AMH 2097 FINAL EXAM Strategies used by the Civil Rights Movement Non violent strategies Economic Self Sufficiency separate but working together for economic progress Gain Suffrage Respect Bus Boycotts Sit in Movement March on Washington March Against Fear Differences of opinion between the older and the newer Civil Rights Movement Old Civil Rights Movement Focus on gaining voting rights and economic progress New Civil Rights Movement Focus on uniting to initiate change Black Panthers A Black Nationalist and socialist organization Their core practice was its armed citizens patrols to monitor the behavior of police officers and challenge police brutality Ten Point Program A set of guidelines to the Black Panther Party s ideals and ways of operation a combination of a Bill of Rights and a Declaration of Independence They came out of California Summary of points 1 Freedom 2 Full employment 3 End to the robbery by the white men of Black Community 4 Decent housing shelter of human beings 5 Education that exposes the true nature of this society and our true history role in the present day society 6 All Black men exempt from military service 7 An immediate end to POLICE BRUTALITY and MURDER of Black people 8 Freedom for all Black men held in all prisons and jails 9 All Black people when brought to trial to be tried in court by a jury of their peer group or people from their Black Communities 10 Land bread housing education clothing justice and peace Nation of Islam Religious movement AMH 2097 FINAL EXAM Goals improve the spiritual mental social and economic condition of African Americans in the United States and all of humanity Black Power A term created by Stokely Carmichael that referred to the Black militancy Black Pride Emphasized racial pride and the creation of black political and cultural institutions to promote black collective interests and advance black values Brown v Board of Education 1954 supreme court case that overturned the Plessy v Ferguson separate but Equal Defense Attorney Thurgood Marshall 1st Black U S Supreme Justice Stokely Carmichael Popularized black power Leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee SNCC Honorary Prime Minister of the Black Panther Party and a leader of the All African Peoples Revolutionary Party CORE Congress of Racial Equality One of the Big Four civil rights organizations along with the SCLC the SNCC and the NAACP Organized the Freedom Rides and Freedom Summer Wet Foot Dry Foot Policy Consequence of the 1995 revision of the Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966 says that anyone who fled Cuba and entered the United States would be allowed to pursue residency a year later A Cuban caught on the waters between the two nations wet feet would summarily be sent home or to a third country One who makes it to shore dry feet gets a chance to remain in the U S and later would qualify for expedited legal permanent resident status and eventually U S citizenship Freedom Summer 1964 attempt to register as many African American voters as possible in Mississippi also set up dozens of Freedom Schools Freedom Houses and community center AMH 2097 FINAL EXAM Martin Luther King Jr An American pastor activist humanitarian and leader in the African American Civil Rights Movement Best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs Helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference SCLC SCLC Southern Christian Leadership Conference An African American civil rights organization SNCC Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee One of the most important organizations of the American Civil Rights Movement Major role in sit ins and freedom rides a leading role in the 1963 March on Washington Mississippi Freedom Summer and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Voting Rights Act 1965 Federal legislation that prohibits racial discrimination in voting Malcolm X African American Muslim minister and a human rights activist Advocate for the rights of blacks Accused of preaching racism and violence He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history Antisemitism Prejudice against hatred of or discrimination against Jews as a national ethnic religious or racial group Irving Berlin American composer and lyricist of Russian Jewish origin Widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history his music forms a great part of the Great American Songbook AMH 2097 FINAL EXAM Al Capone An American gangster during the Prohibition era Ellis Island New York Gateway for millions of immigrants to the United States as the nation s busiest immigrant inspection station Leo Frank A Jewish American whose murder conviction and hanging by a lynch mob planned and led by prominent citizens in Marietta Georgia drew attention to questions of antisemitism in the United States Golden Age of Comic Books 1930s 1950s Modern comic books were first published and rapidly increased in popularity The archetype and the superhero were created Many famous superheroes debuted including Superman Batman Captain America Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel KKK Ku Klux Klan Large controversial nationwide organization in the 1920s Nativism Policy of protecting the interests of native born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants Pogrom An organized massacre of a particular ethnic group in particular that of Jews in Russia or eastern Europe Potato Famine Period of mass starvation disease and emigration in Ireland Approx 1 million people died and a million more emigrated from Ireland The cause was a potato disease known as potato blight Prohibition Legal act of prohibiting the manufacture storage transportation and sale of alcohol including alcoholic beverages AMH 2097 FINAL EXAM Sojourners A person who resides temporarily in a place S S St Louis German ocean liner notable for a single voyage in 1939 in which her captain tried to find homes for 915 German refugees after they were denied entry to Cuba the United States and Canada After return to Europe approx 1 4 of the ship s passengers died in concentration camps Turner Societies Turners are members of German American gymnastic clubs Boat People Vietnamese boat people refers to refugees who fled Vietnam by boat and ship after the Vietnam War The term Vietnamese Boat People is often used generically to refer to all the Vietnamese about 2 million who left their country by any means or method Bracero Program Series of laws and
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