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Kennedy AO1 Flashcards

1
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how many watched the televised debate

A

70 million

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2
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what % did kennedy win by

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0.17%

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3
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how many votes did kennedy lose due to being catholic

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1.5 million

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4
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how many construction jobs were created

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420,000

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5
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how much did the 1961 Area Development Act give to extend employment opportunities to poorer states

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$394 million

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6
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how many job / training programmes did the Area Development Act create and how many people benefitted

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26,000 jobs created

15,000 benefited from training programmes

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7
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what did the Minimum Wage Act do

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raised minimum wage from 25 cents to $1.25

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what did the Omnibus Housing Act 1961 do

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$5 billion to extend existing programs e.g Urban Renewal and Public Housing

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9
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what did the 1963 Equal Pay Act do

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allowed 171,000 women to reclaim pay amounting to $84 million over next 10 years

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10
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how much was given to NASA to get an american on the moon by end of 1960s

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$9 billion

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11
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by 1963 how many billy kennedy submitted for approval had been passed?

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35/58

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12
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how much did farm incomes decrease since 1951

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decreased 25%

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13
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how many were unemployed under kennedy

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5.5 million

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14
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in 1960 how many students signed petition saying they would be part of peace corps

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1000

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15
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when was bay of pigs

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1961

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16
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how many americans surrendered and how many were killed at bay of pigs

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2506 surrendered

100 killed

17
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to how many people did kennedy present his “ich bin ein Berliner” speech to

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450,000 people

18
Q

how many military advisors did kennedy send to vietnam and what did this increase to by 1963 to aid Diem in south

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800

raised to 23,000

19
Q

when was the battle of Ap Bac

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1963

20
Q

how many people were in the white mob that attacked the freedom riders

A

200 person white mob

21
Q

how many marshals were sent to help the freedom riders against the mobs

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400 federal marshals

22
Q

how many protestors tested the Interstate Commerce Commissions ban on segregation

A

500 protestors

23
Q

when MLK was arrested what were his 2 choices

A

45 days in jail - chose to gain publicity

$178 fine

24
Q

Ole Mississippi statistics

A

2 bystanders die
206 marshall’s wounded
200 arrested

25
Q

in birmingham how many of the children doing freedom rides were arrested

A

959

26
Q

what did conner raise the bail bond for those who were arrested to

A

$200-$1,500

27
Q

how many troops were stationed in the suburbs in the event of trouble in the March on Washington

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19,000

28
Q

how many people joined he march on washington and what fraction were white ?

A

250,000 people joined

1/4 were white

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