History of Civil Rights Movement

Questions: 1. What did the end of the Civil War bring about? The end of slavery 2. Why didn't blacks vote in the 1870s? They were discouraged to vote by violence, and eventually legal stipulations. 3. What did the supreme court rule in the case of Plessy v Ferguson? Racial segregation in private business. 4. What was the result of applying Jim Crow Laws? Blacks were treated as second class citizens, segregating schools, public transit, restrooms, water fountains 5. What was the goal of NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)? To increase racial equality and challenge issues like the Jim Crow Laws 6. What happened in the fall of 1955? The first integrated school was opened in the USA. 7. What kind of manifestations took place for the Civil Rights Movement? High profile boycotts, marches, sittings, and other peaceful protests. 8. Who were called the Little Rock Nine? A group of Africa-American students who were admitted in a high school in Arkansas. 9. What did President Kennedy do in 1963? He proposed a Civil Rights bill to Congress. 10. What positive and negative results brought the Voting Rights Act in 1965? It ended the prejudiced voting system. Instantly blacks began voting and running for office. However, a six-day violent riot took place in a Los Angeles neighbourhood and 32 people died. 11. What group and leader exemplify the extremist ideology opposite to extremist groups like Ku Klux Klan? The Black Panther Party and Malcolm X.