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USA Post-War 📈 Flashcards

1
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By 1941, military budgets were how much higher than in 1940?

A

X4 higher

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2
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How much were the govt spending a day by 1945?

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$250 million

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3
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What did Roosevelt set up in 1942?

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War Production Board

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From 1941-45, how many planes, tanks, guns and rounds of ammunition did USA make?

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300,000 planes / 100,000 tanks / 20 million guns / 44 billion rounds of ammunition

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5
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How much did the USA’s GNP grow by in what years?

GNP = amount of money USA makes in a year

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1939 = $91.3 billion
1945 = $166.6 billion
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6
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How many people worked in factories?

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14 million

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How much did the amount of money spent on consumer goods increase by?

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50%

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When was the Lend Lease introduced and what did it do?

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1941 - meant Britain would be loaned necessary equipment to fight Nazis

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How much did Britain receive from the USA from the Lend lease?

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$31.4 billion

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10
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How much in total was shipped out of USA in the Len Lease?

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$50.1 billion worth

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11
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What did farm income grow by as a % and in $

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grew by 250% to $20 billion

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12
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How many black Americans moved to cities in 1940-44

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5 million

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13
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How many black Americans worked in the armament factories?

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2 million

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14
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How many black Americans worked for the govt in what years?

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1939 = 50,000
1944 = 200,000
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15
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By what year did 7 million women join the workforce?

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1944

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16
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How many women joined the armed forces?

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300,00

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17
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How many native Americans joined the armed forces?

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75,000

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18
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How many new businesses were set up in the war?

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500,000 eg. Coca-Cola

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19
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What did Wrigleys do during the war?

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supplied gum in soldier’s ration packs

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20
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How many people were part of unions in what year?

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1941 = 11 million
1945 = 15 million
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21
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How many people overall joined the war effort?

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15 million

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22
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By 1945, how many people had moved to find war work?

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1 in 8

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23
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How much did the population of California grow by?

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72%

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24
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How many ‘relocation centres’ were set up after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?

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10

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25
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How many Japanese Americans were forcibly sent to camps?

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100,000

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26
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How much money was taken (mostly from looting) Japanese Americans?

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$400 million

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27
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What fraction of aircraft workers were women?

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1/3

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28
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What fraction of workers in munitions and electronics were women?

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1/2

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29
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How many plant managers said women were the best workers?

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60%

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30
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By what year was a third of the workforce women?

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1944

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31
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How many women entered the workforce between 1942-45?

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6 million

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32
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What board authorized equal pay, but women were still paid less despite this

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The National War Labor Board

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33
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How much percent did women earn of men’s wages?

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65%

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34
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How many women entered the armed forces?

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300,000

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35
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When were black Americans given the right to vote?

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1870

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36
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In what state were black Americans who tried to vote lynched?

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Mississippi

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37
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How many black Americans were registered to vote in Mississippi?

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5%

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38
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How much more did white teachers earn than black teachers?

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30% more

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39
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What were the laws called that segregated black Americans?

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Jim Crow Laws

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40
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During the 1950s, how much of the world’s goods did america make?

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nearly 50%

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41
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Where did many white Americans move from and to?

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from cities to suburban areas

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42
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By 1960, how much higher was the living standard of Americans than Britons

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3x higher

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43
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What term came about from what year used to descri9be a group of people with more money and free time?

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Teenagers from 1940

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44
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Give two examples of teenage rebels

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Marlon Brando, James Dean

45
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What was TV ownership in 1948?

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0.4% of households

46
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What was TV ownership in 1954?

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55.7%

47
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What was TV ownership in 1958?

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83.2%

48
Q

How many hit singles did Elvis have?

A

170

49
Q

How many top-selling albums did Elvis have?

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80

50
Q

What was Truman’s enlargement of the New Deal going to include?

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increasing unemployment insurance, increasing minimum wage, clearing slums, more public work programs

51
Q

How much did Europe owe the USA by the end of the war?

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$11.5 billion

52
Q

What was the Marshal Plan and when was it?

A

Marshall Plan (1948) gave $17 billion to European countries so they could rebuild economies`

53
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By what year had the USA spent $13 billion on Europe?

A

1951

54
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How were the American loans to other countries helpful for America?

A

They could get trade and interest payments

55
Q

What was the Truman Doctrine, and when was it?

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1947 - “for every communist action, there will be an equal, opposite American reaction”

56
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What did Red Scare thingy did Congress set up?

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House Committee of Un-American Activities - to investigate communist sympathizers in the govt, education and film

57
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Who was the USSR communist spy working under Truman, and when was he convicted?

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Alger Hiss - Jan 1950

58
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What was the famous slogan of the Second Red Scare

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“Reds under every bed”

59
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Who did Joe McCarthy accuse of being communist?

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General Marshall, and future President Eisenhower

60
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Who was McCarthy’s ally?

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J Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI

61
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How many files did J Edgar Hoover build, and how many proved to be true?

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60,000 files, 556 true

62
Q

How many names did the Hollywood blacklist contain, and what did this cause?

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150 names - resulted in them being fired

63
Q

When were the Greensboro sit ins, and how many desegregated lunch counters were there?

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1960 - 126

64
Q

When were freedom rides?

A

1961

65
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What were freedom rides?

A

Members of CORE decided to ride on buses in the city of Birmingham Alabama as the city was ignoring the integration on buses law

66
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When was MLK’s March on Washington?

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August 1963

67
Q

How many people were at the March on Washington

A

200,000 blacks 50,000 whites

68
Q

In Selma, what was the population of black Americans, out of how many people?

A

15,000 black out of a population of 29,000

69
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How many black Americans are registered to vote in Selma?

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335

70
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When and how many people were involved in the Selma March, and what happened to them?

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600 marched and they were attacked - media dubbed it “Bloody Sunday”

71
Q

What does NOW stand for, and when was it set up?

A

National Organisation for Women - 1966

72
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What was the NOW Bill of Rights, and when was it?

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1967 - wanted to enforce laws banning sexual discrimination in the workplace, maternity leave rights, social security benefits, equal job training etc

73
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What did the Equal Pay Act establish and when was this?

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1963 - established the principle for men and women in the same job to have the same pay, but there were many excerions

74
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What is the Equal Rights Amendment Act, and when was it?

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1972 - removed the exceptions in the Equal Pay Act

75
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Despite the Equal Pay Amendment Act (1972), what was women’s pay still compared to men’s?

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70% of men’s pay

76
Q

When did the Supreme Court allow contraception for unmarried couples?

A

1972

77
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When was Roe VS Wade, and what was it about?

A

1973 - Supreme Court made abortion legal :)

78
Q

What and when was the first Civil Rights Act?

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1964 - made it illegal for local govt to discriminate in housing and employment

79
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After the 1964 Civil Rights Act, how many black Americans registered to vote in how many months?

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In 20 months 430,000 registered

80
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When, what act, and who pushed the allowance of govt agents to inspect voting procedures to make sure black Americans could vote?

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1965 - Voting Rights Act - President Johnson

81
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When was the second Civil Rights Act, and what did it do?

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1968 - housing could not be sold or rented (or prevented from) on the basis of race, religion, national origin or sex

82
Q

Who led the Nation of Islam, and who did the group attract?

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Elijah Muhammad - attracted black Americans who were frustrated with the lack of progress by peaceful protests

83
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Give a famous member of the Nation of Islam

A

Boxer Cassius Clay who changed his name to Muhammad Ali

Malcolm Little aka Malcom X

84
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What did Malcom X want?

A

A separate black state in America and use force if necessary

85
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When was Malcom X assassinated?

A

1965

86
Q

What was the SNCC and when was it set up?

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1960 - initially non-violent

87
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What does the SNCC stand for?

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Student Non-Violent Coordinating Council

88
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Why did the SNCC become more radical and when?

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1966 - Stokely Carmichael was elected chairman - he talked about “black power” and was critical of MLK

89
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What were the Black Panthers and how many members did they have?

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2000 member - a small private army who believed blacks should arm themselves and force whites to give them equal rights

90
Q

When, where, and how many were involved in the Watts Riot?

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1965 - Los Angeles - 30,000 protestors

91
Q

When, and how many people were arrested in the Detroit Riots?

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July 1967 - 7000 people

92
Q

Why did the Race riots happen?

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Black Americans didn’t feel they had the same protection as white americas as most police were white

93
Q

How much did Kennedy’s Housing Act spend on improving housing?

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$5 billion

94
Q

How much did Johnson spend on improving primary and secondary education?

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$1.5 billion

95
Q

What did the Economic Opportunity Act do, and when was this?

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1964 - provided training to disadvantaged youths aged 16-21

96
Q

What was Medicare and Medicaid 1965?

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Provided medical insurance for the over-65s and hospital care for the poor

97
Q

What act provided money for replacing inner city slums with new homes?

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The Development Act 1964

98
Q

What act provided money for college students?

A

The Higher Education Act

99
Q

Why was Johnson’s Great Society not given more credit?

A

Much of his work was drowned out by the terrible publicity around the Vietnam War

100
Q

When was Little Rock?

A

1957

101
Q

How long did President Eisenhower send troops in to protect the Little Rock 9?

A

6 weeks

102
Q

What happened in Little Rock, Arkansas?

A

Supreme Court ordered the governor of Arkansas (Orval Faubus) to let 9 black children go to a white high school but used state troopers to stop them

103
Q

How much income did the Montgomery Bus Boycott lose?

A

65%

104
Q

What was formed due to the Montgomery bus boycott?

A

Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA)

105
Q

What and when was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

A

1955-56 = Rosa Parks didn’t give up her seat and was arrested and convicted

106
Q

When was the Brown V Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas, case?

A

1954

107
Q

What was the Brown V Board of Education, Topeka case

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  • girl called Linda Brown wasn’t allowed to attend her local white-only school
  • the court ordered all southern states to open intergrated schools
108
Q

Who didn’t like the Great Society and why?

A

Republicans - hated limitations it put on people’s freedom

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