Role of Federal Government

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Revise the decisions of the executive, congress and SC which helped and hindered AA civil rights

US History

Civil Rights Movement

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Last updated 12:10 PM on 5/12/24
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1960
When was Boynton Vs Virginia?
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Segregation of interstate buses was unconstitutional
What did Boynton Vs Virginia rule?
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1895
When was Plessy Vs Ferguson?
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Allowed segregation
What did Plessy vs Ferguson rule?
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1954
When was Brown vs Education?
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Allowed the integration of schools
What did Brown vs Education rule?
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Free rule to decide their own laws
What rights did A. Johnson give the states?
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To secure the presidency, Hayes allowed the southern states full power
What was the compromise of 1877?
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Dismissed all his Black administration
What did Wilson do to worsen the segregation issue?
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July 26th 1948
When did Truman desegregate the US army?
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Nixon, quotas for the number of AA in any given institution
Who introduced affirmative action and what was it?
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Oscar De La Priest in 1914
Who was the first AA congressman wand when was he elected?
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How many Black congressman were there in the 60’s?
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1871
When was the 2nd enforcement act?
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Gave AA the right to vote
What did the 2nd enforcement act do?
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No, it was only good in theory
Was he 2nd enforcement act successful?
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It made the 2nd enforcement act law
How does the 1957 CR acts link to voting rights?
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1965
When was the voting rights act?
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Give AA civil rights
What did the 1964 CR act do?
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You could only vote if your grandfather had
What were the grandfather clauses?
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Literacy tests
Beside grandfather clauses, what other measures against voting was there?
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AA should be involved in primary voting
What did Smith Vs Allright rule?
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AA voters rose by 2%
What was the impact of Smith Vs Allright?
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Franklin Roosevelt
Who developed the Civilian Conservation Corp?
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Provided jobs for the unemployed, regardless of race
What did the CCC do?
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Send federal troops to enforce the SC ruling
What did Eisenhower do at Little Rock?
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1971
When was Griggs Vs Duke?
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Disallow companies from asking for a high school diploma when they weren’t actually needed
What did Griggs Vs Duke do?
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All businesses had to prove that racial discrimination was not the reason for underrepresentation
What did the 1991 Civil Rights act do?
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L.B. Johnson
Which executive ordered to end all under-representation in the workplace?
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Reagen
Who appointed Clarence Thomas to the SC?
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He was very backwards in his attitude?
Why was the appointing of AA judge, Clarence Thomas, not as progressive as it may appear?
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Help
Did federal government help or hinder AA civil rights?
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congressman who pushed for rights for freed slaves in the early period

Who were the radical republicans

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give freed slaves places to live and medical care

What did the Freedmans bureau do?