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1
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What did Sweatt vs Painter tackle.

what happened

When

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Black University Education
- Hermann sweatt refused from UT white law scl and they made a black school equivalent

1950

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What did Brown Vs Board Of Education Of Topeka tackle.

When

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High school for blacks being fair in spending

1954

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What did Morgan Vs Virginia tackle.

When

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Separate seating in inter state buses and fines for non compliance

1946

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What did Smith VS Allwright tackle.

When

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Make voting more fair - texas general elections

1944

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5
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What do all 4 cases unpick when looking at legal change in the 1940s and 1950s

When was this

What did it do

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Plessy vs Fergason

1846

Seperate but equal services/ facilities

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What does De Facto mean

What does De Jure mean

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The reality of how the law has happened

The law - what should happen

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7
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What is an example of Direct action of Legal Reform in the 1940s

When

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Journey of Reconciliation

1947

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8
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When was Executive order 9981

What did it do

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1948

Desegragation in the military and guaranteed equal treatment/opertunity

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9
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When was desegregation in military actually achieved

How much less likely were blacks to be officers in army than whites

Where was it worse

A

1960s

10x

Navy

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What was Executive order 9980

When was it

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Guarentees no discrimination by federal civil service

1948

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What did black unemplyment fall from and to in 1940-1945

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937,000 to 151,000

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Why were services more segragated

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urbanisation - up to 13% black in some areas

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What was the pay difference between whites and blacks

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47 cents and hour to 65 cents an hour

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14
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1 white doctors for how many white people

1 black doctor for how many black people

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750

3377

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15
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When was the executive order 10308

What did it do

Did it work/why

A

1951

Ban giving government contracts to companies discriminating against blacks

No lots still got contracts

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What did the FHA do

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built houses in deprived areas
and refused loans to segregated housing developments

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Why was the FHA not helpful for black people

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Removed low quality homes which made black people not be able to afford housing

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18
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What happned for the first time in 1949

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Inorgaration ceremany had non segregated seating

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19
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What 2 black people were given important roles

What roles

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Ralph Bunche - US embassador

William hastie - federal judge

20
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How many lynichings happened in texas from 1882 to 1945

How many in 1946

21
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How did police treat black suspected criminals/convicts

A

tortured/bullwhipped

22
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What effected voting rights for Black people

What % of Blacks voted in southern states 1944

A

only tax payers can vote

18%

23
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What act made all 4 cases unconstitutional

A

14th ammendment

24
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What did Smith vs Allwright apply to

A

all states in USA

25
Why was sweatt vs painter bad
only fixed graduation age schools
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Why is Brown Vs Board of Education of Topeka good
Directly challenges Plessy Vs Fergesson and shows views had changed
27
Why was Brown Vs Board of Education of Topeka limited
black education had already tripled by this point
28
What did Ligtenants have to pay (people going to court)
fees and lawyer fees
29
What did the NAACP do What was memebership from and to What was the NAACP founded by Who was Black in NAACP
the 4 cases 50k - 450k mainly white and jewish lawyers W.E.B.Du.Bois
30
What chief justice supported civil right changes What act made desegregaton faster Why was this bad
Warren Brown II in 1955 no specific time mentioned
31
How many southern schools were mixed in 1957
750/6300
32
Who was lynched in 1955 mississippi
Emmett Till
33
What place outlawed 48 branches of NAACP due to police harrasment
Alabama
34
How many senators signed southern manifesto Who said Brown had no link to 14th Amendment
20% Senator Bryd
35
What did the Journey of Reconciliation do Where did lots get arrested What did Judge whitfield call the white people
8 white and 8 black men sat together on a bus to prove Morgan vs Virgiina wasnt De Facto North carolina Jews
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Whats the Batton Rouge boycotts What was the operation called When How many didnt use buses
free taxis and 125 private cars to protest against desegration on buses Operation free lift 1953 14,000
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What did the Batton Rouge boycotts inspire Who did it interest
Montogomery bus boycotts Martin Luther King Jr
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What did jemison accept were they happy
reduce white only seats but remove first come first serve No
39
How many native americans accepted into womans army corps/ factory work
800
40
What was the NCIA Who was in it
made to protect tribal interests of Native americans Pro baseball player George Eastman
41
What was signed and how much land did it transfer away from Native Americans
Concurrent Resolution 180 500,000 acres of land
42
Who benifited from minorities from GI bill
Hispanic americans
43
What was the first case heard by supreme court about hispanics What did it do
Hernandez vs Texas struck down discrimination by class
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What % of the population lived under the poverty line that were hispanic americans Where did Hispanics live
33% Ghettos like East Harlem
45
How many illegals were sent back from 1953-58 Under what operation
3.8 million Opperation wetback