Dates Flashcards
When was the US constitution produced
1791
When were the first amendments made
1791, 1791, 1791, 1865, 1868, 1870, 1920, 1964
When did the US successfully test their first atomic bomb
16th July 1945
When did the US drop 2 atomic bombs on Japan
6th and 9th August 1945
When was the Truman Doctrine announced
March 1947
When were people allowed to be removed from government posts if there were reasonable grounds
March 1947
When was HUAC set up
1938
When did HUAC begin public hearings
1947
When was the Hollywood ten problem
October 1947
When was the Hiss case
1948-50 (trial in February 1950)
When was Klaus Fuchs arrested
February 1950
When was Ethel ad Julius Rosenberg’s trial
March 1951
When were the Rosenbergs executed
19th June 1953
When was the McCarran Internal Security Act passed
August 1950
When did McCarthy become Wisconsin senator
1946
By when was McCarthy leading a new senate sub committee
Autumn of 1953
When did the McCarthy army hearing begin
Spring 1954
When did Ed Murrow broadcast an episode of see it now show on McCarthy
9th March 1954
When did the senate formally condemn McCarthy for improper conduct
2nd December 1954
When did McCarthy die
1957
When did the supreme court rule the Plessy versus Fergurson case
1896
When was Brown versus Topeka case
1951-54
From when did the KKK begin to use bombs
January 1956
When was Emmet Till’s body found
31st August 1955
When did Rosa Parks refuse to move on the bus
1st December 1955
When was Rosa Park’s trial
5th December 1955
When was the Montgomery improvement association set up
5th December 1955
When was MLK’s house bombed
30th January 1956
When did Browder versus Gayle begin
1st February 1956
When did the Montgomery bus boycott end
20th December 1956
When was the Tallahassee bus boycott
1956-58
When was the civil rights act passed
9th September 1957
When was Little Rock
1957
When did senator Faubus close all high schools in Arkansas
September 1958
When did 4 students from North Carolina college sit at whites-only lunch counter
1st February 1960
When did the supreme court confirm that interstate transport should be desegregated
December 1960
When did freedom rides start
1961
When did the freedom rides end
End of 1961
When did James Meredith apply for Mississippi University
May 1961
When did Meredith register for Mississippi university
1st October 1962
When was Martin Luther King born
1929
When was MLK assassinated
4th April 1968
When was the children’s march
2nd May 1963
When was JFK assassinated
November 1963
When was the Washington March
28th August 1963
When were Michael Schermer, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney arrested
21st June 1964
When did the Selma March start
Sunday 7th March 1965
When did Johnson take control of Alabama National Guard
17th March 1965
When was the civil rights act passed
2nd July 1964
When did the voting rights act become law
6th August 1965
When did the voting rights act become law
6th August 1965
When was the Nation of Islam set up
July 1930
When was Malcolm X assassinated
21st February 1965
When did James Meredith lead the ‘march against fear’
June 1966
When was the black panthers set up
October 1966
When did Nixon become president
January 1969
When was the poor people’s campaign announced
December 1967
When did Swann versus Charlotte-Mecklenberg Board of education decide that bussing was allowed
1971
When did Milliken versus Bradely said bussing was allowed only where segregation was deliberate and wasn’t allowed across school districts
1974
When was the equal opportunity act passed
1972
When were the sit-ins
1960-61
When did students for a democratic society hold its first meeting at Michigan University
1960
When were the protests at Berkeley
1964-65
When did FSM organise a rally and sit-in of the administration building
2nd December
When did the SDS declare opposition to the Vietnam War
October 1965
When was the Kent State University protest
4th May 1970
When was Eleanor Roosevelt first lady
1933-62
When was Eleanor Roosevelt first lady
1933-62
When was Eleanor Roosevelt first lady
1933-62
When was Eleanor Roosevelt first lady
1933-62
When was the Presidnet’s commission on the status of women in December 1961 created
December 1961
When did the supreme court rule Griswold versus Conneticut that all married women should be able to ise birth control
1965
When was the feminine mystique published
1963
When was the national organisation for women set up
June 1966
When did NOW organise the women’s strike for equality
26th August
When was abortion made illegal
1960
When was the equal rights amendment to contitution passed
1972
When did the educational amendment make all sexual discrimination in education illegal
1972
When did the equal credit opportunity act make it illegal to refuse credit on basis of gender
1974
When did Nixon become president
20th January 1969
When were 5 men arrested for breaking into offices of national democratic committee in Watergate
17th june 1972
When did the watergate trial begin
8th January 1973
When was the select committee on presidential campaign activities set up
7th April 1973
When did the supreme court order nixon to release the recordings of his meetings/phone calls
24th July 1973
When was the smoking gun revealed
5th august 1974
When was the smoking gun recording from
23rd June 1972
When did Nixon Resign
9th August 1974
When was the House and Senate Open Meeting Rules passed
1973
When was the War Powers act passed
1973
When was the Election Campaign Act passed
1974
When was the Freedom of Information Act passed
1974
When was the Privacy Act passed
1974
When was the Congressional Budget Control Act passed
1974
