America Q5

Question 1

How much was made available to help businesses create jobs by Kennedy?

Answer 1

$900 million

Question 2

How much did Kennedy set aside to improve housing and clear slums?

Answer 2

$4.9 billion

Question 3

How many homes did Johnston build in 1965?

Answer 3

240,000

Question 4

How much did Johnston spend improving housing ?

Answer 4

$2.9 billion

Question 5

What medical insurance did Johnston create?

Answer 5

Medicare and Medicaid for over 65s and poor people

Question 6

Civil rights- when was Little Rock?

Answer 6

1957

Question 7

What happened at Little Rock?

Answer 7

9 black kids tried too attend high school in Little Rock but were denied.
Johnston sent state troopers for 6 weeks too protect them

Question 8

Civil rights- results of bus boycott

Answer 8

Bus company lost 65% of income and buses became desegregated by 1956

Question 9

Civil rights- MARCH ON WASHINGTON when was it?

Answer 9

1963

Question 10

What happened at the March on Washington?

Answer 10

MLK gave ‘ I have a dream speech ‘ to 200,000 black and 50,000 white Americans

Question 11

Feminist movements- what did the NOW bill of rights do?

Answer 11

Maternity leave
Banned sexual discrimination
Equal job opportunities

Question 12

When was the NOW bill of rights created?

Answer 12

1966

Question 13

When was the equal pay act created?

Answer 13

1963

Question 14

What did the equal pay act state?

Answer 14

Women should be paid the same as men, but there were many exceptions

Question 15

What percentage of men’s wages did women get?

Answer 15

70%