Free at Last?: How much do I remember?. What were Jim Crow Laws? A.Name of an actor who pretended to be a black man on stage B.Name given to segregation

Free at Last?: How much do I remember?

What were Jim Crow Laws?What were Jim Crow Laws?

A. Name of an actor who pretended to be a black man on stage

B. Name given to segregation laws which separated blacks and whites across America

C. Name given to segregation laws which separated blacks and whites in the southern states

D. Name given to laws which allowed slavery in the southern states

What is the federal government?


A. Individual state governments which make laws affecting peoples everyday lives such as schools and education

B. National government which makes laws for the whole country

C. The name of the government in New York

Why were states allowed to pass Jim Crow Laws?


A. Because ‘state rights’ meant the national government could not prevent them from being passed

B. Because most white Americans agreed with them

What right was given to blacks in the 15th amendment?


A. The right to vote

B. The right to equality

C. The right to freedom

How did the southern states stop blacks from voting?


List as many ways you can think of.

What did the verdict of the supreme court separate but equal

mean?

What did the verdict of the supreme court separate but equal

mean? A. Segregation was now illegalB. Segregation was legal as long as

facilities were equalC. Better facilities would be provided

for blacksD. Southern states would have to

desegregate

Give 2 examples of methods used by the KKK?


What type of organisation was the KKK?


A. Catholic

B. Jewish

C. Communist

D. WASP

How many members did the KKK have in the 1920s?


• 5 million

• 1 million

• 7 million

• 250,000

Why did Blacks migrate north after the 1920s?


• Give 2 push reasons



• Give 2 pull reasons

Answers

What were Jim Crow Laws?What were Jim Crow Laws?

A. Name of an actor who pretended to be a black man on stage

B. Name given to segregation laws which separated blacks and whites across America

C. Name given to segregation laws which separated blacks and whites in the southern states

D. Name given to laws which allowed slavery in the southern states



A. Individual state governments which make laws affecting peoples everyday lives such as schools and education

B. National government which makes laws for the whole country

C. The name of the government in New York



A. Because ‘state rights’ meant the national government could not prevent them from being passed

B. Because most white Americans agreed with them



A. The right to vote

B. The right to equality

C. The right to freedom



A. Voting QualificationsB. Voting Questions

What did the verdict of the supreme court separate but equal mean?

What did the verdict of the supreme court separate but equal mean?

A. Segregation was now illegalB. Segregation was legal as long as

facilities were equalC. Better facilities would be provided

for blacksD. Southern states would have to

desegregate





A. Catholic

B. Jewish

C. Communist

D. WASP



• 5 million

• 1 million

• 7 million

• 250,000



• Give 2 push reasons



• Give 2 pull reasons

What problems faced black Americans

who moved north in the 1920s and 1930s?

5 MARKS(2009)

Source A is by a Senator from Alabama in 1921. He is explaining why he wanted immigration controls.

As soon as the immigrants step off the decks of their ships our problem has begun – Bolshevism,red anarchy, crooks and kidnappers. Thousands come here who never take the oath to support our Constitution and to become citizens of the United States. They do not respect what our flag represents. They pay allegiance to some other country and flag while they live upon the benefits of our own. They are of no service whatever to our people. They constitute a menace and a danger to us every day.

Source B is a description by Robert Coughlan of the growth of support for the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s.It may be asked why, then, did the town take so enthusiastically to

the Klan? Many old stock Americans believed they were in danger of

being overrun. The “foreigners were ruining our country”; and so anything “foreign” was “un-American” and a menace. Cars were draped with

theAmerican flag and some carried homemade signs with Klan slogans

such as “America for the Americans”.

How far do Sources A and B agree about American attitudes to immigrants in the 1920s?

4 marks

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