KKK
What does KKK stand for?
Ku Klux Klan
These laws were meant to deprecate African Americans by denying them the right to vote, get jobs, get an education or any other opportunities.
Jim Crow Laws
After the stock market crash of 1929, entry-level, low-paying jobs disappeared or were filled by whites in need of employment. African-American employment rate in 1932 climbed to what approximate percent?
50 percent
In which state was the KKK founded?
Tennessee
When black people won elections in the southern states the KKK devoted themselves to violence against Republican leaders and voters (both black and white) in order to reverse politics and restore white supremacy in the South. Name two organizations that helped the KKK.
Knights of White Camellia and the White Brotherhood
Definition: The action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people or things.
Segregation
During the Great Depression, thousands of African-Americans sharecroppers who fell into debt joined what relocation event to help pay off their debt?
The Great Migration
What number of African-Americans had moved from southern cities by 1940?
1.75 million
This person was the first leader or “Grand Wizard” in the 1930s of the KKK.
Nathan Bedford Forrest
After which Amendment did the Jim Crow Laws begin?
13th Amendment
What phrase describes how African-Americans were the first to see their jobs cut during the 1930s?
"Last hired, first fired"
What was the name of the group of African Americans appointed as special advisors during the FDR administration?
The Black Cabinet. FDR tripled the number of African Americans working for the federal government and appointed the first African American as a federal judge.
In the 1930s what event caused a depletion in the Klan's membership ranks?
The Great Depression
Name one challenge African-Americans faced because of the Jim Crow Laws.
They had no voting rights, they could not control where they lived and how they traveled. Their children were seized for labor purposes.
What percentage of black workers in Atlanta were jobless in 1934?
70 percent. Approximately 25 percent of white workers were unemployed, while African-Americans were much higher.
How many students were in the average black classroom in South Carolina in 1930?
45 students. In white schools, the average was 29.
At its peak, the KKK had how many members?
four million people
In which state were African Americans, who were in court, given a different Bible to swear on than the whites?
Atlanta
Which direction did African-American sharecroppers migrate during the Great Migration?
From the rural South to the urban North in search of employment.
Approximately how many lynchings were committed between 1934 and 1936?
44 lynchings. Lynching is the killing of a person by a mob of people without a trial. Most lynchings were committed on African-Americans.