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The Emergency Quotation Act

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1921

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Schools change requirements for school to be area, not skin colour

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Brown vs Board, May 1954

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Sacco and Vanzetti execution

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1927

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First Civil Rights Act

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1964

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Second Civil Rights Act

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1968

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March on Selma for voting rights

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January 1965

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Voting right act

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1965

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Watts Riots

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August 1965

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Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr

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4th April 1968

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March on Washington, “I have a dream” speech

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28th August 1963

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President Kennedy assassination

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22nd November 1963

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Outlaw of racial discrimination

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2nd July 1964

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Montgomery Bus Boycott

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1955-6

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Feminine Mystique

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A book written by Betty Friedan , starting the Feminine movement

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National Organisation for Women (NOW)

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Set up in 1966 by Betty Friedan and others

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Bill of rights from NOW

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1967

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Equal Pay Act

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1963

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Equal Rights Amendments Act

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1972

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Roe vs Wade 1973

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Abortion is made legal within the first three months of pregnancy

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Roe vs Wade overruled

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24th June 2022

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Phylis Schlafy

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Leader of STOP ERA

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STOP ERA

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opposed the change, was successful

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ERA defeated

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By 3 votes in 1982

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Civil Rights Movement Tactics

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Boycotts, marches, speeches, freedom rides, protests, sit-ins, legal challenges, sometimes violence

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Women’s Movement Tactics
Legal challenges, marches, direct action, ordinary people involvement, speeches, strikes, no violence
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Firsts Talkie/ Non-silent movie
The Jazz Singer, 1927
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Prohibition Act + year
The Volstead Act, 1920
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Laissez faire
No government involvement
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Groups that didn’t benefit from the boom
African Americans, unemployed, poor, farmers, older industries
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The Wall Street Crash
28th October 1929
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Prohibition ends
1933
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St Valentines Days Massacre
14th February 1929
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Alphabet Agencies
Organisations created to help different groups of people and address key issues contributing to the Great Depression
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FCA
Farm Credit Administration gave money to farmers who were struggling to pay their debts. Around 20 per cent of farmers benefitted from this scheme.
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AAA
Agricultural Adjustment Agency paid farmers to produce less so prices could rise and farmers could make more profits. This was criticised as farmers were paid to destroy food.
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CCC
Civilian Conservation Corps gave around 3 million unemployed men aged 18-25 jobs on conservation projects
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PWA
Public Works Administration created jobs by paying unemployed people to build schools, bridges and dams
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WPA
Works Progress Administration replaced the PWA in 1935. It created millions of jobs in construction and public buildings
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NRA
National Recovery Administration set fair prices, wages and working conditions
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TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority redeveloped the Dust Bowl. This had suffered from soil erosion and flooding, and the people who lived there were generally poor. The TVA created dams to improve soil quality and generate electricity.
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Popular culture
movies, radio, night baseball, libraries, comics, celebrities
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McCarthyism
Started my Sennator Joeseph McCarthy, to make accusations of treason without evidence
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American Dream
The belief that everyone has the right to be successful
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New Deal
Roosevelt's policies to improve, to relieve poverty, reduce unemployment and bring economic recovery
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3 R's
Relief, Recovery Reform
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Bonus March
War veterans marching on Washington to get their war pensions early. They were stopped with tear gas and guns.
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NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People
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Nation of Islam
A black nationalist group led by Malcolm X
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SNCC
Student Non-Violent Coordination Comittee set up in 1960. They led the sit-in protests
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SCLC
Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Set up in 1957 by MLK and took part in many Civil Rights protests.
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CORE
Congress of Racial Equality. Set up in 1942 by James Farmer and they led the freedom rides.
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Fireside chats
Roosevelt's radio broadcasts to the nation. His way of reassuring the Americna public.
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Temperance Movement
A Christian group that campaigned for prohibition
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Economic Opportunities Act
1964, improved educational and training for disadvantedged people so they could find work
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Development Act
1964, provided money to remove slum housing
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Medicare and Medicaid
1965, provided medical insurance for the over 65s and hospital care for the poor.
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FERA
Federal Emergency Relief Administration, provided soup kitchens, nurseries, blankets
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HOLC
Home Owners Loan Corporation, rescued around 20% of Americna Morgages
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Hoovervilles
shanty towns for homeless people
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Ku Klux Klan
violent, white supremacist group

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