USA 2 obstacles Flashcards
legal impediments KU
Jim Crow white stage performer
Stupid lazy unreliable
Laws allowed segregation
Separate transport seats, schools, buildings
Acceptable as long as facilities were equal “separate but equal” - SC
legal impediments A
SBE made Jim Crow Laws legal
Separate did not always mean equal
Black schools underfunded = illiterate
Uneducated, stopped them campaigning
Encouraged racist mindsets
legal impediments A+
Northern states = less segregation
Access to education and better life
Not all in South was racist, some involved in NAACP for civil rights
legal impediments E
Homer Plessy first class ticket
Conductor said to move so refused and arrested
KKK would have delt with it worse with a punishment of public hanging/lynching
Enforced JCL with racist mindsets
lack of political influence KU
15th Amendment 1870 = all men, regardless colour to vote
1900, stopped them voting
Couldn’t simply ban blacks so voting qualifications started
lack of political influence A
Literacy Test intentionally written confusingly
1 wrong = fail
Grandfather Clause = vote if grandfather voted = favoured white men as blacks grandfathers couldn’t vote due to 15th
lack of political influence A+
Voting Qualifications not in place all over USA
Grandfather Clause challenged as unconstitutional in 1915
1915 could no longer be used
lack of political influence E
Number of Voting Qualifications didn’t matter
KKK outside polling stations deterring blacks
Acts as a barrier to get political representation which was important for
the KKK KU
KKK funded in 1860s demonstrating dark life
Rise of racism in 1920s led to a resurgence
Existence = no civil rights
White robes with white hoods for intimidation
the KKK A
Their terror make blacks too scared to campaign out of fear of what they would do to family
Terrorise farmers by burning crosses and wait with guns and ropes for lynching
Led to public hanging
the KKK A+
Black campaigners less likely to encounter Klan in North.
1925 = 4m members dropped 1930 = 30,000
Leader David Stephenson murdered a young woman and brutally raped
the KKK E
Chalmers Klan relied on “local anarchic autonomy”
Klan do what they want as no one held South accountable = black people living in fear
Members held prominent positions such as police and judges
= very difficult to get justice for crime
Blacks had to simply accept treatment
popular prejudice KU
JCL affected life everyday
To escape poverty, segregation and violence = migrate to north
Great Migration
Hoped to achieve better life chances
Land of opportunity
NY 91,700 to 327,700
popular prejudice A
Signifiant prejudices based on stereotypes which had been perpetrated
Blamed for growth of ghettos and stealing jobs
Increase in riots and unspoken sense of white superiority = isolated
popular prejudice A+
rise in jazz music
largely created by black musicians
spread across america
white musicians took it up
indicates appreciation of black culture
