White Flight & The Inner Cities
White Flight
How many African Americans moved from the south into urban areas?
5 million
Urban Renewal
What is urban Renewal?
Fixing the economic and housing problems inside of the urban areas
Who was the Mexican-American WW11 hero that had been killed in the Philippines?
Felix Longoria
Native Americans
In what year did the Snyder Act grant citizenship to all Native Americans?
1924
In what year did the Federal Government announce that it would give up responsibilities for the Native American tribes?
1953
White Flight
Nearly 1/4 of Americans were below the poverty line, list the four categories of people that were below the poverty line.
Elderly, single women, children, and minority groups
Urban Renewal
What year was the National Housing Act come about?
1949
In what year did the Mexican-American veterans organize the G.I. Forum?
1948
Native Americans
In what year did the Indian Reorganization Act move official policy away from assimilation and towards Native Americans autonomy?
1934
What does the BIA stand for?
Bureau of Indian Affairs
The Inner Cities
The poverty line rose from $2,972 to what?
$17,601
Mexicans Seek Employment
When did Mexicans cross the border to work in the U.S.?
During and After World War I
What was the main purpose of the Longoria Incident?
To stamp out discrimination towards Mexican-Americans.
Native Americans
During WWII over how many Native Americans left their reservation for military service and war work?
65,000
What are the three termination policies?
1) This eliminated economic support
2) Discontinued the Reservation System
3) Disputed tribal lands among individual Native Americans
The Inner Cities
When the urban city economy was declining what was increasing?
The suburban areas
Mexicans Seek Employment
What does the Mexican term braceros mean?
Hired hands that were allowed to harvest crops
What did activist Ignacio Lopez found?
The Unity League of California
What were congress's two main goals?
1) To ensure for Native Americans the same civil rights that white Americans had.
2) To enable Native Americans on reservation to retain their own customs.
How many Native Americans did the BIA help relocate?
35,000
White Flight
What does the term "White Flight" mean?
Middle class families leaving urban areas
Urban Renewal
What cabinet position did the nations leader create?
The Housing and Urban Development
Random Question
How many siblings did Longoria have?Hint 1-6
6
What year did the National Congress of American Indians establish?
1944
What year was the Termination Policy abandoned?
1963