African American Social Developments: Developments from the 1920s to the 1940s

Question 1

Name 2 prominent African American musicians during the 1920s

Answer 1

Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington

Question 2

What was the occupation of Langston Hughes and Countee Cullen?

Answer 2

They were writers

Question 3

Which organisation did Marcus Garvey found in what year (UNIA)

Answer 3

United Negro Improvement Association, formed in 1920

Question 4

What did the UNIA advocate for?

Answer 4

It advocated for African Americans to move to their own American state in Africa

Question 5

How did the Liberian government respond to Garvey’s proposal?

Answer 5

They opposed it

Question 6

What year did Harding make a speech advocating for racial income equality?

Answer 6

1921

Question 7

What form of bill did Harding support for African Americans in 1921?

Answer 7

Anti-Lynching Bill

Question 8

What happened to the anti-lynching bill in 1921?

Answer 8

It was blocked by Southern Democrats

Question 9

Which party in the USA adopted Black rights in the 1930s?

Answer 9

The Communist Party

Question 10

What were some Communist lawyers able to do for some African Americans?

Answer 10

They were able to get 9 African Americans out of a case where they had been accused of raping white women

Question 11

Which individual close to Franklin Roosevelt advocated for racial equality?

Answer 11

Eleanor Roosevelt

Question 12

What did Eleanor Roosevelt do in 1936?

Answer 12

She hosted a garden party for black girls at the White House

Question 13

Why was FDR cautious of supporting African Americans further before 1938?

Answer 13

He felt it would damage the Solid South

Question 14

What did FDR say to Conservative White Southern Democrats at the 1938 mid-term election?

Answer 14

They would be “purged” of their roles

Question 15

In 1935, how many times more African Americans were on relief than White Americans?

Answer 15

3 times as many African Americans

Question 16

How many African Americans had benefitted from school building by the WPA by 1939?

Answer 16

1 million African Americans

Question 17

Who created the first black trade union?

Answer 17

Philip Randolph

Question 18

What year was the first black trade union created?

Answer 18

1925

Question 19

What did Philip Randolph threaten to do in 1941?

Answer 19

Have a march opposing discrimination in employment

Question 20

Which executive order did Franklin Roosevelt make in response to Randolph?

Answer 20

Executive Order 8802

Question 21

What did Executive Order 8802 do?

Answer 21

It banned racial discrimination in the defence industry

Question 22

What did Executive Order 9346 do to the Fair Employment Practices Commission?

Answer 22

It gave the commission $500,000 extra in funding

Question 23

What percentage of discrimination cases was the Fair Employment Practices Commission successful with in the North?

Answer 23

66% of cases

Question 24

What percentage of discrimination cases was the Fair Employment Practices Commission successful with in the West?

Answer 24

50% of cases

Question 25

How many cases did the Fair Employment Practices Commission work on?

Answer 25

8000 cases

Question 26

What form of strikes occurred against African Americans?

Answer 26

strikes

Question 27

Name a state that often experienced hate strikes

Answer 27

Detroit

Question 28

What did a Kansas Steel business say about their situation with employing African Americans by 1940?

Answer 28

They had not had an African American employee for 25 years

Question 29

What was the situation for most trade unions in letting African Americans join them during WWII?

Answer 29

They would not let them join

Question 30

How many African Americans were in the USA in 1940 and how many of them were employed?

Answer 30

13 million African Americans in 1940, 5 million were employed

Question 31

How many African American women were employed in 1940?

Answer 31

2 million

Question 32

What percentage of annual White American wages did African Americans make during WWII?

Answer 32

Made 50% of White American's wages

Question 33

What did a 1940 survey show with defence industries wanting to employ African Americans?

Answer 33

Half of them did not want to employ African Americans

Question 34

What happened in Detroit in 1943?

Answer 34

There was a race riot

Question 35

How many people were killed in the 1943 Detroit Riot?

Answer 35

30 people

Question 36

How many people were involved in the 1943 Detroit Riot?

Answer 36

100,000 people

Question 37

What happened in the 1943 Battle of Bamber Bridge in the USA?

Answer 37

White police officers attacked Black soldiers

Question 38

What film was created to try and reduce racial tensions?

Answer 38

"The Negro Soldier"

Question 39

What fraction of African American soldiers went overseas during WWII?

Answer 39

1/8

Question 40

Which part of the American military experienced discrimination the most?

Answer 40

The Navy

Question 41

How many people were killed after some ammunition exploded on a ship in the Navy?

Answer 41

300 people

Question 42

What year did the ammunition Navy explosion occur?

Answer 42

1944

Question 43

Which all-African American airforce group was made?

Answer 43

The Tuskegee Airmen

Question 44

By what year had 600 African Americans been trained to fly?

Answer 44

1945

Question 45

What was an issue with the Tuskegee Airmen in terms of separation?

Answer 45

They were a segregated force

Question 46

Why did Franklin Roosevelt continue to not largely improve the situation for African Americans?

Answer 46

He felt it would result in the loss of the Solid South

Question 47

By what factor did the amount of African Americans working for the federal government increase from 1939 to 1945?

Answer 47

Increased by a factor of 4