The New Frontier and The Great Society

Question 1

What two years were Civil Rights Acts passed by LBJ ending discrimination in housing and
employment?

Answer 1

1964 and 1968

Question 2

Kennedy was elected in 1960 talking of a New Frontier. Is it true that he increased
minimum wage from $1 to $1.25 and created the Peace Corps?

Answer 2

Yes it is true

Question 3

In the 1950s some American women felt trapped in stereotypical roles. In the early 60s a strong
feminist movement emerged to challenge these views. Who created NOW in 1966 which gained 40,000 members?

Answer 3

Betty Friedan (also published the Feminine Mystique in 1963)

Question 4

Only 2.4% of African Americans in Selma, Alabama could vote so MLK led marches. What act was
passed in 1965 removing reading tests as a qualification to vote?

Answer 4

Voting Rights Act

Question 5

Is it true that LBJ increased minimum wage from $1.25 to $1.40 as well as passing
Operation Headstart and an Immigration Act and creating Medicare?

Answer 5

Yes it is true, LBJ also passed a Wilderness Protect Act and created the Job Corps to help
high school leavers get jobs

Question 6

The 1973 Roe V Wade decision made what during the first 3 months of pregnancy legal
for women?

Answer 6

Abortion

Question 7

In 1972 the Equal Rights Amendment was passed by Congress. It failed to be passed into
law as not enough states voted for it. Who led the Stop ERA campaign?

Answer 7

Phyliss Schlafly

Question 8

What was passed in 1963 to set the principle of Equal Pay?

Answer 8

Equal Pay Act (however by 1972 women still only earned 70% of what men earned for
doing the same job)

Question 9

Who was assassinated in 1968?

Answer 9

Martin Luther King

Question 10

What was the CEEO?

Answer 10

A commission created by JFK that meant people regardless of their race, gender and background all people in federal government had equal opportunities.

Question 11

How much in grants did JFK provide businesses?

Answer 11

900 million dollars

Question 12

By how much did JFK increase the hourly minimum wage?

Answer 12

1 dollar to 1 dollar 25 cents

Question 13

How much did JFK provide to improve housing, clear slums and build road?

Answer 13

4.9 billion dollars

Question 14

What act of FDR’s did he further improve on?

Answer 14

The Social Security Act

Question 15

What were the Peace Crops?

Answer 15

Voluntary system, which sent people abroad to help in developing countries

Question 16

Why was the CEEO ineffective?

Answer 16

It had only helped those who were in the government already not the millions of African Americans already unemployed.

Question 17

How many people were unemployed in 1963?

Answer 17

4.5 million only 1 million less than in 1960

Question 18

How many African Americans were unemployed?

Answer 18

For every 1 white person, 2 other black people would be unemployed.

Question 19

What was JFK rejected?

Answer 19

Medicare, fundings for Education

Question 20

What LBJ’s job corps?

Answer 20

A programme to help those who left education find work.

Question 21

What did LBJ’s Medical Care Act of 1965 encompass?

Answer 21

Created Medicare (for the old) and Medicaid (for the poor). This helped allow all Americans to have access to medical care.

Question 22

What did Operation Headstart do?

Answer 22

Provided money to cities to provide for the poor.

Question 23

In 1960, what percent of women were in the workplace?

Answer 23

1/2

Question 24

What did JFK set up appointing former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt as the head of?

Answer 24

Status of Women Commission in 1960

Question 25

What percent of women earnt less than men for the same job?

Answer 25

60%

Question 26

What percent of managers were men?

Answer 26

95%

Question 27

What percent of Women were doctors and lawyers?

Answer 27

Less than 10%

Question 28

What movement attempted to appoint a sheep for Miss World?

Answer 28

The Women Liberation Movement

Question 29

When were contraceptions legalised?

Answer 29

1965

Question 30

When were divorces legalised?

Answer 30

1969

Question 31

When was Sexual discrimination in education banned?

Answer 31

1972

Question 32

When was the Stop ERA campaign?

Answer 32

1972

Question 33

When was the Roe V Wade case?

Answer 33

1973

Question 34

Why did the Equal Pay Act fail?

Answer 34

Equal Pay Act (however by 1972 women still only earned 70% of what men earned for doing the same job)