Civil Rights

Question 1

Why is the Civil Rights Movement a global movement?

Answer 1

People fought for change against oppressive regimes

Question 2

What does oppression and racism stem from in the USA?

Answer 2

Stems from slavery

Question 3

Where is there a clear distinction between in the USA?

Answer 3

Clear distinction between race and social hierarchy

Question 4

When did not everyone afford freedom?

Answer 4

After 1865

Question 5

What are the segregatory laws known as?

Answer 5

Jim Crow Laws

Question 6

Define Jim Crow etiquette?

Answer 6

The way people behaved based on prejudice

Question 7

What was Jim Crow linked to?

Answer 7

Racism

Question 8

What did the psychology of Jim Crow laws come from?

Answer 8

Slavery

Question 9

When did the Montgomery Buss Boycott start?

Answer 9

1955

Question 10

Define boycott

Answer 10

Non-violent, voluntary non-vote from product, person, country - expression of protest

Question 11

What did the African Americans refused to do in Montgomery Buss Boycott?

Answer 11

To use public bus systems

Question 12

Where did they refuse to use public bus systems?

Answer 12

Alabama

Question 13

What type of companies thought the Montgomery Buss Boycott was problematic?

Answer 13

Private and public bus companies

Question 14

How long did they not use the bus systems?

Answer 14

1 year

Question 15

What was public transport?

Answer 15

Cost effective

Question 16

How much percentage of patrons were African?

Answer 16

70% to 80%

Question 17

What happened when bus companies lost revenue?

Answer 17

They could not continue

Question 18

How did the bus companies continued to function?

Answer 18

Had to desegregate. They bypassed government.

Question 19

What happened in the 1st of December 1955?

Answer 19

Rosa Parks did not obey etiquette

Question 20

How did Rosa Park disobey Jim crows?

Answer 20

Gave a seat to a white man

Question 21

When did the boycott begin?

Answer 21

When Rosa Parks was arrested

Question 22

How long did the Montgomery Buss Boycott last?

Answer 22

Under a year - ended in 1956

Question 23

What acted as a catalyst?

Answer 23

Pre 1955 protests - organise by Parks

Question 24

Who was Martin Luther King Junior?

Answer 24

Baptist - Preacher from the South of America

Question 25

Where did MLK work?

Answer 25

Alabama

Question 26

What was Alabama famous for?

Answer 26

Racist state

Question 27

How did he use his natural orator to his advantage?

Answer 27

Utilise a loop hole in the USA Justice System - prevent churches from segregation

Question 28

Define segregation

Answer 28

The action or state of setting someone or something apart from others.

Question 29

What did MLK use churches for?

Answer 29

To plan protests. Platfom to drive civil rights movement

Question 30

What did MLK distinguish?

Answer 30

Difference between peaceful and violent protests

Question 31

What did MLK employ?

Answer 31

Non-violent protests

Question 32

Who influenced MLK?

Answer 32

Mahatma Ghandi - how to successfully implement non-violent protests

Question 33

What did MLK train people to do?

Answer 33

How to conduct peaceful protests

Question 34

Why did protests have to be peaceful?

Answer 34

No way that media can convince that Africans are bad/perpetrators - helps get them what they want

Question 35

What was Birmingham?

Answer 35

Series of marches

Question 36

What happened after Birmingham?

Answer 36

Government desegregated and concept of civil rights

Question 37

when did the Lincoln Memorial March take place?

Answer 37

100 years after abolishing slave trade in the USA

Question 38

Why was the march created?

Answer 38

Nothing changed

Question 39

Where was the march organised to go to?

Answer 39

Washington - integrated races into society

Question 40

What did the churches generate?

Answer 40

Interests to go to the march - underground point of resistance

Question 41

How many people were at the Lincoln Memorial March?

Answer 41

250 000 people from every walk in life - largest protest

Question 42

Why was the Lincoln Memorial march a success?

Answer 42

1964 Civil Rights Act

Question 43

What were success? Civil

Answer 43

* No longer allowed to segregate *No longer allowed to discriminate Due to Civil Rights Act

Question 44

What were the failures? Civil

Answer 44

Only fixed Jim crow Laws - not etiquette

Question 45

Why was only fixing Jim crow Laws a failure? Civil

Answer 45

Etiquette was so intrenched - people did not listen

Question 46

Why was the 1965 voting rights act a success?

Answer 46

Allowed people to vote - free and fair

Question 47

What was the 1965 voting rights act failures?

Answer 47

It only fixed Jim Crow Laws