The civil rights movements in 1950s

Question 1

what was the main cause of the civil rights movements

Answer 1

opposition to the injustice of segregation

Question 2

how many states followed the Jim crow laws

Answer 2

17

Question 3

how many blacks were registered for voting in Mississippi

Answer 3

5%

Question 4

who led the early civil rights movements

Answer 4

NAACP

Question 5

What did the NAACP do

Answer 5

• pioneered tactics of legal challenges
• paved way for civil right leaders and groups

Question 6

how much did the NAACP grow by

Answer 6

50,000 to 450,000

Question 7

who was a baptist minister in church groups

Answer 7

MLK

Question 8

Brown v. Board of Education of topeka

Answer 8

1954

Question 9

Brown v. Board of Education of topeka- details

Answer 9

• used the case of Linda Borwn
• supreme court rules “seperate education faculties are inherently unequal”

Question 10

Brown v. Board of Education of topeka- consequences

Answer 10

• led to violence in south
• senator Harry Byrd closed schools for 2 years
• black schools close + lose jobs
• led to desegregation of buses
• governemt enforced law in little rock

Question 11

when was the force enforced into Little Rock

Answer 11

1957

Question 12

when was the murder of Emmett Till

Answer 12

1955

Question 13

how many people viewd the body at the funeral

Answer 13

50,000

Question 14

consequences of murder of emett till

Answer 14

• provoked national outrage
• helped trigger civil rights movements
• impacted muhammed ali and Rosa Parks

Question 15

Montgomery bus boycott date

Answer 15

1955-6

Question 16

what is the MIA

Answer 16

Montgomery improvement association

Question 17

consequences of montgomery bus boycott

Answer 17

• bus company lost 2/3 of income
• Led to Browder vs. Gayle
• MLK rose to prominence

Question 18

when was the civil rights act

Answer 18

1957

Question 19

Establishement of SCLC

Answer 19

1957

Question 20

SCLC

Answer 20

southern christian leadership conference

Question 21

when was Little rock nine

Answer 21

1957

Question 22

how many states had schools which were fully white in 1957

Answer 22

6

Question 23

how many students were registered at little rock

Answer 23

NAACP

Question 24

who prevented the students admission

Answer 24

Orval Faubus

Question 25

consquences of little rock high

Answer 25

- students were abused - Faubus shut down little rock high - forced Supreme court to desegregate

Question 26

who blocked government action

Answer 26

southern democratic senators

Question 27

what happened to MLKs house

Answer 27

firebombed

Question 28

who opposed the desegregation of schoold

Answer 28

oval Faubus harry byrd

Question 29

who revived after the WW2 and lead to opposition to civil rights

Answer 29

KKK

Question 30

Who was responsible for a series of bombings at blacks house in Birmingham

Answer 30

KKK

Question 31

Where were 4 girls killed

Answer 31

16th Street Baptist Church bombing

Question 32

who walked with the Klan which allowed them to attack 1961 freedom rides

Answer 32

Bull conner

Question 33

who established the white knights of the KKK

Answer 33

Samuel Bowers

Question 34

who did Samuel bowers order murders on

Answer 34

Chaney, Schwerner and Goodman

Question 35

who led the filibuster against the civil rights act

Answer 35

Robert Byrd