America and the Great Society

Question 1

What was Kennedy’s New Frontier?

Answer 1

Domestic policy to eliminate poverty, inequality and deprivation for all Americans

Question 2

What was Johnson’s Great Society?

Answer 2

Johnson wanted to end poverty and carried on JFK’s work

Question 3

Statistics about JFK’s New Frontier? (6)

Answer 3

gave more important jobs to African Americans than any other president
Created CEEO for equal employment opportunities
Cut taxes
$900m available to create new jobs but 4.5m still unemployed by 1963
Increased min hourly wage: $1 - $1.25
Social Security Act improves benefits for elderly + unemployed

Question 4

Statistics about Johnson’s Great Society? (4)

Answer 4

1964 Civil Rights Act
Increased min wage: $1.25 - $1.40
1965 Medical Care Act
Elementary and Secondary Education Act - major funding for schools

Question 5

In 1960, what percentage of the workforce were women?

Answer 5

50%

Question 6

What did the Status Commission report in 1963? (4)

Answer 6

Women earned 60% less for same job
95% managers = men
4% lawyers + 7% doctors = women
In some jobs (eg cabin crew) women legally dismissed if married

Question 7

Who was Betty Friedan? (3) (book, whox2)

Answer 7

Published ‘The Feminine Mystique’
Important figure in feminist movement
One of main people who established NOW in 1966

Question 8

What was NOW? (3) (when, what, number)

Answer 8

Est 1966
Demanded equal rights for women + woman’s right to make own decisions about reproduction
Within few years, 40000 members

Question 9

Which laws introduced in 1960s to bring about equal rights? (2)

Answer 9

1963 Equal Pay Act - paid same for same job (but women still not getting equal pay)
1964 Civil Rights Act - no discrimination in employment based on race or sex

Question 10

How did women gain control over their reproductive rights in 1960s + 70s? (2)

Answer 10

1973 Roe vs Wade case - abortions legal + more widely available

1963 contraceptive pill made available to married couples
- in 1966, 6 million women used it + in 1968, 11 mil

Question 11

What was the Roe vs Wade case?

Answer 11

21 year old Jane Roe had already had 2 children + both adopted, believed she shouldn’t have another child + should have right to abortion
1973 - Supreme Court rules women had right to safe + legal abortions, over-riding anti-abortions laws in many states