12. why was there such limited progress?

Question 1

other issues in the period distracted administrations from difficult and contensious racial issues e.g.

Answer 1

depression of 1930s
ww2
cold war

Question 2

influence of Southern Democratic Senators and representatives a barrier to passing effective civil rights legislation
bills fail in

Answer 2

1938
1946
1948
1950

Question 3

limited electoral support for civil rights

what supported this

Answer 3

the fact that many AA could not vote

Question 4

Civil Rights Action =

Answer 4

lots of intevention in South where racism firmly established and supported by state govs

Question 5

North -

Answer 5

influx of AA from 1915 = racial hatred common

Question 6

liberalisation involved in civil rights legislation opened administrations to charge of being

Answer 6

communist

Question 7

conservative southener Truman was bitterly criticised by conservaive democrats for expressing concerns about

Answer 7

civil rights and condemning lynching and violence