Exam 18: Black Protest, the Great Depression, and the New Deal

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In the 1938 decision in Gaines v.Canada,the Supreme Court ordered the state of Missouri to provide black citizens an opportunity to study law in a state-supported institution.

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Question 21

What organization rushed to help the young black men accused in the Scottsboro case?

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Question 22

How was Roosevelt able to get elected in 1932 and reelected in 1936?

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Question 23

Why did Eleanor Roosevelt help blacks during the 1930s,and what impact did she make on racial issues?

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Eleanor Roosevelt endeared herself to black Americans when she resigned her membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution after that organization refused to allow a young black opera singer,Marian __________,to perform at its Constitution Hall in Washington in 1939.

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Question 25

What organization did the National Negro Congress become increasingly associated with during the late 1930s?

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The results of community organizing by black women in the South included the creation of important social networks that would pay further dividends during the civil rights movement of the 1960s.

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Question 27

Why did John L.Lewis form the Committee for Industrial Organization?

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Question 28

Why were some blacks attracted to the Communist Party during the 1930s?

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Question 29

How did the Railway Labor Act amendments of 1934 affect the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters?

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Question 30

What was the impact of the Communist Party on the Scottsboro case? Why did the party assist the "Scottsboro Boys"?

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Question 31

The outcome of the __________ case included all nine young men being released from jail by the 1940s.

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Question 32

Why did President Hoover do very little during the Great Depression to alleviate poverty?

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Question 33

What was the relationship between race and New Deal programs?

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Question 34

The legal case of Nixon v.__________ reflected the attempt by the NAACP to destroy the white primary in Texas and throughout southern state politics.

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Question 35

From 1943 to 1946,Ella Baker,later a famous civil rights worker in the 1960s,worked as director of NAACP branches.

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Question 36

What is the connection between the ILD and the Scottsboro Boys?

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Question 37

What did the case of the Scottsboro Boys involve?

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Question 38

What was a problem with the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?

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Question 39

Who was Juanita Jackson?

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Exam 18: Black Protest, the Great Depression, and the New Deal

In the 1938 decision in Gaines v.Canada,the Supreme Court ordered the state of Missouri to provide black citizens an opportunity to study law in a state-supported institution.

What organization rushed to help the young black men accused in the Scottsboro case?

How was Roosevelt able to get elected in 1932 and reelected in 1936?

Why did Eleanor Roosevelt help blacks during the 1930s,and what impact did she make on racial issues?

Eleanor Roosevelt endeared herself to black Americans when she resigned her membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution after that organization refused to allow a young black opera singer,Marian __________,to perform at its Constitution Hall in Washington in 1939.

What organization did the National Negro Congress become increasingly associated with during the late 1930s?

The results of community organizing by black women in the South included the creation of important social networks that would pay further dividends during the civil rights movement of the 1960s.

Why did John L.Lewis form the Committee for Industrial Organization?

Why were some blacks attracted to the Communist Party during the 1930s?

How did the Railway Labor Act amendments of 1934 affect the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters?

What was the impact of the Communist Party on the Scottsboro case? Why did the party assist the "Scottsboro Boys"?

The outcome of the __________ case included all nine young men being released from jail by the 1940s.

Why did President Hoover do very little during the Great Depression to alleviate poverty?

What was the relationship between race and New Deal programs?

The legal case of Nixon v.__________ reflected the attempt by the NAACP to destroy the white primary in Texas and throughout southern state politics.

From 1943 to 1946,Ella Baker,later a famous civil rights worker in the 1960s,worked as director of NAACP branches.

What is the connection between the ILD and the Scottsboro Boys?

What did the case of the Scottsboro Boys involve?

What was a problem with the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?

Who was Juanita Jackson?

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