BLACKS IN THE US
Blacks in the south were ____________ after the Civil War.
Farmers
Fear of Communism
What does the word Segragation mean ?
To separate races
1870
The KKK was established in
1865
What does a circle with a cross in the middle mean for immigrants?
Feeble minded
What was the Homer Plessey VS Ferguson Case ?
a landmark case with the supreme court decision ruling that the racial segration laws did not violate the Constitution which created a doctrine called seperate but equal
How were blacks prevented from attending school ?
riots, protests, teased
Which Amendment gave Black males a chance to vote
15th Amendment
How did the KKK punish blacks ?
Whipping, Lynching
The second wave of immigrants migrated at the end of ?
WW1
Name two civil rights leaders
Malcom x, martin luther, WEB dubois
What were put in place for whites and blacks in south within the communities to socialize seperately
Seperate but equal facilities
Majority of Blacks lived where ? After the Civil War
Northern States
Which president was the first to give blacks the rights to join the armed forces?
President truman
Immigrants were seperated at
Ellis Island
Who was the civil rights leader that wanted to carry out a 100,000 man march during WW2
Phillip Randolph
How were African Americans prevented from voting
Literacy test, polling tax, threatened and grandfather clause
Blacks in America were treated far better in the Northern Part of America rather than the South during the 1920s.”
Explain reasons
No laws
North did not depend on slavery or man labour
More jobs in factories
less discrimination
Which Amendment ended slavery in the United States?
13th Amendment
. Which immigrant group was completely banned from America?
Asians and Chinese
How were blacks successful during the civil rights campaign?
Emmet till
Peaceful protests
Sit ins
In which year were African Americans allowed to attended white only schools?
1954