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Question 1

When was the cultural revolution?

Answer 1

1966 to 1976

Question 2

Which act with what date made crack to cocaine 1: 100

Answer 2

Anti-Drug Abuse Act 1986

Question 3

Which acts increased mandatory minimum sentences associated with drug use?

Answer 3

Comprehensive Crime Control Act 1984 + Anti-Drug Abuse Act 1986, 1988 ->

This act mandated a minimum sentence of 5 years without parole for possession of 5 grams of crack cocaine while it mandated the same for possession of 500 grams of powder cocaine. This 100:1 disparity was reduced to 18:1, when crack was increased to 28 grams (1 ounce) by the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010.

Question 4

Who wrote “The Good Women of China”

Answer 4

Xue Xinran

Question 5

When did Malcolm X finish parole?

Answer 5

August 1952

Question 6

When did Malcolm X leave Nation of Islam?

Answer 6

March 1964

Question 7

When and where did Cassius Clay beat Sonny Liston? How old was he?

Answer 7

Feb 1964, Miami Beach Florida, 22

Question 8

What was the significance of Cassius Clay’s win?

Answer 8

Underdog - youngest boxer to take the title from a reigning heavy weight champion

Question 9

When did Deng Xiaoping serve as Vice Chairman of the Communist Party China?

Answer 9

1977-1982

Question 10

When did Mao die?

Answer 10

9th Sept 1976

Question 11

What did Dengxiao Ping do?

Answer 11

• Beijing Spring 1977 - post cultural revolution
• 1982 - Mao 7 parts good 3 parts bad “On the various historical issues since the founding of the People’s Republic of China”
• 1978 onwards -> opened up China to foreign markets + market model