NACCP?

  Du Bois
• What were the NACCPs tactics and early aims in the 1950s?

  Legal action, lobbying, desegregation.
• When was the Brown vs Topeka Case?

  1954
• What was Black education like before the Brown vs Topeka case?

  Very segregated, black and white children were in separate schools but did not have equal opportunity. Black schools were underfunded and has limited recourses.
• What argument did the Browns lawyers make on behalf of Linda Brown?

  They argued that she should be able to go to a school in her own neighbourhood, and that going to a segregated school caused phsycological harm.
• What inspired the freedom Rides?

  December 1960- supreme court ruled for all bus stations, waiting areas and to be intergrated.
• What were the aims of the freedom rides 1960?

  To enforce/ test the ruling of the supreme court.