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1
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When was the US constitution produced

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1791

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When were the first amendments made

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1791, 1791, 1791, 1865, 1868, 1870, 1920, 1964

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3
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When did the US successfully test their first atomic bomb

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16th July 1945

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4
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When did the US drop 2 atomic bombs on Japan

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6th and 9th August 1945

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5
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When was the Truman Doctrine announced

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March 1947

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6
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When were people allowed to be removed from government posts if there were reasonable grounds

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March 1947

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7
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When was HUAC set up

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1938

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8
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When did HUAC begin public hearings

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1947

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9
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When was the Hollywood ten problem

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October 1947

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10
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When was the Hiss case

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1948-50 (trial in February 1950)

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11
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When was Klaus Fuchs arrested

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February 1950

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12
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When was Ethel ad Julius Rosenberg’s trial

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March 1951

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13
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When were the Rosenbergs executed

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19th June 1953

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14
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When was the McCarran Internal Security Act passed

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August 1950

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15
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When did McCarthy become Wisconsin senator

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1946

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16
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By when was McCarthy leading a new senate sub committee

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Autumn of 1953

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17
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When did the McCarthy army hearing begin

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Spring 1954

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18
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When did Ed Murrow broadcast an episode of see it now show on McCarthy

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9th March 1954

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19
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When did the senate formally condemn McCarthy for improper conduct

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2nd December 1954

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20
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When did McCarthy die

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1957

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21
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When did the supreme court rule the Plessy versus Fergurson case

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1896

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22
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When was Brown versus Topeka case

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1951-54

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23
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From when did the KKK begin to use bombs

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January 1956

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24
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When was Emmet Till’s body found

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31st August 1955

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25
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When did Rosa Parks refuse to move on the bus

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1st December 1955

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26
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When was Rosa Park’s trial

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5th December 1955

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27
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When was the Montgomery improvement association set up

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5th December 1955

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28
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When was MLK’s house bombed

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30th January 1956

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29
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When did Browder versus Gayle begin

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1st February 1956

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30
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When did the Montgomery bus boycott end

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20th December 1956

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31
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When was the Tallahassee bus boycott

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1956-58

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32
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When was the civil rights act passed

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9th September 1957

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33
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When was Little Rock

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1957

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34
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When did senator Faubus close all high schools in Arkansas

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September 1958

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35
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When did 4 students from North Carolina college sit at whites-only lunch counter

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1st February 1960

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36
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When did the supreme court confirm that interstate transport should be desegregated

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December 1960

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37
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When did freedom rides start

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1961

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38
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When did the freedom rides end

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End of 1961

39
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When did James Meredith apply for Mississippi University

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May 1961

40
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When did Meredith register for Mississippi university

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1st October 1962

41
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When was Martin Luther King born

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1929

42
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When was MLK assassinated

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4th April 1968

43
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When was the children’s march

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2nd May 1963

44
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When was JFK assassinated

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November 1963

45
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When was the Washington March

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28th August 1963

46
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When were Michael Schermer, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney arrested

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21st June 1964

47
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When did the Selma March start

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Sunday 7th March 1965

48
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When did Johnson take control of Alabama National Guard

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17th March 1965

49
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When was the civil rights act passed

A

2nd July 1964

50
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When did the voting rights act become law

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6th August 1965

51
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When did the voting rights act become law

A

6th August 1965

52
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When was the Nation of Islam set up

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July 1930

53
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When was Malcolm X assassinated

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21st February 1965

54
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When did James Meredith lead the ‘march against fear’

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June 1966

55
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When was the black panthers set up

A

October 1966

56
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When did Nixon become president

A

January 1969

57
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When was the poor people’s campaign announced

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December 1967

58
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When did Swann versus Charlotte-Mecklenberg Board of education decide that bussing was allowed

A

1971

59
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When did Milliken versus Bradely said bussing was allowed only where segregation was deliberate and wasn’t allowed across school districts

A

1974

60
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When was the equal opportunity act passed

A

1972

61
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When were the sit-ins

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1960-61

62
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When did students for a democratic society hold its first meeting at Michigan University

A

1960

63
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When were the protests at Berkeley

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1964-65

64
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When did FSM organise a rally and sit-in of the administration building

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2nd December

65
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When did the SDS declare opposition to the Vietnam War

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October 1965

66
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When was the Kent State University protest

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4th May 1970

67
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When was Eleanor Roosevelt first lady

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1933-62

68
Q

When was Eleanor Roosevelt first lady

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1933-62

69
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When was Eleanor Roosevelt first lady

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1933-62

70
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When was Eleanor Roosevelt first lady

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1933-62

71
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When was the Presidnet’s commission on the status of women in December 1961 created

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December 1961

72
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When did the supreme court rule Griswold versus Conneticut that all married women should be able to ise birth control

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1965

73
Q

When was the feminine mystique published

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1963

74
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When was the national organisation for women set up

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June 1966

75
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When did NOW organise the women’s strike for equality

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26th August

76
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When was abortion made illegal

A

1960

77
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When was the equal rights amendment to contitution passed

A

1972

78
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When did the educational amendment make all sexual discrimination in education illegal

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1972

79
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When did the equal credit opportunity act make it illegal to refuse credit on basis of gender

A

1974

80
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When did Nixon become president

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20th January 1969

81
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When were 5 men arrested for breaking into offices of national democratic committee in Watergate

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17th june 1972

82
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When did the watergate trial begin

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8th January 1973

83
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When was the select committee on presidential campaign activities set up

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7th April 1973

84
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When did the supreme court order nixon to release the recordings of his meetings/phone calls

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24th July 1973

85
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When was the smoking gun revealed

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5th august 1974

86
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When was the smoking gun recording from

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23rd June 1972

87
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When did Nixon Resign

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9th August 1974

88
Q

When was the House and Senate Open Meeting Rules passed

A

1973

89
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When was the War Powers act passed

A

1973

90
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When was the Election Campaign Act passed

A

1974

91
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When was the Freedom of Information Act passed

A

1974

92
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When was the Privacy Act passed

A

1974

93
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When was the Congressional Budget Control Act passed

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1974

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