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What is the Ku Klux Klan?

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An organization that despised black people and hated on them with hate and violence

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What were the Jim Crow Laws?

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They were laws that enforced racial segregation in the southern US.

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What is Jim Crow?

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Jim Crow is a fictional white character pretending to be a black man.

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When was the first KKK?

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1866-1871

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When was the second KKK?

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1915-1944

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When was the third KKK?

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1950-1960

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Give 8 places where the Jim Crow Laws were able to segregate it.

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marriage, housing, restaurants, entertainment, voting, transportation, hospitals, adoptions

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Name 5 violent methods the KKK used against blacks

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lynching, banners, fear, attacks, set fire to crosses

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What does the NAACP stand for?

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National Association for Advancement of colored people

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What does CORE stand for?

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Congress of Racial Equality

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What did the NAACP and CORE challenge?

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They challenged that black people shouldn’t be segregated in schools and they compared the black and white education.

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What 5 subjects did white people study in universities?

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Law, Medicine, Library Science, Pharmacy, social work

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What 2 subjects did Blacks study in universities?

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Law and Library science

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Who supported the creation for racially mixed units?

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General Eisenhower in the army

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How many people were doing crucial jobs in the army?

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2 million

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What did Roosevelt set up to check if discrimination was happening?

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The Fair Employment Practices Committee in 1941

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When was the CORE set up?

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1942

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What were the four black freedoms?

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freedom of speech and expression, freedom of want, freedom from fear, freedom of worship

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Why did Roosevelt not give any war-contracts in 1943?

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Because they practiced racial discrimination

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How did African Americans benefit from WW2?

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They got better wages

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From how much to how much did the NAACP increase in size?

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from 50000 to 450,000

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What did newspapers organize?

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The double V campaign

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In 1950 what decisions were made by the Supreme court? (2)

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That black children should not be segregated in a school. It also made a decision to compare the white and black education.

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Why did Brown start a court case? And with whom?

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Brown started a court case with NAACP to challenge the Supreme Court for segregation in education.

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What was the case called?
Brown v Topeka Board of Education
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Who was Linda Brown?
Linda Brown was a 7 year old girl that had to walk a mile to go to her school everyday although there was a closer white school nearby. She was the first black girl to be integrated into a white school.
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Who won the case?
The Browns.
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When were school desegregated?
in 1954
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Who started the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Rosa Parks
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What did Rosa Parks do?
She refused to give up her seat on a bus
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What happened to Rosa Parks after that?
She got arrested and was fined.
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When did the boycott start?
1955
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When was the Freedom Riders?
May 1961
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What was the Freedom Riders all about?
200 black people rode on the bus to Montgomery, Alabama to desegregate transportation.
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What happened to these protesters?
they were thrown in jail for 40 days
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What does the SNCC stand for?
Student Non-violent coordinating committee
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What were the lunch sit ins?
They were a campaign by the SNCC to desegregate restaurants?
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When did the lunch sit ins happen?
1960
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By 1960 how many restaurants were desegregated?
121
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What was the Black Panther?
They were an organization that protected themselves from the police using weapons.
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Write 7 things that the Black Panther wanted.
Freedom , decant housing, their right back just like the Jews got from the Germans, education, end to police brutality, freedom for black men that didn't get a fair train and also for the black community to judge the trial.
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What was the Voter Education Project?
It was a project organised by the government and the students in attempt to allow black people to vote.
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What was outlawed in 1964?
the Kennedy integration law
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What was outlawed in 1965?
Voting Acts Right
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What was outlawed in 1967?
Prevention of Inter Racial marriage
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What was outlawed in 1968?
Prevention of segregation in housing.
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When was the first black mayor elected and where?
In 1967 in Cleveland
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By 1985 what happened to the blacks regarding politics?
10% of elected officials were blacks
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Who was leader of the year- long boycott?
MLK
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Who was the face of the civil Rights Movement?
MLK
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Who was MLK influenced by?
Gandhi
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What did MLK believe in?
Fairness, forgiveness and non-violence
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What did MLK organize?
Demonstations
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In which demonstration did he get imprisoned?
in 1963
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What happened during this demonstration?
Chief Bull Conner came with fire hoses electrical wire dogs and arrested them all.
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What did MLK organize on August 1963?
A march is Washington D.C.
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How many people were at the demonstration?
250,000 people
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What was MLK famous speech called?
I have a dream speech
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When was King assassinated?
1968
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What did Malcolm X believe in?
In violence and self-defense
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What did Malcolm X set up?
the nation of Islam
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What did Malcolm X argue for?
For black separatism
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When was Malcolm X assassinated?
1965
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Where and when was the worst riot?
In watts, L.A in 1965.
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how long did the riot last for?
6 days
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How many people were killed at that riot?
34 people
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How many people altogether died in riots?
81 people
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How was elected leader of the SNCC in 1967?
Stokley Carmichael

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