A-Level History - Civil Rights in the USA (African Americans)

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What did the First Reconstruction Act (1867) do?
It guaranteed the right to vote and created new Southern constitutions
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Which President made an executive order in 1948 against segregation in the military?
Truman
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Marcus Garvey...
Set up a shipping company called the ‘Black Star line’ to trade with Africans worldwide
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What was ruled in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896?
Louisiana was not acting against the Constitution in discriminating on its railroads
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CORE...
Challenged segregation on interstate buses
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What did the Executive Order 11246 in 1965 do?
Discrimination was barred in all federal employment
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Lyndon Johnson...
Passed the Civil Rights Acts, 1964 and 1965
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Who was the radical and separatist group?
NOI
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What happened in Little Rock?
The integration of nine black students into the Central High School by the use of federal armed forces
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By the end of the 1980s, what percentage of African Americans graduated from high school in comparison to white people?
63% African Americans, compared to 77% of white people
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Truman

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What was ruled in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896?

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CORE...

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