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1
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How much did disposable income increase from 1950-60?

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1950: $206.90 to 1960: $350 - increase of $143.10

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Why did cities become more deprived?

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White flight - white families moved out and were no longer helping with the city upkeep through taxes. Suburbia growth in popularity - better amenities

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What happened to white collar jobs?

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They become more common - more white collar jobs than blue collar - more money for the economy.

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When did consumerism begin to grow?

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1949-55

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What happened to the birth rate?

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It rose - more people having the money to raise kids.

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6
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What was Eisenhower’s greatest achievement?

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National Interstate and Defence Highways Act 1956

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7
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How many people owned their own homes in 1960?

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3/5 families - 18 million move to the suburbs

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What did the establishment of highways lead to?

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Cars, suburbs, industries, drive ins, national parks, beaches, malls, motels.

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How much did car production grow between 1946 and 1955?

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From 2 million to 8 million

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10
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What was car ownership at in 1960?

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75% of Americans had at least one car
15% of people own two cars
Lead to rise in tourism, employment and independence.

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11
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What were the big three car producers?

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Ford, Chrysler and General Motors

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12
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What cars were associated with Black Americans?

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Cadillacs

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13
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How many cars were discarded each year?

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7 million

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14
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What percentage of women have a job by 1960?

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40% compared to 33% in 1950

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15
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What happened to US GNP between 1950 and 1960?

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Almost doubled.
Buying power rose fivefold

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16
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What did the GI Bill of 1944 do?

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Army veterans benefitted from no down payments on a house - houses and mortgages more accessible to some people

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17
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What did houses become?

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Expensive commodities rather than just a place to live

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18
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What were women expected to do after the war?

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Become housewives

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19
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What jobs did women tend to have?

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Shopping/sales assistants - low salaries and very few benefits.

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What did women have to conform to?

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Beauty standards and experiencing oppression - housewifery.

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21
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What became mandatory as a result of suburbs?

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Owning a car - public transport was poor.

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22
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How was affluence different in the South/

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South per capita income was less than half the national average.

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23
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What was the median income of a white family?

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$4392

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24
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What was the median income of a non-white family

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$2461

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25
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What does the gap grow to by 1960

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$5835 for white families, $3233 for non-white

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26
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What percentage of the suburbs were occupied by ethnic minorities?

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5%

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27
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Where was there still segregation?

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South

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28
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What did the FHA do?

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Implemented restrictive covenants - houses in the suburbs cannot be sold to certain people - white families didn’t want neighbourhoods to be tainted.

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29
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What concept describes white people moving if a black family moved next door?

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White Flight

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30
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What did the suburbs reinforce?

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Class and racial divides - white people didn’t want black people moving in - believed it would put their investment in jeopardy.

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31
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What was hit hard by white flight?

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Education - local taxes pay for local education - poorer areas would not have the same opportunities as more affluent areas.

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32
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What benefit did men receive that women didn’t?

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Low VA mortgages as a result of the veteran status - additional credit benefit that home ownership made available.

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33
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Who’s name did the credit card have to be in?

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The man’s/ husband’s

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34
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What does the NAACP stand for?

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National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People

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35
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What was the aim of the NAACP?

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Aimed to make black citizens economically, intellectually, politically and socially free and equal

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36
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What was the NAACP’s strategy?

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Litigation - focussing on overturning Plessy vs Ferguson.

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37
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How successful was the NAACP?

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Succeeded in de jure change but rarely had speedy and practical solutions.

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38
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What does the SCLC stand for?

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference

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39
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Who founded the SCLC?

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MLK

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40
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When was the SCLC founded?

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1957 - after the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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41
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What did the SCLC do?

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Stage the Birmingham campaign, organise the March on Washington and Selma.

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42
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What was the aim of the SCLC?

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Force positive federal response

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43
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What does CORE stand for?

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Congress of Racial Equality

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44
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What was the aim of CORE?

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Force a positive federal response.

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45
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What did CORE do in 1961?

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Initiate the Freedom Rides - exposing southern white bigotry and prompted RFK to enforce Boynton vs Virginia

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46
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What does SNCC stand for?

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Students Non-violent Coordinating Committee

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47
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What did SNCC do?

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Participate in sit-ins
Organise grassroots activism - drives to register black votes in the Mississippi Delta.

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48
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How many students participated in counter sit-ins?

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70,000

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49
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When was Freedom Summer?

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1964

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50
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How many black voters tried to register in Mississippi?

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17,000

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51
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What does WCC stand for?

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White Citizen Councils.

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52
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When was the WCC set up?

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1954

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53
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Why was the WCC set up?

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In response to Brown vs Board 1954

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54
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Which group supported segregation by all means?

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Southern Manifesto

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55
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What % of schools were desegregated in the South by 1963?

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9%

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56
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What did the membership of WCC peak at in 1956?

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250,000

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57
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What methods did the WCC use?

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Propaganda, sponsoring white schools, threatened civil rights activists.

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58
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What does the KKK stand for?

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Klu Klux Klan

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59
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Who were the KKK?

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Armed racist group

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60
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When was the KKK established?

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1866

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61
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When was the KKK revived?

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1915 and after Brown

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62
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What suggested that the KKK had lost its impact?

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Montgomery Bus Boycotts

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63
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When did the KKK bomb MLK’s house?

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1956

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64
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When did the KKK bomb MLK’s hotel room?

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1963

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65
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Where else did the KKK bomb in 1963?

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Birmingham Church

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66
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What other violent methods did the KKK use?

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Cross burnings, church burnings, beatings, shootings and murders

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67
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What happened to its membership in the 1970s.?

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It tripled.

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68
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When was Little Rock?

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1957

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69
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Who was the first child to desegregate white schools

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Ruby Bridges

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70
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Who were the first students to enroll in UoA in 1963?

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James Hood and Vivien Malone

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71
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Who was the first African American student at the UoM?

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James Meredith in 1961

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72
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What supreme court decision did the MBB trigger?

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Browder vs Gayle

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73
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What lead to the passing of the CRA?

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Birmingham Protest

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74
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Who was the leader of the opposition at Birmingham?

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Bull Connor

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75
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What grabbed media attention at Birmingham?

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The violence of the police

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76
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What commission desegregates interstate transit?

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1961 Interstate Commerce Commission

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77
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Where did the KKK firebomb freedom riders in 1961?

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Anniston Alabama

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78
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What was the date of the Little Rock Nine?

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3rd September 1957

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79
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Example of one of the children:

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Melba Beals

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80
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What was the intention of the governor at Little Rock?

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No intention to allow black students to attend the school - ordered the national guard to surround the school.

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81
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Who escorted the children into school?

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National Guard

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82
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Who wrote about the differences between the life of a white and a black man?

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James Baldwin

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83
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What methods did the police use at Birmingham?

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Hoses, dogs, rubber bullets etc.

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84
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When was the March on Washington?

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August 28th 1963

85
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How many people attended the March on Washington?

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250,000 - including Marlon Brando

86
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Who was the chairman of SNCC in 1963?

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John Lewis

87
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How many people did Lewis lead at Selma?

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600 peaceful demonstrators.

88
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Who were considered the Big Six of the civil right movement?

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MLK, James Farmer, A. Phillip Randolph, Roy Wilkins, John Lewis and Whitney Young

89
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What happened to Emmett Till in 1955?

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He was lynched by the KKK

90
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What happened to Emmett Till’s murderers

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They were acquitted

91
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Who was the NAACP secretary for Mississippi?

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Medgar Evers

92
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When was Medgar Evers assassinated?

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1963

93
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Who were the beats?

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Individuals protesting against the conformity in society

94
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What became more mainstream?

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Beatnik culture

95
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What was generally associated with Beats?

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Literature and Poetry

96
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Where were the Beats?

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Greenwich Village and North Beach

97
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What happened to comics in 1955?

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13 states banned the sale of comics due to the rise of juvenile delinquency.

98
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What book did Frederick Wortham write?

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“Seduction of the Innocent”

99
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When were the Senate hearings on juvenile delinquency?

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1955 and 1956

100
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How big were the gangs roaming the streets and where were they?

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Between 10 and 250 teens in NYC and Chicago.

101
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What was the minimum wage raised to in 1961?

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$1 to $1.25

102
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What was the Equal Pay Act proposed?

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1963

103
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What was the aim of the Equal Pay Act?

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Women get paid the same as men for the same job

104
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How much was social security taxes proposed to be increased by?

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0.25%

105
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Why was social security tax going to be increased?

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In order to pay for Medicare for the poor and the elderly.

106
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What act was passed in 1961?

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Area Development Act

107
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Why wasn’t social security tax raised?

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House Ways and Means Committee killed it off

108
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Who was the chair of the House Ways and Means Committee?

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Wilbur Mills

109
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What did the Area Development Act do?

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$394 million provided over four years to aid areas like Appalachia.

110
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How many jobs did the Area Development Act create?

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26,000 jobs

111
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How many laundry workers didn’t benefit from the rise in minimum wage?

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150,000

112
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What act was passed in 1962?

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Development and Training Act

113
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What did the Development and Training Act do?

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Provided job training to the poorly educated.

114
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How many states applied for the funding under the Development Training act?

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40 states

115
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How many people got trained?

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12,600

116
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When was the Housing Act passed?

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1961

117
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How much was the fund for the housing projects?

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$4.8 billion

118
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When was the School Assurance Bill submitted?

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1961

119
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What was the School Assurance Bill?

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$2.3 billion over the next three years to construct schools and raise teachers salaries.

120
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What schools were excluded from the bill?

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Church schools - Kennedy was a Catholic

121
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Who criticised the bill?

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Roman Catholic Bishops.

122
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How did JFK increase school lunch and milk programmes?

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Executive order

123
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How many kids got free lunches?

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700,000

124
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How many kids got milk?

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85,000

125
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When was the Higher Educational Facilities Act Passed?

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1963

126
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What did the Higher Education Facilities Act do?

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Gave $145 million in grants to graduate schools - science, languages and engineering.

127
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What department did Kennedy make?

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Department of Urban Affairs

128
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When was the Trade Expansion Act passed?

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1962

129
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What did the Trade Expansion Act do?

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Cut tariffs on average of around 35%. President could cut tariffs up to 50% with other countries that would welcome US goods.

130
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What Committee was created through an executive order?

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Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity?

131
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What was the COEEO?

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The first attempt at affirmative action

132
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How high was black unemployment?

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Twice that of white unemployment

133
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When were Food Stamps issued?

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1962

134
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How many people were fed through food stamps?

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240,000

135
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How much did food stamps cost the state?

A

$22 million

136
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What was the Food and Agriculture Act?

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Provided subsidies to farmers.

137
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What did Kennedy declare alarming?

A

River and Stream Pollution

138
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When was the Water Pollution Control Act Amendment passed?

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1961

139
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What happened in 1961 in terms of environmentalism?

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More than 6000 bird were reported dead

140
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When did Rachel Carson release Silent Spring?

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1962

141
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What was Silent Spring?

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Book - pointing the finger of the birds at chemical pesticides.

142
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What was Silent Spring deemed as?

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The most controversial book of the year - calling out industrial malpractice.

143
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Who did Carson take on in 1962?

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Big companies who produced chemicals and supplied them.

144
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What did her book become?

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A wake up call for society for them to realise that their actions have the power to destroy the habitat and the lives of animals.

145
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What was the impact of silent spring on Kennedy?

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Kennedy’s administration revealed that their pesticide control would be looked over again.

146
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What was Carson accused of?

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Being anti-business and anti-American.

147
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How did sexism come into play with Carson?

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Businesses used her gender to justify her “hysterics”

148
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What happened in April 1963?

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Special 60 minute broadcast on ABC on pesticides.

149
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What happened 6 weeks after the broadcast?

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JFK completely back Carson’s case - not just a threat to animals but also humans.

150
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What act was passed in 1963 (environmentalism)?

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Clean Air Act

151
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What did the Clean Air Act do?

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Limited pollution emissions and set up an advisory committee on pesticides.

152
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When did Stuart Udall publish the Quiet Crisis?

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1963

153
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Who was appointed as Head of Service to achieve Udall’s aim?

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George Hertzog

154
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Who was Stuart Udall?

A

Secretary of the Interior

155
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Who was Stuart Udall?

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Secretary of the Interior

156
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How many acres were acquired for Nationalism Park Service?

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3.85 million

157
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How many national monument were added?

A

6

158
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How many national recreation areas were added?

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9

159
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How many historic sites were protected?

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20

160
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How many wildlife refuges were established?

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50

161
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How many national seashores were added?

A

8

162
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When were the Peace Corps created?

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1961

163
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How were the Peace Corps created?

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Executive Order

164
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What were the Peace Corps?

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A programme to send American men and women to developing countries to help transport technical and economic aid.

165
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How many volunteers were there in the first year?

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5000

166
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How many countries were a part of the programme?

A

46

167
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Who was the Peace Corps runs by?

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Kennedy’s brother in law - Sergeant Shriver

168
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What was the approval rating for the Peace Corps?

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71%

169
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Why were the peace corps so popular?

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general hope that it could combat soviet propaganda and win support for capitalism.

170
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What did critics think the peace corps was?

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Yankee Imperialism - young people wanting a holiday.

171
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How much investment did JFK ask for for the Space Programme?

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$7-9 billion over 5 years.

172
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Who was the first man in space?

A

Yuri Gagarin

173
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When did Yuri Gagarin get to space?

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1961

174
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Who were the two astronauts to travel to space in 1961?

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Shepard and Grissom

175
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When did John Glenn orbit the earth?

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1962

176
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What did JFK call for in his 1961 speech?

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A man on the moon before the end of the decade.

177
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What did the technology from the Space Race make?

A

NON STICK PANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

178
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How many people in favour of the moon landing?

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58%

179
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What book did Kinsey write?

A

Sexual Behaviour in the Human Male

180
Q

How many teenagers were sexually active?

A

95%

181
Q

What film was James Dean in?

A

Rebel without a Cause

182
Q

What was Marlon Brando in?

A

Wild One

183
Q

What was so scandalous about Elvis?

A

His hips

184
Q

How was rock and roll categorised?

A

“Black music”

185
Q

What happened to top 10 hits by black people between 1955-63?

A

Increased by 50%

186
Q

What did music allow teens to have?

A

Their own culture

187
Q

What show did Elvis appear on?

A

Ed Sullivan Show

188
Q

What film represented Latinx people?

A

West Side Story

189
Q

What film had the first interracial couple?

A

Island in the Sun 1957

190
Q

What film challenged sex in marriage?

A

Baby Doll 1956

191
Q

What film did Sidney Poitier win Best Actor for?

A

Lilies of the Field

192
Q

When did the Dick Van Dyke show get cancelled?

A

1966

193
Q

What happened to Paths of Glory?

A

Anti-war film 1957 - critically acclaimed but didn’t succeed at the box office.

194
Q

What did suburbs lead to?

A

De Facto segregation

195
Q

What book did William Whyte write?

A

The Organisation Man - mass society - everyone is the same and owns the same thing.

196
Q

What was I Love Lucy about?

A

A housewife

197
Q

When did Father Knows Best start?

A

1953

198
Q

What did advertising target?

A

Subculture to enhance consumerism - companies told people what to buy

199
Q

How much money was spent on advertising in 1950

A

$5.7 billion

200
Q

How much was spent on advertising in 1960?

A

$11.9 billion - more than spent on education

201
Q

How much did TV companies revenue increase?

A

1000%

202
Q

What happened to some “black music”?

A

Southern stations wouldn’t play it.

203
Q

Why did Nat King Cole’s show get cancelled?

A

Didn’t bring enough money in from advertisement - television not as progressive as film.

204
Q

What did cars mean for teenagers?

A

They had more independence

205
Q

What book did Jack Kerouac write?

A

On the Road

206
Q

Who wrote Howl?

A

Alan Ginsburg

207
Q

How many copies of playboy were sold within its first year?

A

100,000

208
Q

Who was the first playmate?

A

Marilyn Monroe

209
Q

When did American Bandstand go national?

A

1957

Edexcel History: USA - Conformity and Challenge (4 decks)

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