Amefica

Question 1

Race riots 1965-67

Answer 1

Caused by poor relations between police and blacks
Harlem and New York riots
Wats riot killed 34

Question 2

Nation of Islam

Answer 2

Founded in 1930s
Argued for seperations
Said white society was rvajst and corrupt
Malcom x was a member

Question 3

Fair housing act 1968

Answer 3

Banned descrimination in housing

Question 4

Black panther party

Answer 4

Formed in California in 1966
Had 500 members by 1968
Argued blacks had to protect them selves from white racists using violence if resort
Killed 9 police officers between 1967-69

Question 5

Why did black power decline

Answer 5

Organisation was poor and had little money

Glovern,met perferd kings no violent methods

Question 6

How black power helped

Answer 6

Helped people in ghettos

Increased black ride and nationalism

Question 7

Kennedy during black power

Answer 7

Sent troops to Birmingham to restore order after whites attacked the march
Supported MLK I have a dream speech
Took a tour of south states and advocated civil rights act

Question 8

Eisenhower and black power

Answer 8

Riled desegregation of bus

Passed civil rights act

Question 9

Johnson and black power

Answer 9

Established equal opportunity commission
Voting rights act
Fair housing act

Question 10

Roosevelt and black power

Answer 10

Concerns about losing white votes
Pursed a law against lynching but dropped it after pressure in south
Set up fair employemt practise commute which improved jobs for blacks

Question 11

Trueman and black power

Answer 11

Fair deal which promised to tackle back descrination

Brown vs board of education x desegregated schools

Question 12

Successes of civil rights movement during Kennedy’s new frontier

Answer 12

Gave more important jobs to blacks than any other president
Appointed 5 black federal judges
Created CEEO commission of equal employment opportunity to ensure all employed by government had equal employment opportunities
By 1963 all states by Alabama we’re desegregation
Stood up to white politicians

Question 13

Failures of civil rights during Kennedy’s new frontier

Answer 13

CEEO only helped those already in employment nit the unemployed
Attempted to get MLK to call of March on Washington
His civil rights bill never released in congress due to southern pressure

Question 14

Successes in healthcare and decresing poverty during Kennedy’s new frontier

Answer 14

Increased minimum hourly wage from $1 to $1.25
Made $4.9 b available for loans to improve housing, clear slums and build roads
Social security act improved benefits for elders and unemployed

Question 15

Failures in healthcare and decreasing poverty during Kennedy’s new frontier

Answer 15

Wage increase was in,y helpful to those in work
Loans to improve housing were only helpful Utd thy could afford loan replaymsmys
Congress defeated JFKs proposal for Medicare

Question 16

Successes of eductaion during Kennedy’s new frontier

Answer 16

Established peace corps which sent volunteers abroad to assist people in poorer countries. They worked as teachers, doctors and nurses
Wanted to introduce an edicyaionloaw to give ,only to schools

Question 17

Failures of eductaion during Kennedy’s new fr

Answer 17

His efforts to give funding for schools was declined

Congress dominated by southern politicians and refused to support his plans after civil rights clashes

Question 18

Success of economy during Kennedy’s new frontier

Answer 18

Cut taxes to give people more money to spend in order to stimulate production and create jobs
Controlled prices and wages in order to control inflation
Made 900m available to business to crate new jobs and gave great s to communities to buy new tach and train workers on how to use it
Created training schemes for unemployed
Spent more on armed forces creating jobs

Question 19

Failures of econ,y during Kennedy’s new frontier

Answer 19

New equipment meant less employees needed

By 1963 4.5 m were unemployed

Question 20

Freedom riders

Answer 20

Many states weren’t desegregateimg busses so freedom riders debliberly road on them to highlight this on 4 May 1961
Attacked by angry mobs
200 arrested and spent 40 days in prison

Question 21

Sit ins

Answer 21

1 Feb 1961
4 black students sat in on a all white lunch bar
Refused service
Next day 23 did the same and then next day 60 , within a week there were 400
1960 lunch bars desegregated in 126 cites

Question 22

March on Washington

Answer 22

28 aug 1963
200000 blacks and 50000 whites marched into Washington to pressure jfk to inctrocue civil rights act
MLK I have a dream speech
Big impact in public opinion

Question 23

Birmingham protests

Answer 23

May 1963
Commissioner of public safety used hoses and dogs in blacks
Images of brutally broadcast on tv - sympathy for civil rights

Question 24

Voting rights act

Answer 24

1964
Signed by president johnson
Prohibits discrimination based on race colour religion of origin

Question 25

Voting rights act

Answer 25

1965

Ensured a.. Americans could vote

Question 26

Success of civil rights in Johnson’s great society

Answer 26

1964 civil rights act passed

Had a good understanding of southern politicians and could manipulate them to his advantage

Question 27

Failures of civil rights in Johnson’s great society

Answer 27

Laws didn’t change people’s opinion
States got around segregation laws
In 1964 and 1965 b,acts in Harlem, ny and watts la rioted after blacks shot by police
1986 riots when MLK assinated

Question 28

Successs of eductaion in Johnson’s great society

Answer 28

Operation headstart gave money to schools it give eductaion for poor
Elementary and secondary eductaion act provide funding for schools

Question 29

Failure in eductaion in Johnson’s great society

Answer 29

Death toll grew for, solders in Vietnam

Programs were costly and increased debt

Question 30

Success in economy in Johnson’s great society

Answer 30

Cut takes to give people more money to spend
Made 900m available to buisness to create new grants
Gave grant to company’s to buy new quipmeng
Increased spending in armed forces creating jobs
Safety standers increased and prices of consumer good monitored

Question 31

Failure in healthcare and decreasing poverty In Johnson’s great society

Answer 31

Spent to much on reforms

By 1968 unemployment was on the rise

Question 32

Successs healthcare and drpecreiang poverty in Johnson’s great society

Answer 32

Medicare act 1965 provided Medicare for old and Medicaid for young
Increase minimum wage from 1.25 to 1.40
Economic opportunity act 1974 which aimed to tackle roots if poverty
Created jobs corps
Ijdroduecdd air and water quality acts
Wildlife protection act

Question 33

What business thought of new deal

Answer 33

Didn’t like governomt. Interference
Dint like support for trade unisons
Didn’t want to pay social security contributions
1934- group pf business men formed liberty league to oppose new deal

Question 34

What republicans thought of new dea,

Answer 34

Thought for was a dictator
Thought ssa made Poole lazy and depended on governs,t
Onkects to cost- thought ,any was wasted amd wpa paired People to do pointless jobs

Question 35

What congress thought of new deal

Answer 35

Thought it went a giants consistputon

11/16 alphabet agencies were uncomitual,and fdr friend to impose power of federal gov on state gov

Question 36

What rich thought of new deal

Answer 36

Didn’t like paying high takes

Fdr polices has take some of therir power

Question 37

What dr Frances Townsend though of new deal

Answer 37

Wants enough
Said everyone over 60 should get a pension of 200 provided they gave up their gpjobs to young people
Set up Townsend club with had 5m members by 1935

Question 38

Status commission

Answer 38

1960 jfk set up status commission to report on women in workplace
In 1963 it reported that
Women earned 60 percent less than me
95 percent of managers were me
4 percent of lawyers and 7 of doctors were women
In some jobs women could be legal,u dismissed if marries

Question 39

1965 feminist movement

Answer 39

All married couples allowed contraception

Question 40

1969

Answer 40

California first state to develop no fault divorce law allowing couples to divorce by mutual consent