Civil Rights Dates and Statistics Flashcards
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1
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Which year did America successfully test the atomic bomb
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1945
2
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When did the USSR successfully test their own atomic bomb
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1949
3
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Which year did China become communist
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1949
4
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What was the population of Communist China in 1949
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500 million
5
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When did the Korean war begin
A
June 1950
6
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When did the Korean war end
A
July 1953
7
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When was the Smith Act put into effect
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1940
8
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When were 11 profile members of the US Communist party accused of breaking the Smith Act
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1949
9
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How long did the US Communist party members accused of breaking the Smith Act spend imprisoned
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5 or 3 years
10
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How much were the US Communist party members accused of breaking the Smith Act fined
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$10,000
11
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When was the Federal Employee Loyalty Program set up by J. Edgar Hoover
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1947
12
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How many employees were investigated by the Federal Employee Loyalty Program
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3 million
13
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How many people were removed from the FBI by the Federal Employee Loyalty Program
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212
14
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When was the HUAC set up by Congress
A
1938
15
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When were the Hollywood 10 investigated by HUAC
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1947
16
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When was Whittaker Chambers investigated by HUAC
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1948
17
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When was Algar Hiss tried for perjury
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1950
18
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How long did Algar Hiss spend in prison
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Nearly 5 years
19
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When were the Rosenbergs tried
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March 1951
20
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When were the Rosenbergs executed
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June 1953
21
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When was the Internal Security Act passed
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1950
22
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What percentage Congress members voted in favour of the Internal Security Act
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80%
23
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When did McCarthy first claim that there were a large number of Communists in the government
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February 1950
24
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How many suspected Communists did McCarthy’s list have on at first
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over 200
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How many suspected Communists did McCarthy's list have on when submitted to the senate
57
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When did Joseph McCarthy's White House committee carry out their investigations
1952-53
27
How many Communists were discovered by McCarthy
0
28
How many university lecturers were fired as a result of McCarthy's witch hunts
over 100
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How many Hollywood personalities were blacklisted as a result of McCarthy's witch hunts
324
30
How long was Owen Lattimore questioned for in front of the HUAC
12 days
31
When did the federal judge throw out all of Owen Lattimore's charges
June 1955
32
When did Ed Murrow broadcast a TV episode attacking McCarthy
March 1954
33
When did McCarthy begin to attack the army
1953
34
When did Joseph Welch humiliate McCarthy in televised hearings
1954
35
When did Truman call the HUAC the least American thing about America
1959
36
When did the US government publish the National Standards for History for high school students
1994
37
When did Ted Morgan publish Reds
2004
38
How many states enforced Jim Crow Laws in the 1950s
17
39
When was Homer A. Plessy arrested
1892
40
When did the Supreme Court Rule against Plessy
1896
41
When did the NAACP bring the Linda Brown case to Supreme Court
September 1952
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Which year did the Supreme Court rule in favour of Linda Brown and the NAACP
1954
43
How old was Emmet Till when he was killed
14
44
When was Emmett Till murdered
August 1955
45
How long did the jury take to decide Emmett Till's case
67 minutes
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How many days after Emmett Till's death did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat
100
47
When did Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat
1st December 1955
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How many people heard the speech that Martin Luther King gave at the beginning of the Montgomery bus boycot
10,000-15,000
49
How long did the Montgomery Bus Boycott last
381 days
50
How many leaders including MLK and Rosa Parks arrested during the Montgomery Bus Boycott
90
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What percentage of its income did the bus company lose during the Montgomery Bus Boycott
65%
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How much money did local businesses lose during the Montgomery Bus Boycott
$1 million
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When was Montgomery's bus service declared illegal by the Supreme Court under the 14th amendment
December 1956
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How many car loads of members did the KKK send through Montgomery after the desegregation of busses
40
55
How many students applied to Central High School in Little Rock in 1957
75
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How many students were rejected from Central High School in Little Rock in 1957
50
57
How many students decided not to attend Central High School in Little Rock in 1957
16
58
When did the Little Rock 9 first attempt to enter Central High School in Little Rock
4th September
59
How many federal troops did Eisenhower send to Little Rock
1000
60
How many state troops escorted the Little Rock 9 into school
10,000
61
When was Martin Luther King Jr awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
December 1964
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How many schools are named after Martin Luther King Jr
125
63
How many streets are named after Martin Luther King Jr
770
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At the time of the 1957 Civil Rights Act, when was the last time that Federal Government had tried to improve civil right for African Americans
82 years ago
65
By what percentage did the 1957 Civil Rights Act improve voter registration
3%
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When was the follow up Act to the 1957 Civil Rights Act passed
1960
67
When was the KKK founded
1865
68
What was KKK membership in the 1920s
4.5 million
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What was KKK membership in the 1950s
less than 50,000
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When were the Greensboro sit-ins
1960
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How many students took part at the beginning of the sit-ins
4
72
How many protestors did police arrest during the sit-ins during 1960
2,000
73
In how many cities were lunch counters desegregated by the end of 1960
126
74
When did the freedom rides begin
May 1961
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How many people were on the first freedom ride
13 (7 black, 6 white)
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When was the Anniston firebombing
May 1961
77
How many freedom rides had taken place by the end of the summer 1961
over 60
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In total how many people took part in the freedom rides
450
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How many freedom riders were jailed in Jackson, Mississippi
over 300
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What year did James Meredith apply to study at Ole Miss
1961
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What year did James Meredith win his appeal overturn his rejection
1962
82
How many federal troops did Robert Kennedy send to make sure James Meredith could attend Ole Miss
500
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How many people were killed in the riot the night before James Meredith attended Ole Miss
2
84
How many people were injured in the riot the night before James Meredith attended Ole Miss
160
85
When did James Meredith first attend Ole Miss
1st October 1962
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How many of Birmingham's 350,000 residents were black
140,000
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When were the first demonstrations in the Birmingham Campaign
3rd April 1963
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When did the police arrest protestors and ban protests in the Birmingham Campaign
10th April 1963
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When did James Bevel begin to recruit children for Project C
2nd May 1963
90
When did Bull Connor use police dogs and fire hoses on children
3rd May 1963
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How many children were arrested on the day fire hoses and police dogs were used
1300
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When did President Kennedy send a presidential representative to negotiated an end to segregation in Birmingham
4th May 1963
93
When were Birmingham's shops and lunch counters desegregated, as well as protestors released
10th May 1963
94
When did the KKK bomb a Baptist church in Birmingham
September 1963
95
How many people died when the KKK bombed a Baptist church in Birmingham
4 children
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When was the march on Washington
August 1963
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How many black people marched on Washington
200,000
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How many white people marched on Washington
50,000
99
When was JFK assassinated
November 1963
100
When was the 1964 Civil Rights Act Passed
July 1964
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What percentage of African Americans in Mississippi registered to vote in 1962
7%
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When was the Freedom Summer
June 1964
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What year was the Voting Rights Act passed
August 1965
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How many additional African American votes did the Freedom Summer Achieve
1600
105
How many African Americans tried to vote unsuccessfully during the Freedom Summer
17,000
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What was the black voting population of Selma, Alabama
15,000
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What percentage of black adults voted in Selma
2.4%
108
When was the "Bloody Sunday" march in Selma
7th March 1965
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How many people marched on "Bloody Sunday" in Selma
600
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When was the "Turnaround Tuesday" march in Selma
9th March 1965
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How many people marched on "Turnaround Tuesday" in Selma
2000
112
In 1965 how many major cities had African American mayors
5
113
Which year did Tommie Smith and John Carlos do the Black Power salute during the National Anthem at the Olympics
1968
114
How many members did the Black Panthers have in 1966
2000
115
When did the Black Panthers host the "Free breakfast for Children" programme
1970
116
How many meals did the "Free breakfast for Children" programme serve each week
1700
117
How many police officers did the Black Panthers kill between 1967-69
9
118
How many Black Panthers were killed in shoot-outs in 1969
27
119
How many race riots were there in total
over 200
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How many people died in the race riots in total
250
121
When was the Watts riot
August 1965
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How many black people lived in Watts in 1965
350,000
123
How long did the Watts riot last
6 days
124
How many troops were required to end the Watts riot
14,000
125
How many people died in the Watts riot
34
126
How many people were arrested in the Watts riot
4000
127
When was the Kerner report released
1968
128
When did Martin Luther King Jr begin to focus on Chicago
January 1966
129
Out of the 4 million residents in Chicago, how many were black
800,000
130
How many black people marched through a white neighbourhood in Chicago in 1966
500
131
When was Martin Luther King Jr assassinated
April 1968
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In 1968 what percentage of African American students went to segregated schools
70%
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In 1974 how many African American students went to segregated schools as a result of bussing
8%
134
In 1971 how many African American Congressmen were there
13
135
In 1971 how many African American Mayors were there
81
136
What percentage of African Americans were drafted into the Vietnam war
30%
137
What percentage of White Americans were drafted into the Vietnam war
19%
138
When did the New York Times publish a story with what should have been confidential information on the Vietnam War
June 1971
139
When did Nixon start the Whitehouse plumbers
July 1971
140
When was CREEP established
1972
141
How much money did CREEP raise for Nixon's re-election campaign
$60 million
142
When were 5 "burglars" arrested in the Watergate building
June 1972
143
When does John Dean (the White House Lawyer) testify that Nixon was involved in the cover up
June 1973
144
When did Nixon release all tapes to the investigation
August 1974
145
When did Nixon resign
August 1974
146
How many government officials were jailed or fined after Watergate
48
147
How many seats did the Democrats gain in the House in the November 1974 elections
49
148
How many seats did the Democrats gain in the Senate in the November 1974 elections
5
148
When was the War Powers Act passed
1973
149
When was the Privacy Act passed
1974
149
When was the Congressional Budget Control Act passed
1974
150
When was the Election Campaign Act Act passed
1974
151
When did Nixon first apologise for the Watergate Scandal in an interview
1977
