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1
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When was the Civil Rights Act Passed?

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1964

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What did the CRA do?

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Ended most legal segregation used against black Americans

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When was the Selma March?

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1965

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4
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What was the Selma March?

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March from Selma to Montgomery - protest against voting requirements

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5
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When did MLK try to desegregate housing in Chicago?

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1966

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6
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Why did the attempt to desegregate housing fail?

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Met with violence and opposition from Richard Daley and underestimated the resistance from white neighbourhoods.

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7
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What happened in 1968?

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MLK supports the Poor People’s campaign for greater social equality

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8
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What limited MLK’s success?

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More radical groups gained more success

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9
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When was MLK assassinated?

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April 1968

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10
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What lost MLK presidential support?

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Opposing the Vietnam War

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11
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When were the Watts Riots?

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1965

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What were the Watts Riots?

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A violent example of the emerging alternatives to the traditional Civil Rights movement that focused on ending legal segregation in the Old South.

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13
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Who was Malcolm X

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Civil rights leader who advocated for separatism and more violent methods.

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14
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What was Malcolm X a member of?

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Nation of Islam

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15
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What group expelled all whites in 1966?

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SNCC

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16
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Who was replaced by Henry Rap Brown?

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Stokely Carmichal

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17
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Who elected Floyd McKissick as chairpersons?

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CORE

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18
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Who was Floyd McKissick?

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Supported global wars of liberation

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19
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When was the Black Panther Party created?

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1966

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20
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Who inspired the Black Panthers?

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Communists - Che Guevara

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21
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What did Rap Brown call for in 1967?

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Black Americans to take over white-owned stores in black ghettoes (using force, if necessary)

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22
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When were whites excluded from CORE?

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1968

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23
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Who replaced McKissick?

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Roy Innis

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24
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Who gave the Black Power Salute at the 1968 Olympics?

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Tommy Smith and John Carlos

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25
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Who was killed by COINTELPRO?

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Fred Hampton

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26
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Where were the Black Panthers founded?

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Oakland

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27
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What did the Black Panthers support?

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Black power and black pride

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28
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What did the Black Panthers want to end?

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Police brutality and end economic struggles of black people

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29
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What programmes did the Black Panthers have?

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Grassroots programmes - breakfast programmes, legal aid and medical clinics

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30
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What methods did the Black Panthers use?

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Vigilante patrols in ghettos, carry weapons - violent methods.

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31
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What was the Black Panther uniform?

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Leather jackets, black berets, natural hair, gloves, sunglasses.

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32
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Who was the leader of the Black Panthers?

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Huey Newton and Bobby G Seale

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33
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When was the grape boycott?

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1965

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34
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Who were the UFU?

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United Farmworkers’ Union

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35
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Who did the UFU support?

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Exploited latina/latino workers

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36
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How many new voters were there by 1965?

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100,000

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37
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What did immigration legislation mean?

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Influx of foreign workers willing to work for lower wages

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38
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Why did student protests increase?

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Students were the ones being drafted for the Vietnam war

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39
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What was the average age of conscriptions for the war?

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19

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40
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Why was the war seen as pointless?

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Tet Offensive, My Lai Massacre, Walter Cronkite, Sitting Room war and the draft

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41
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What was counter culture rebelling against?

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The establishment

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42
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What influenced student protests?

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Civil rights movement

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43
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How many students were in higher education?

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50%

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44
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How many students were gaining degrees?

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20%

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45
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What was the influence of the age of majority being 21?

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Colleges were more paternalistic

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46
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What was the influence of the age of majority being 21?

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Colleges were more paternalistic

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47
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What does SDS stand for?

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Students for a Democratic Society

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48
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What did Tom Hayden want in 1965?

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A second march on Washington

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49
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What was published in 1962?

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Port Huron Statement

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50
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What happened in 1964 at UoC?

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Protests over lifting the ban against political activity

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51
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How many people turned up in Central Park in 1967?

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500,000

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52
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How many demonstrations were there in 1968?

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221

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53
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What was the issue at Colombia?

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Students were against the university having weapons contracts

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54
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When was the Kent State Massacre?

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1970 - Ohio

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55
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What happened at Berkley UCLA?

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Teach ins - lock ins of classrooms

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56
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Why did Berkley students protest?

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They were prevented from exercising freedom of speech

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57
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How many students were arrested?

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800

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58
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When was the Berkley protest?

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1964

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59
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How did the Hippies protest?

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Took drugs - LSD especially

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60
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Who inspired the Hippies?

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British Rock Music and other aspects of counter culture

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61
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Why did the Hippies protest?

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Rejecting their parents generation

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62
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Who founded NOW?

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Betty Friedan

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63
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When was NOW founded?

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1966

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64
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What organisation did NOW crash?

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Miss America Pageant 1968 - crowned a sheep Miss America

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65
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What gave women more autonomy over their body?

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The Pill

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66
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What were College Students protesting?

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The War - believed young men shouldn’t be drafted

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67
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Who did College students take their protests to?

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Police - met with police brutality

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68
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How did LBJ respond?

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Did not accept a second term as president

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69
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When was RFK killed?

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1968

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70
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When was the DNC?

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1968

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71
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What did Daley do the Chicago?

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Put it under police control

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72
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What did the SDS want to do?

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Have their say in who was nominated

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73
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Who was involved in the DNC protests?

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SDS and Yippies

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74
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What did the authorities do?

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Make an example out of protesters

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75
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Why did people vote for Nixon?

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Wanted someone to restore law and order

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76
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When was Woodstock?

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1969

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77
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When was the Summer of Love?

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1967

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78
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How much money was a woman making in 1963?

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$0.59 to every dollar a man makes

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79
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What jobs were women expected to take?

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Secretaries, teachers, seamstress, waitress

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80
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When was Feminine Mystique written?

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1963

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81
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What did the Feminine Mystique highlight?

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Women have a desire to be something more than a housewife
Suburbs were comfortable concentration camps

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82
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What was the Pill first given the green light for?

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Extreme Menstrual distress in 1957

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83
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What book did Helen Gurley Brown write in 1962?

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Sex and the Single Girl

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84
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What did Sex and the Single Girl highlight?

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Inequalities between men and women in regards to sexuality and sex

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85
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What SCOTUS case allowed married couples to get the pill?

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Griswold vs Connecticut 1965

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86
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What inspired the women’s Lib movement?

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Civil Rights movement - women were seen as second rate citizens in the civil rights movement therefore need their own movement

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87
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How women were in regular employment in 1965?

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25 million

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88
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What % of married women with children had a full or part time job?

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40%

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89
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What % of married women with children had a full or part time job by 1968?

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40%

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90
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What happened to the proportion of women 20-24 in employment?

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Rose from 50%-61%

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91
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What did the Civil Rights Act do for women?

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Section VII of the Act outlawed discrimination in employment on the basis of sex

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92
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What was formed in 1967 and 1968?

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Womens Liberation Movement

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93
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What did Gloria Steinem do?

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Write “A Bunny’s Tale”

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94
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Who else was a major figure in the Women’s lib movement?

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Shulasmith Firestone + Ti-Grace Atkinson

95
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What did the Education Act do in 1972?

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Schools to receive federal funding to eliminate sex discrimination

96
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What % of athletic programme students were female in 1971?

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7%

97
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When was the ERA approved by congress?

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1972

98
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How many states ratified the amendment?

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28

99
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When was Roe vs Wade?

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1973

100
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What was the first gay rights group to be founded?

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Mattachine Society

101
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When was the Mattachine Society founded?

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1950

102
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What did Eisenhower do in 1953?

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Issued an executive order saying that homosexuality was a sufficient reason to fire a federal employee.

103
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What did Eisenhower do in 1953?

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Issued an executive order saying that homosexuality was a sufficient reason to fire a federal employee.

104
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What were gay men and lesbian women subject to?

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Police intimidation

105
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What were gay men and lesbian women subject to?

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Police intimidation

106
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When was the Daughters of Bilitis set up?

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1955

107
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Who set up the Daughters of Bilitis?

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Rose Bamberger and 8 other women

108
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What was the name of the DOB newletter?

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the Ladder - started in 1956

109
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What did DOB shift to?

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Lesbian civil and political rights and support for those afraid to come out.

110
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When were LGBTQ sit ins in Greensboro?

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1960

111
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Who founded Mattachine DC in 1961?

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Dr Franklin E. Kameny - radicalised after being fired for not disclosing his sexual orientation

112
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What did Dr E Kameny instrumental in?

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Overturning DC’s sodomy laws and having homosexuality not being a mental disorder

113
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Who was the first openly gay person to run for public office?

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Jose Sarria for the position on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors

114
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What group did Sarria form?

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Tavern Guild - help bars coordinate against police harassment in gay bars

115
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What did Reed Erickson found in 1964?

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Erickson Education Foundation to fund research to support trans youth

116
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What happened in 1965 in Washington?

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Group march in front of the White House to protests at the repression of gay people in USA and Cuba

117
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What happened between 1965-69?

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Pickets outside the Independence Hall in Philadelphia every fourth of July

118
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What happened April 25 1965?

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Three teenagers staged a sit in at a restaurant in Philly protesting the establishment’s refusal to serve homosexuals

119
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What happened April 25 1965?

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Three teenagers staged a sit in at a restaurant in Philly protesting the establishment’s refusal to serve homosexuals

120
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What happened 17th June 1969?

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Stone Wall Riots - police raided the stonewall inn and those inside fought back

121
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Who threw the first brick

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Marsh P Johnson

122
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What is Stonewall considered?

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Birth of the Gay Liberation movement

123
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How long did the stonewall riots last?

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Three days

124
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What was founded in 1969?

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Gay Activists Alliance

125
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What was founded by Bunny Eisenhower and Lee Brewster?

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Queens Liberation Front

126
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What did NOW do in 1971?

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Passed a resolution stating that “a woman’s right to her own person includes the right to define and express her own sexuality and to choose her own lifestyle”

127
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When was homosexuality no longer considered a mental illness?

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1973

128
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When was Harvey Milk elected as the first openly gay official of San Francisco?

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1977

129
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Who was given power to take action against violations of the CRA?

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Attorney General

130
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When was the VRA passed?

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1965

131
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How many black people in Mississippi became registered?

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6% to 60%

132
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How many black people in Alabama registered?

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18% to 54%

133
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In which state did registration decline?

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Virginia - 44% to 43%

134
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What amendment outlawed poll taxes

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24th Amendment

135
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What act was passed in 1968?

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Fair Housing Act

136
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What did the Fair Housing Act do?

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Outlawed discrimination over housing

137
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What did LBJ do in 1965?

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Executive Order to spread affirmative action

138
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When was the Elementary and Secondary Education Act passed?

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1965

139
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What did the Elementary and Secondary Education Act do?

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Aimed to help deprived children with federal funds - $1 billion a year to schools with a high concentration of low incomes children

140
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What did local officials do to the programme?

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Prevented it from becoming an anti-poverty programme

141
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What % of the funds went to those living above the poverty line?

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50%

142
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What programmes encouraged children into pre-school classes?

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Headstart programmes

143
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How many children did Headstart programmes help?

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8 million

144
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When was the Bilingual Education Act passed?

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1968

145
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What did the Bilingual Education Act do?

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More aid for non-English speakers

146
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When was the Higher Education Act passed?

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1968

147
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What did the Higher Education Act do?

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Strengthen colleges and unis and provide financial assistance for students.

148
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What did the Higher education help?

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Raise the number of students from 15% to 34% in 1970

149
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When was the Higher Education Act reauthorised?

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1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1980, 1986, 1992, 1998 and 2008.

150
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When was the Appalachian Development Act continued by LBJ?

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1965

151
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What did the Appalachian Development Act do?

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Raise the standard of living in the Appalachia

152
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When was the Housing and Urban Development Act passed?

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1965

153
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How many houses were funded through the Housing and Urban Development Act?

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240,000

154
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How much money was given for urban renewal?

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$2.9 million

155
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What department was set up?

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Department of Housing and Urban Development

156
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What act was passed in 1966?

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Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Act

157
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What did the Demonstration Cities and metropolitan Act do?

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Offered local government 80% grants to deal with issues like crime prevention, healthcare and job creation

158
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How much money was it allowed to spend in 1966?

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$412 million

159
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ow much was it allowed to spend in 1967?

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$512 million

160
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When did Congress cut funding for the Demonstration Cities and metropolitan Act?

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1967

161
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What did congress members want?

A

Something for their constituency

162
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How many houses were proposed by the Housing Act 1968?

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26 million homes in 10 years

163
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How much funding was provided via the Housing Act?

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$1.7 million - led to cheaply made homes

164
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How much of the wealth did the top 20% own?

A

77%

165
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How much of the wealth did the bottom 20% own?

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0.5%

166
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What was the state of poverty in 1962?

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20-25% of Americans had barely enough money for food and accommodation

167
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When was the Economic Opportunity Act passed?

A

1964

168
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What did the EOA do?

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Established the Office of Economic Opportunity - task of coordinating a variety of initiatives to eradicate poverty in the US.

169
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What was the domestic version of the Peace Corps?

A

Volunteers in Service to America

170
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How many volunteers in 1968?

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3000

171
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What was also created?

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Community Action Programmes - way to allow the poor to play a part in federal programmes.

172
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What happened to CAPs?

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Overtaken by militants who criticised LBJ for not doing enough.

173
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When were Job Corps introduced?

A

1964

174
Q

What were Job Corps?

A

Improve the skills of unemployed inner-city youths.

175
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How much did the Job Corps cost?

A

$10 billion - 53 centres

176
Q

How many families were in poverty in 1959?

A

40 million

177
Q

How many families were in poverty in 1968?

A

28 million

178
Q

How many families were in poverty in 1970?

A

25 million

179
Q

How many states had anti-poverty programmes?

A

44

180
Q

How many VISTA volunteers in 1968?

A

8000

181
Q

How much was distributed in rural loans in 1968?

A

$17 million

182
Q

What proportion of non-white families were still below the poverty line?

A

1/3

183
Q

What was introduced for the elderly?

A

Medicare and Medicaid

184
Q

What act was passed in 1965?

A

Social Security Act

185
Q

What happened to prices following the Social Security Act ?

A

Snowballed - increased the amount spent to over $2 billion

186
Q

What did hippies do?

A

Take drugs

187
Q

What were hippies’ views towards sex?

A

Liberal

188
Q

Which bands influenced the hippie movement?

A

Beatles, Rolling Stones

189
Q

When was Woodstock?

A

1969

190
Q

Where was the centre of counterculture in San Fran?

A

Haight Ashbury

191
Q

Example of a subsection of counterculture?

A

Flower Power

192
Q

Example of an anti-war song?

A

All you need is love - Beatles

193
Q

What was the most monumental year?

A

1968

194
Q

How many troops attack in the Tet?

A

70,000

195
Q

When did LBJ exit the presidential race?

A

March 31st

196
Q

When was MLK assassinated?

A

4th April

197
Q

When was RFK shot?

A

5th June - after winning the primary

198
Q

What were the silent majority?

A

Middle America- those people who are not under the poverty line but aren’t affluent - not benefitting from the Great Society nor are they experiencing the life of luxury

199
Q

What proportion of America was the silent majority?

A

55%

200
Q

What values did the silent majority have?

A

Traditional values - law and order - belief in the American Dream

201
Q

What did Nixon dub the counter culture movement?

A

Militant minority

202
Q

Who said Vietnam was a losing battle?

A

Walter Cronkite

203
Q

What does Nixon promise?

A

An honourable end to Vietnam - “peace with honour”

204
Q

What does LBJ promise?

A

Stop the bombing in Vietnam

205
Q

What sitcom was popular?

A

All in the Family - main character hates counter-culture

206
Q

What TV show did Nixon appear on?

A

Laugh In - coined the term “sock it to me”

207
Q

What was the Tet Offensive?

A

Vietnam troops assault most major cities that were occupied by American troops - manage to take the US embassy in Saigon - massive set back for American in the media.

208
Q

When was the My Lai massacre?

A

1968 - over 200 unarmed civilians are killed

209
Q

What did the Pentagon Papers do?

A

Expose military actions - lead to a rise in distrust in the government

210
Q

What was the hard hat riot?

A

Workers protesting against the protestors against the war

211
Q

When was the Kent State massacre?

A

4th May 1970

212
Q

What happened at Kent State?

A

4 killed after 900 members of the National Guard deployed - protest against the 150,000 extra troops to Vietnam - 28 troops fire on students

213
Q

What did opinion polls think of the Kent State massacre?

A

The National Guard acted reasonably

214
Q

How many of the National Guard were charged?

A

8 - never given a prison sentence

215
Q

How many colleges shut down?

A

500 colleges

216
Q

What did Nixon aim to do in terms of civil rights?

A

Slow down desegregation

217
Q

What did Nixon support in 1971 and 1973

A

Bussing of students from one neighbourhood to another - end de facto segregation

218
Q

What was the response to the bussing of students?

A

Huge backlash - accusations of wrenching children from their families

219
Q

What did Nixon want?

A

What the law required and nothing more

220
Q

What did he claim to dislike?

A

Affirmative action - however his administration helped minorities

221
Q

What did the promotion of affirmative actions do?

A

Ensure its entrenchment in federal government agencies and contractors

222
Q

What did Nixon oppose?

A

Extensions of the VRA

223
Q

What did he try to do?

A

Appoint southern white judges to the US Supreme Court but blocked by congress.

224
Q

What was more important to Nixon than environmentalism?

A

Jobs

225
Q

What spurred Nixon’s change of tack on environmentalism?

A

The spontaneous combustion of Ohios polluted Cuyahoga River

226
Q

What did Nixon do?

A

Produced environmental legislation on endangered species (1969), clean air (1970) and coasts (1972), established the Environmental Protection Agency (1970) and created 642 parks.

227
Q

What did Nixon eliminate?

A

Inefficient policies of the great society - reformed the “welfare mess

228
Q

What did he shrink?

A

OEO

229
Q

How many Job Corps centres were closed?

A

59

230
Q

What was the Family Assistance Plan?

A

Welfare recipients would only receive $1,600 per annum, second there were work requirements, third number of bureaucrats was decreased.

231
Q

How many more Americans would be eligible for federal aid?

A

13 million - rejected by Congress

232
Q

What Act did Nixon veto?

A

1971 Child Development Act

233
Q

What would the 1971 Child Development Act have done?

A

Provided free childcare to enable poor mothers to work

234
Q

What did Nixon increase federal spending on?

A

Education, private healthcare, social security, Medicare and Medicaid and spent more on social programmes than Johnson.

Edexcel History: USA - Conformity and Challenge (4 decks)

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