Final

The ______ Amendment freed the slaves.

13th

What was the stated reason given by many whites for many lynchings?

A black man had raped a white woman.

What policies did the War Department lay out for black participation in the military in World War II?

African Americans would be kept segregated and serve mainly in noncombat units

The death of what tennis star pushed the black community into action against the HIV/AIDS virus?

Ashe

Which presidnet signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act?

Bill Clinton

How did the rate of black unemployment in large cities compare with the national unemployment rate during the Great Depression?

Black unemployment was higher.

What was significant about the 1936 presidential election?

Black voters outside the South shifted in significant numbers to the Democrats.

How is the issue of freedom for blacks connected to the subject of land after the Civil War?

Blacks wanted their own private lands after receiving freedom.

How do the actions of Homer Plessy tell us about black people and segregation?

Blacks were testing the laws by getting arrested and trying cases in court.

Who was the first African American elected to the Senate for a full 6 year term?

Blanche K. Bruce

In 1942 blacks forned what civil rights organization?

CORE

Where was the central, most vibrant place for the development of black culture in the 1930s and 1940s?

Chicago

Before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, why did the United States delay getting involved in World War II?

Congress was isolationist and thought that we should not have been involved in World War I.

Why did the Detroit Race Riot take place in 1943?

Disputes over employment and housing conditions

Supporters of Afrocentricity argue that _______.

European civilization came from African origins, especially from Egypt.

Andrew Johnson was impeached for vetoing the Reconstruction Act of 1866.

False

The results of the Wilmington race riot included the destruction of a newspaper office.

False

Which 2 countries were part of the Axis on the eve of World War II?

Germany and Italy

What 1930s movie most solidified blacks in the roles of servants in the American mind?

Gone with the Wind

What provoked whites in Money, Mississippi, to lynch Emmett Till?

He breached social etiquette- the boy called a white woman "Baby."

How did Stokely Carmichael change SNCC around 1965?

He expelled all white members.

How did Orville Faubus react to the Brown decision?

He tried to keep blacks from attending the local high school by posting National Guardsmen there.

How did Martin Luther King feel about the Vietnam War after 1966?

He was increasingly critical of the war as well as the idea that blacks should fight for a country that wouldn't guarantee or protect their civil rights.

Which of the following statements was true about the actions of the Ku Klux Klan?

It conducted campaigns of violence, murder, and terrorism against blacks.

What was the effect of the Plessy v. Ferguson decision?

It demonstrated that the highest court in the land accepted discriminatory treatment of blacks.

How did the Great Depression impact black music?

It greatly reduced record sales, which flourished in the 1920s.

What effect did the lynching of Emmett Till have on young black Americans?

It infuriated many of them and caused them to fight its ever happening again.

What is true about the end of Reconstruction?

It left few lasting benefits for blacks.

What did the 14th Amendment accomplish?

It made all people born in the United States citizens.

What did Executive Order 9981 do?

It officially desegregated the armed forces.

What is true about the sit-in in Greensboro, North Carolina, in February of 1960?

It sparked similar activities and support from the student community.

What did Executive Order 8802 do?

It technically ended discrimination by race in the defense industry employment.

Which of the following was a limitation for the Freedmen's Bureau?

It was given huge responsibilities but insufficient funds to carry out its tasks.

Where did the term "Jim Crow" originate?

It was the name of a routine in a popular white minstrel show that ridiculed black people.

Who murdered Martin Luther King, Jr.?

James Earl Ray

founder of hip-hop

Kool Herc

Why did local law enforcement fail to effectively prosecute the Ku Klux Klan?

Local law enforcement or white troops often sided with the Klan against blacks.

What were the actual reasons for many lynchings?

Many times, blacks who were lynched had competed economically with whites

To what religion or denomination did Malcolm Little convert while in prison?

Nation of Islam

Why did the Newark, New Jersey, riot take place in 1967?

Newark had the highest unemployment rate for black men in the nation.

To what party did most blacks remain loyal in the post-Reconstruction South?

Republicans

Which President oversaw the end of the Vietnam War?

Richard Nixon

How is Paul Robeson an example of the impact of the Cold War on black entertainers?

Robeson's singing career was almost destroyed because he was a communist.

Who became president of the United States as a result of the Compromise of 1877?

Rutherford B. Hayes

Why is Madam C.J. Walker significant?

She became a very wealthy businesswoman.

Where did most blacks live in the United States in 2000?

South

Which former Confederate state had the most blacks holding office during Reconstruction?

South Carolina

What group did Martin Luther King, Jr., form to continue the civil rights struggle begun with the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

Southern Christian Leadership Council

What were the terms of Johnson's reconstruction plan?

The Confederate states had to formally accept the 13th Amendment and repudiate Confederate war debts.

How did the Korean War reflect US Cold War policy?

The aim of the war was for the US to contain communism from expanding to other nations.

Which was true about the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

The bus boycott was a result of years of activism and organization.

What was the outcome of the Freedom Rides?

The students who made it through Alabama were arrested in Mississippi

Why did the Black Panthers alarm white Americans?

They advocated self-defense and frequently patrolled black neighborhoods with guns.

Why was the Spanish-American War fought?

They hoped to demonstrate their bravery and thereby eliminate racism.

What was the role of the "black cabinet?"

They pressured the government to create and support color-blind legislative policies.

In what sport did Jesse Owens excel during the 1930s?

Track & Field

Beginning in the 1930s, a second wave of black migrants made St. Louis the fifth largest city in the United States.

True

The response of FEMA to the Hurricane Katrina disaster was chaotic and ineffective.

True

What black college did Booker T. Washington found in 1872?

Tuskegee Institute in Alabama

How was the Agricultural Adjustment Act unevenly implemented?

White landlords evicted tenants illegally from their land during the Great Depression.

Why was there so much violence in the South after Reconstruction?

White southerners were frustrated by their loss during the Civil War and resented blacks acquiring freedom and status.

What were the Freedom Rides?

an interrracial ride by students on public transportation through the South

Who found jazz music the most important and influential during the black arts movement?

black intellectuals

How did whites react to blacks attempting to establish schools in the South?

by using violence, including killing teachers

What group began to come to the forefront of the civil rights movement beginning in 1960?

college students

Brown v. Board of Education

court found that segregation was a violation of the Equal Protection clause "separate but equal" has no place

After the Civil War, where did most black men in the army spend their time?

in the West, fighting Native Americans

What types of programs did the Black Panthers start in urban areas?

programs to instill racial pride

What was the concern of many African Americans once they achieved freedom?

reuniting with lost family members

What was A. Philip Randolph's March on Washington designed to do?

stop discrimination against blacks in wartime industries and the military

What did the "Moynihan Report" view as the main source of economic and civil problems among blacks?

the "breakdown" of the black family, with too many families led by single women

What organization rished to help the young black men accused in the Scottsboro case?

the Communist party

What was the culminating event of Louis Farrakhan's leadership of the Nation of Islam?

the Million Man March

Because the American Bar Association would not include them, what legal organization did blacks form?

the National Bar Association

What tactic did college students begin to employ beginning in 1960?

the sit-in

What was the main purpose of the Freedmen's Bureau?

to help assist the newly freed slaves in their transition to freedom