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Hungarians killed by secret police
2,000
hungarians killed in the uprising
4,000
amount of Soviet soldiers sent to destroy the Hungarian uprising
200,000
amount of Soviet tanks sent to destroy the Hungarian uprising
6,000
the peak amount of flights and date
1,938 from 16-17th April
most amounts of supplies dropped of the Berlin blockade
13,000 tonnes in 24 hours
Muslims executed at Acre
2,700
how many killed in the My Lai massacre
347
what Saxon punishment was replaced by Werguild
Blood feud
the murdrum fine was introduced by the?
Normans
poachers could be blinded under what law by the Normans
Forest laws
who declared his ‘utter detestation’ of Catholics in 1604
James 1st
where were there 250 cases of witchcraft between 1645-1647
East Anglia
in 1723 what law made poaching a capital offence
Black Act
how many smugglers were there in the 18th century
20,000
how many people signed a petition for the Tolpuddle Martyrs to be released
250,000
how many people were transported from 1787-1850
150,000
who established the metropolitan police in 1829
Sir Robert Peel
how many flights were there during the Berlin Airlift between 1948-1949
275,000
in what year did both the US USSR test their first hydrogen bombs
1953
when was the Berlin wall constructed
1961
the limited test ban treaty was signed in
1963
in 1968 Dubcek met with the Yugoslavian leader Tito which alarmed who
Brezhnev
how many Soviet troops were sent into Afganistan to fight the Mujahideen
85,000
who won the first free elections in Eastern Europe in 1989
A free trade union, solidarity
how many people crossed from east to west a day after the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989
1 million a day
how much was the church tax Tithing
10%
when were jews attacked in York and the records of debts destroyed
1190
which city fell to the crusaders siege
Acre
how much was the ransom for Richard 1st from Duke Leopold of Austria
100,000 marks
how much did Chateau Galliard cost Richard to build
£12,000
what year was Richard able to recapture all of Normandy
1199
in 1200 what treaty did John sign in which he agreed to pay Phillip 20,000 marks
treaty of Le Goulet
who did John fail to compensate for taking his fiancee Isabella of Angouleme
Hugh de Luisgnan
john doubled the tax in 1207 with the introduction of what tax
the thirteenth
when did Prince Louis of France land in England to join the Barons against John in the First Barons war
May 1216
what 1896 ruling did Brown V Topeka overrule saying that it was not ‘separate but equal’
Plessy V Ferguson
how many people took part in the bus boycott
20,000
what event did President Eisenhower intervene to overrule Arkansas state governor Orval Faubus
Little rock nine in 1957
who bombed the freedom rides in May 1961
KKK
president Kennedy had to send 320 Federal Marshals to escort who to go to the University of Mississippi in 1962
James Meredith
when were four civil rights activists murdered during the freedom rides
1964
which president passed the Civil rights act of 1964
Lyndon B Johnson
who founded the Black Panthers
Huey Newton and Bobby Seale
what year were there race riots in 125 US cities
1967
what percentage of black children were in segregated schools at the start and end of Nixon’s terms
start 1968 68%
end 1974 8%
Eisenhower got involved in Vietnam following what in 1954
Geneva agreement
how did Diem’s sister in law respond to the Buddist monk burning themselves in protest in 1963
she said she hoped for more ‘barbecues’
what did Johnson use as an excuse for America to have ground troops in the Vietnam war in 1964
that the US ship ‘the Maddox’ was attacked in the Gulf of Tonkin
what percentage of US deaths in Vietnam were caused by booby traps
11%
what was the name of the bombing campaign that dropped twice as many bombs then the allied forces did in WW11
Operation rolling thunder
what year was the Tet offensive
1968
when was the Kent state shootings which killed 4 students
1970
what percentage of Americans supported and opposed the invasion of Cambodia in 1970
50% supported the invasion whereas only 35% opposed the invasion
how much did the cost of the Vietnam war increase for America from 1964-1968
in 1964 only 0.5 billion dollars was spent whereas 26.5 billion dollars was spent in 1968
