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WorksheetsAfrican American Changes
Total questions: 69
Worksheet time: 52mins
Political section 1
1873 Slaughterhouse Case
1865 Black codes
1875 Civil Rights Act
1877 Hayes Tilden Compromsie
1898 Mississippi v. Williams
Sociocultural section 1
KKK formed in December 1865
Freedmans Bureau (closed 1872)
the Black codes set up in 1865
Crop-lien system
Jim Crow laws 1887-1891
Economic section 1
Boll Weevil attack
Sharecropping
some migration to southern cities
Crop-lien system
Trudeau v. Barnes 1933
1873 Slaughterhosue case allowed states to override (a) th ammendment with discrimination
____ ______________ ____ allowed states to override 14th ammendment with discrimination
(a)
This act was not enforced and later ruled unconstitutional in 1883
1875 Civil Rights Act
1877 Hayes Tilden Compromise
Jim Crow laws 1887-1891
Plessy Vs Ferguson 1896
the _____ - ______ Compromise (18__) followed a disputed election between Republican Rutherford B Hayes and Democrat Smauel Tilden. Democrats agreed to accept Hayes as President in exchange for a withdrawal of _______ ______ from the south
Hayes-Tilden
1877
1865
federal troops
confderate troops
When was the KK formed? (month, year)
(a)
True or False:
The Freedmans Bureau closed in 1872
True
False
What percentage of AA children couldn't read in the south, compared to 15% of white children?
65%
50%
90%
1%
the _____ _____ were set up in 1865 to limit the power of AAs. it limted what 'negros' could do (anyone with 1/8 black blood) such as banning inter-racial unions, and limiting legal rights. they were not alowed to testify against a white person and not allowed to vote. education was also segregated
(a)
What was Sharecropping?
a system where the federal government divided their plantations into small areas and rented them to AAs
a system where AAs divided their plantations into small areas and rented them to landowners
a system where landowners divided their plantations into small areas and rented them to AAs
Why was Sharecropping bad?
in practice it tied them to the land (reminiscent of slavery)
they often had to give half their crop to landowners as rent
they were unable to work with new machinary
landowners would give them money to support their families
the crop- (a) system was where goods would be used to pay back debt (cycle of poverty)
there was (a) migration to southern cities - but AA still faced racism and discrimination there
Political Section 2
15th Ammendment overridden by states' laws
Mississippi v. Williams 1898
1898 Plessy v. Ferguson
1915 Guinn v. US
Sociocultural Section 2
Boll weevil 1892
Jim Crow laws 1887-1891
height of lynchings (Ida B Wells)
Plessy Vs Ferguson 1896
Economic Section 2
Sharecropping Boll Weevil in 1892 - convict leasing
some AA work in factories
Great Depression 1929
the New Deal (1930s)
First AA trade unions - growth of AA business
Political Section 3
15th Ammendment overridden by states' laws
Trudeau v. Barnes 1933
1928 Oscar de Priest elected to congress
1923 Moore v Dempsey
Political Section 4
Cold war suspicions
AA registered voters rose by 1947
CRA 1964 and VRA 1965
1923 Moore v Dempsey
Political Section 5
1975 Ford appoints first AA Transport Secretary
Carter appoints 37 AA federal judges
CRA 1964 and VRA 1965
Congress vs Reagan (1980s)
Jesse Jackson 1984/88
Sociocultural Section 3
Boll weevil 1892
350,000 AA served in WW1
Harelem Renaissance
1915 KK revied and widened targets
Gaines v Canada 1938
Sociocultural Section 4
Truman desegregates military 1948
350,000 AA served in WW1
Brown v Board 1954
1915 KK revied and widened targets
slow desegragation in schools
Sociocultural Section 5
Truman desegregates military 1948
California vs Bakke 1978
Blockbusting and readlining
1915 KK revied and widened targets
school admissions based on where you lived
Economic Section 3
Chicago riots 1919
New Deal (30s)
1865 Civil Rights Act
Buchanan v Warley 1917
Black unemployment still high
Economic Section 4
Chicago riots 1919
Roosevelt executive order 1941
1865 Civil Rights Act
NAACP equal opportunities employment
Fair Employment Practices Commission 1941
Economic Section 5
Griggs v Duke Power Company 1971
Employment descrimination, poverty cycle and low incomes under Reagan 1980
1865 Civil Rights Act
Bifurcation
Fair Employment Practices Commission 1941
Which of these was NOT a way of preventing AAs from voting
pole tax
grandfather clause
property qualification
literacy tests
voting drives
by what year was the AA vote eliminated?
(a)
What SC case ruled the Mississippi poll tax and similar as constitutional? (____ v. ____ date)
(a)
____ Guinn v. US made grandfather clauses in ________ and ________ unconstitutional
1915
Texas
Maryland
Oklahoma
1815
what period were the Jim Crow Laws?
(a)
What theory did the Jim Crow laws use?
(a)
What year was Plessy Vs Ferguson?
1898
1896
1998
1996
______ __ ________ 1896 created the precident separate but eqaual
(a)
Who led a campaign against lynching that proved unsuccessful?
(a)
What was Convict leasing?
leasing slaves to railways, mines and plantations for cheap labour in bad conditions
leasing prisioners to railways, mines and plantations for cheap labour in good conditions
killing prisioners to railways, mines and plantations for cheap labour in bad conditions
leasing prisioners to railways, mines and plantations for cheap labour in bad conditions
Why did employers exclude AAs from factories (textiles)
they didnt want them to steal their sandwich
fear of them working close to women
fear of them working close to sheep
What was the case Trudeau v. Barnes 1933?
insisted on all supreme appeals being exhausted before cases could come before supreme court
insisted on all congresional appeals being exhausted before cases could come before supreme court
insisted on all state appeals being exhausted before cases could come before supreme court
insisted on all state appeals being skipped before cases could come before supreme court
Oscar de Priest was elected to congress in 1928, he was the first African American to do so since what date?
(a)
19__ Moore v. Dempsey failed to uphold the death sentacnes of twelve blacks because their trials had been '_________ __ ____'
1923
limited on impact
Dominated by mobs
Dominated by dogs
How many AAs served in WW1?
(a)
What areas did the Harlem Renaissance effect?
growth of middle class
sport
military
entertainment
True or False:
Gaines v Canada (1938) ruled that facilities must actually be equal
True
False
True or False:
in 1920 the KKK was revied and widened their targets
True
False
What led to the Chicago riots 1919
tensions after ww1 in the south due to jobs
tensions after ww1 in the north due to jobs
tensions after ww2 in the north due to taxes
tensions after ww1 in the south due to taxes
(a) % of AA families were on relief during the New Deal compared to 10% of whites
Why was it hard for Roosevelt to help AAs during the New Deal
he needed southern demorcrat support in congress to 'save America'
he needed southern republican support in congress to 'save America'
southern democrats wouldn't agree on anything specifically to help AAs
southern republicans wouldn't agree on anything specifically to help AAs
Black unemployment was still high. sharecroppers were hit hard by the depression as they were not covered by which two acts?
Civil Rights Act
Social Security Act
National Labour Relations Act
Voting Rights Act
Cold war suspicions meant the movement focused more on (a) rights and individual equality
AA registered voters rose from 2% to what by 1947 thanks to a NAACP campaign
13%
25%
12%
80%
Smith v Allwright 19__ outlawed all white _______ in Texa
44
48
primary
secondary
the CRA 1964 and VRA 1965 did what?
ended segregation
started segregation
banned employment race descrimination
banned employment gender descrimination
True or False:
Churchil used his authority as Commander in Chief to issue executive orders to desegregate the US military in 1948
True
False
Brown v Board 1954 challenged segregation in schools, but had to be enforced by Eisenhower in Little Rock (a)
desegrigation in schools was slow but was happening (19__ James Meredith was ___________ university's first blakc student
62
74
Texas
Mississippi
True or False:
Roosevelt issued an executive order banning discrimination in federal employment and set up the Fair Employment Practices Commission 1941
True
False
the NAACP ensured that by 1953 __ ______ ___ __ ______ had adopted equal employment opportunities
(a)
1975 President Ford appointed William T. Coleman as what position?
Trade Secretary
Foreign Secretary
Transport Secretary
Secretary of State
Cater appointed (a) AA federal judges (x2 more than before) (faces in high places)
Congress stregthened the ___________________________ over Reagan. Congress override Reagan's veto _____ in 1988
updated 1982 Voting Rights Act
once
twice
the updated 1992 Voting Rights Act
J____ J______ ran for president in 1984/88 as part of the Rainbow Coalition
(a)
True or False:
Rainbow Coalition (included AAs - who were 12% of US voters)
True
False
by ____ University integration was slow - 1/3 AA in black colleges (___ __ _____). Regents of the University of California vs Bakke (1978) allowed affirmative action in college but ______ unconstitutional
1971
90% in south
quotas
queues
True or False:
Blockbusting and redlining reduced de facto urban segregation especially in the north
True
False
school admissions based on where you lived, de facto school segregation - especially in the north (a)
What was decided in Griggs v Duke Power Company 1971?
confirmed negative action in employment, giving 'handups' over 'handouts'
confirmed affirmative action in employment, giving 'handups' over 'left hands'
removed affirmative action in employment, giving 'handups' over 'handouts'
confirmed affirmative action in employment, giving 'handups' over 'handouts'
What there things under Reagan meant AAs were 43% recipients of aid to families with children, 34% of housing subsidies and 35% of food stamps but 12% of the population?
Employment descrimination
poverty cycle
low incomes
Reagan's low welfare spending
Bifurcation within the AA community meant that 40% was middle class but __% were in poverty in a growing ghettoised underclass
30
20
10
5
