African-Americans in U.S. History (1865-1960)

attributed poverty/riots to racism; proposed investments and expansion of the welfare state

Organization used terror, violence, and intimidation to restore the status quo antebellum:

Warren Court decision overturned Plessy v. Ferguson:

Greatest success of the Freedmen's Bureau

Lincoln's primary goal was to preserve the union with or without slavery

Which of the following was a means of disfranchisement?

The figurative southern response to the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. BOE:

victory over dictators at abroad and racism at home

Birthplace of Jazz

organization of northern women who came South to educate former slaves

Civil rights legislation that ended discrimination in employment and public facilities:

prevailing system of agriculture that impoverished black and white farmers alike

The migration of African-Americans to the North in search of  better job opportunities:

executive order eliminating discrimination in defense industries

Warren Court decision ruled county unit system unconstitutional = "one man, one vote"

James Weldon Johnson used this phrase to describe the racial violence in industrial cities

Many northern states did not allow African-Americans to vote until the 15th Amendment

this college is an example of educational opportunities offered to former slaves:

He threatened a demonstration to protest discrimination in the military and defense industries

the deadliest race riot in U.S. History

Founder of the NAACP, who pursued a legal approach in the fight against discrimination:

urged the abandonment of peaceful demonstrations and instead promoted "Black Power."

Demonstration of 250k protesters for equality and employment organized by A. Phillip Randolph:

agency created to assist former slaves in their transition to freedom:

Demonstration designed to challenge segregated bus terminals in the Deep South:

Demanded the immediate end of slavery; southerners are evil

Political organization of freedmen that essentially replaced the Freedman's Bureau

abolished the poll tax in federal elections

Which of the following actions were taken by freedmen in the wake of emancipation

This U.S. President integrated the military and federal government by executive order:

Organization founded in the wake of the Greensboro sit-in at Woolworth's Department Store:

the central focus of black community life and organization following emancipation

contributed to Truman's desegregation of the federal government and the military

first full silent motion picture;glorified the Ku Klux Klan; defamed blacks/carpetbaggers

Ruling or Effect of the Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott v. Sanford 1857:

Separate but equal is constitutional:

defines citizenship and equal protection under the constitution

An example of massive resistance in which President Eisenhower called out the National Guard:

The literal southern response to the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. BOE:

abolished slavery

Civil rights legislation that prohibited literacy tests and tripled voter registration among African-Americans:

He fulfilled Kennedy's civil rights agenda by signing the Civil Rights/Voting Rights Acts:

He broke the color barrier in major league baseball:

attributed poverty/riots to slavery and a breakdown of the nuclear family; proposed the adoption of middle class values

What was the Civil Rights Act of 1968 also known as

promoted the resettlement of American blacks in their own “African homeland"

the unintended political consequence of enfranchising former slaves

right to vote for all men except Native Americans and women:

Term used to describe the rebirth of African-American literature, art, and music

Her refusal to move sparked a year-long boycott of public transportation in Montgomery: