Conflict At Home And Abroad 1960-1975 Flashcards
(149 cards)
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When was JFK president
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1961-1963
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When was LBJ president
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1963-1968
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when was Nixon president
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1968-1974
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what was the total cost of Public works projects
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$900,000,000
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what was unemployment prevalence amongst African Americans
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twice as high as that of White Americans
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what programme gave federal funds for the development of the Appalachians
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The Appalachian Recovery Programme
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what programme set up schemes to help the poor in inner cities
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The Office of Economic Opportunity
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how much did the Johnson administration spend on the Head Start Programme
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$1.5 billion
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when did Nixon introduce a 90 day wage and price freeze
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1971
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what two things did Nixon introduce to control inflation
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Pay Board and Price Commission
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what did the pay board keep wage increases down to
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5.5%
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what did the price commission do
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limited price increases to 2.5% and devalued the dollar
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what was inflation and unemployment at the end of Nixon’s presidency
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9% inflation and 5.4% unemployment
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what did OPEC do to the price of oil
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quadrupled it in Dec 1973
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who set up Students for a Democratic Society and when
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Tom Hayden in 1959
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what was the membership of Students for a Democratic Society
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formed groups in 150 colleges with 100,000 members by the end of the 60s
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when did the SDS achieve national prominence
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in 1964 when it organised a sit in against a ban on political activities at the University of California at Berkley
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when did LBJ abolish student draft deferments
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1966
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what is the SDS
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Students for a Democratic Society
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how many new branches did the SDS set up in 1966
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300
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where did the SDS create a riot to destroy the election chances of pro-war Hubert Humphrey
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1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago
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what was the radical group of the student movement called
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the Weathermen
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when did Tom Hayden leave the student movement and why
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1970 due to his disapproval of the weathermen bombings of recruitment centres and gov buildings
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how many antiwar demonstrations in 1968
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in the first half of the year, there were over 100 demonstrations involving 400,000 students
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when was there a major protest at Kent State Uni
1970
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how many marched in Washington DC against the Vietnam war
700,000 in 1969
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what was the fallout from the Kent State protest
4 were killed, 11 injured
400 colleges closed as 2 million students went on strike
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when did the USSR launch the first space satellite and what was it called
Sputnik in 1957
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when was MLK arrested for trying to desegregate a restaurant in Altanta
Oct 1960
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how many viewers watched the 4 televised debates in the 1960 election
70 million
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what was the name for the team JFK gathered for his departments
The Brains Trust
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which prominent federal judge did Kennedy appoint
Thurgood Marshall - a leading civil rights activist
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how much did Kennedy increase minimum wage
from $1 to $1.25
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when was the Manpower and Training Act passed
March 1962
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what act allowed the federal gov to give loans to the long term unemployed
The Area Redevelopment Act
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what act provided cheap loans for redevelopment of inner cities
the Housing Act
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what act gave greater financial help to the elderly and unemployed
The Social Security Act
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when was the Civil Rights Bill passed
1964
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when was the Voting Rights Act
1965
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when did the supreme court declare all laws banning mixed race marriages to be removed
1967
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what act provided Medicare and Medicaid
the Medical Care Act
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what act provided the first major federal support for state education
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act
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which act continued JFK's policies of urban
The Model Cities Act
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what did LBJ increase minimum wage to
$1.25 to $1.40
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how many were given access to decent healthcare for the first time
25 million
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how did the number of African Americans living below the poverty line change
decreased by over 50%
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how many black congressmen and mayors under Nixon
in 1971 there were 13 black congressmen and 81 black mayors
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which Nixon plan attempted to replace the benefits of the Great Society
Family Assistance Plan
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what was the proposed grant per family under the FAP
$1600
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what was the name of Nixon's major scandal
Watergate
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what was the name of the committee Nixon set up with was involved in Watergate
Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP)
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how much money did Nixon set aside for 'dirty tricks'
$350,000
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when did congress decide to impeach Nixon
July 1974
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when was the Election Campaign ACt
1974
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when was The War Powers Act
1973
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when was The Privacy Act
1974
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when was the Congressional Budget Act
1974
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when did Khrushchev order the construction of a wall to separate East and West Berlin
August 1961
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how long did soviet and US tanks have a stand off in Berlin and on what date
18 hours from 27th Oct 1961 to 28th Oct 1961
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when did Kennedy sanction the invasion of Cuba
April 1961
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when did soviet technicians begin to install ballistic missiles in Cuba
September 1962
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when did Kennedy impose a naval blockade of Cuba
19th Oct 1962
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when was the Partial Test Ban Treaty signed
August 1963
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what was the policy of moving Vietnamese peasants into fortified villages
Strategic Hamlet policy
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how many military advisers did JFK send to Vietnam
16,000
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when did China denounce the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia
1968
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when was the Gulf of Tonkin incident
2nd Aug 1964
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how many people supported LBJ's policy in Vietnam initially
85%
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how many people opposed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
no one in the House of Representatives and only 2 members of the senate
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when was the My Lai massacre
1968
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how many were killed in the My Lai massacre
347
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when was the Tet offensive
NYE 1968
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how long did Operation Rolling Thunder last
3.5 years from 1965-68
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what chemicals did the US use for warfare
napalm and agent orange
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who introduced 'search and destory'
US commander Westmoreland
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how many homes had televisions
93% in 1966
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how much of the evening news was devoted to Vietnam coverage
90% by 1967
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when did the US lift the 21 year trade embargo with China
April 1971
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when did the Chinese ping pong team invite the US to play in China
April 1971
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when was China restored in the UN
Oct 1971
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when was SALT 1 signed
1972
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when were the Helsinki Agreements
1975
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which nations attended the Helsinki agreements
USA, USSR, and 33 others
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how long were the Saigon tunnels
320km
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what was the casualty rate of vietnam
over 58,000
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what group of senior advisers advocated a retreat from vietnam
the Wise Men in 1968
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how much had the vietnam war cost the US taxpayer
1/2 billion in 1964 to $26.5 billionby 1968
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when was the vietnam ceasefire signed
Jan 1973
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who set up the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee and when
Gloria Richardson in 1962
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who were more militant black leaders
Malcolm X, Bobby Seale, Huey Newton
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which black campaign group sought separatism
The Nation of Islam
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who set up the Nation of Islam
set up in 1930 by Wallace Fard and led by Elijah Muhammad in the early 60s
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what was the membership of Nation of Islam
100,000 1952-64
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how many members of Nation of Islam were under 35
75%
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when did Malcom X visit Mecca
1964
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what proportion of company managers were men
95%
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how many technical workers were men
85%
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what % doctors and lawyers were women
7% doctors and 4% lawyers
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when did Betty Friedan publish her book
1963 - The Feminine Mystique
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what was NOW
National Organisation for Women
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how many members did NOW have
40,000 by the early 70s
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how much in back pay did NOW secure for women who had been paid unequal wages
$30 million between 1966 and 1971
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when did feminists picket a Miss America beauty contest
1968
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what was the radical feminist group
Women's Liberation Movement
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when was Roe v. Wade
1973
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which feminist lawyer defended abortion in Roe v. Wade
Sarah Weddington
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when was the Equal Pay Act
1963
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when was the Educational Amendment Act
1972
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who threatened legal action against Louisiana for refusing to fund desegregated schools
JFK
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how many government troops were sent to ensure James Meredith could study at Uni of Mississippi
23,000
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when were troops sent to help James Meredith attend Uni of Mississippi
Oct 1962
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when did JFK introduce a Civil Rights Bill to congress
Feb 1963
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when was the Greensboro sit in
1960
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how many participated in sit-ins
70,000 by Aug 1961 resulting in 3000 arrests
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when did the freedom rides start
May 1961
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how many were imprisoned in the freedom rides
300
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what ended racial segregation in bus terminals
Interstate Commerce Commission
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which student movement protested segregation
the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in Albany
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when was the Birmingham protest
1963
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who reacted violently to the Birmingham marches
Bull O'Connor
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how many were arrested in the Birmingham marches
2000 adults and 1300 children
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when was the march on washington
1963
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how many took part in the march on washington
250,000
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when was the Bloody Sunday in Alabama
1965
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how many riots in the black city ghettos
300 from 1964-66
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where and when was there a major riot
Aug 1965, Watts LA, involving 30,000 people
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what was the fallout from the Watts riot
34 dead, $40 million worth of damages
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how many troops did it take to restore order in riots
21,000 federal troops and 34,000 National Guardsmen 1965-67
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when did the SNCC gain tremendous publicity
1968 Mexico Olympics
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what was the SNCC
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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when did the Black Panthers emerge
1966
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how many members of the black panthers
5000 by 1968
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how many were killed/injured in black panther confrontations with the police in 1969
27 killed and 700 injured
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how many female college students rejected the idea that a woman's place was in the home
over 2/3
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how much did the number of African Americans in congress increase
11 in 1970 to 18 by 1980
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how did the proportion of black families earning over $10,000 a year increase
3% in 1960 but 31% by beginning of 1970s
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when was there a protest at Wounded Knee
March 1973
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how many FBI agents surrounded the Wounded Knee protest
200
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what proportion of adults classified as poor were female
66%
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what was black male teenage unemployment
50%
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how many black teenagers dropped out of high school before graduation
1/2
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how much more likely was a black child to die before the age of one or to drop out of school
twice
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what was unemployment among native americans
10x higher than other americans
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what was the average life expectancy of native americans
20 years fewer than everyone else
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what was suicide rate for native americans
100x higher than for white people
146
when was the Austrian peace treaty signed
May 1955
147
when was the Warsaw pact
1955
148
how many were in the Warsaw pact alliance
8
149
when was the Paris summit
May 1960
