essays: politics

Question 1

Medicare = inc. social security taxes by …, killed off in … by … led by …

Answer 1

0.25%
1963
House of Ways & Means Committee
Wilbur Mills, s Dem from Arkansas

Question 2

proposals to create Dep of Urban Affairs repeatedly rejected in Congress …

Answer 2

1961-62

Question 3

… K introduced Civil Rights bill - stuck in Congress at time of death … - had been referred to … = chairman … intended keep bottled up

Answer 3

1963
Nov 1963
House Rules Committee
Howard W Smith, Dem

Question 4

Minimum Wage Act … inc min wage .. to .. but s Dems led by … = in total … workers excluded

Answer 4

1961
$1/hr
$1.25/hr
Carl Vinson of Georgia
500,000

Question 5

(K) ethnic minorities = … Ams below poverty line

Answer 5

1/3

Question 6

Development & Training Act …

Answer 6

1962

Question 7

Area Redevelopment Act … created … new jobs & provided … to aid areas e.g. … but couldn’t get Congress renew funding

Answer 7

1961
26,000
$394mil
Appalachia

Question 8

Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring …

Answer 8

1962

Question 9

Clean Air Act …

Answer 9

1963

Question 10

… appointed … Secretary of the Interior, while in post … helped acquire … land for Nat Park Service

Answer 10

1961
Stewart Udall
1961-69
3.85mil

Question 11

first satellite Sputnik … & first man in space …

Answer 11

1957
Apr 1961

Question 12

K famous speech … requesting additional … for space programme over next … & call land man on moon

Answer 12

25th May 1961
$7-9bn
5 yrs

Question 13

within year … & … travelled in space & … first country land men on moon

Answer 13

Alan Shepard
Virgil Grisson
June 1969

Question 14

K took office in depths … major recession since WWII including … & … Ams looking for work

Answer 14

4th
business bankruptcies, declining agricultural exports & income
over 5mil

Question 15

US-backed invasion communist Cuba … - … voters agreed nat security most important issue

Answer 15

Apr 1961
63%

Question 16

Cuban Missile Crisis …

Answer 16

1962

Question 17

Civil Rights Act …

Answer 17

1964

Question 18

Voting Rights Act … - by … … black Ams in Mississippi registered to vote

Answer 18

1965
1968
59%

Question 19

… Charles Evers elected mayor of …

Answer 19

1969
Fayette

Question 20

Fair Housing Act … prohib racial discrim in sale & rental housing, encouraged integrated housing

Answer 20

1968

Question 21

(J) Economic Opportunity Act … created range poverty programmes

Answer 21

1964

Question 22

Office of Economic Opportunity: by … … states had antipoverty programmes, … Job Centres established, … adults learning to read & write & … children enrolled on Head Start programme

Answer 22

1965
44
53
35,000
nearly 1mil

Question 23

(J) num families in poverty dropped … to … …

Answer 23

40mil
28mil
1959-68

Question 24

J doubled expenditure on education to …

Answer 24

$8bn

Question 25

Elementary & Secondary Education Act ...

Answer 25

1965

Question 26

Higher Education Act = helped ... poorer students

Answer 26

11mil

Question 27

Demonstration & Model Cities Act ... only received ...

Answer 27

1966 $1.2bn

Question 28

by ... ... spent on War on Poverty & ... on V War

Answer 28

1966 $1.2bn $22bn

Question 29

(1965-73 ... spent on Great Society compared to ... on V)

Answer 29

$15.5bn $120bn

Question 30

(N) ... polls revealed ... Ams believed 'too many people receiving welfare money who should be working'

Answer 30

1968 84%

Question 31

Omnibus Housing Act ... financed rent supplements & ... worth low & mod income housing in ghettos

Answer 31

1965 $8bn

Question 32

N had ... approval rating for trying to reduce gov spending & welfare

Answer 32

65%

Question 33

1972 Dem candidate ... liberal & left-wing

Answer 33

George McGovern

Question 34

(N) riots in Watts in LA ... & protest at Uni of California ...

Answer 34

1965 1964-65

Question 35

assassination MLK ... widespread riots ... cities

Answer 35

1968 over 100

Question 36

(N) ... alone ... arrested in Washington DC

Answer 36

spring 1970 10,000

Question 37

J's failure to repel Tet Offensive ...

Answer 37

early 1968

Question 38

N ... televised address calling for 'the great silent majority of my fellow Ams' = poll after ... supported V policy

Answer 38

(Nov) 1969 77%

Question 39

(N) eve 1972 election Nat Security Adviser ... announced ...

Answer 39

Henry Kissinger 'peace is at hand'

Question 40

F entered office with approval rating ...

Answer 40

71%

Question 41

F gave N full pardon only month after resignation -> approval rating instantly dropped to ...

Answer 41

49%

Question 42

F vetoed ... bills in ... presidency

Answer 42

66 29 month

Question 43

'Billygate scandal' = C's older brother registered as foreign agent & received ... 'loan' from Libyan gov

Answer 43

$220,000

Question 44

by ... C had lowest approval rating any president

Answer 44

Dec 1977

Question 45

(F) ... global oil prices ...

Answer 45

1973 x4

Question 46

inflation av ... 1973-83

Answer 46

8.2%

Question 47

(F) unemp ... by May 1975

Answer 47

8.9%

Question 48

C stimulus package (... to each citizen) & inc spend public works briefy brought unemp down to ... but rose to ... by ... & inflation ...

Answer 48

$50 7% 10% 1978 13%

Question 49

... V War came to end

Answer 49

1975

Question 50

Iranian Hostage crisis ... = took ... Ams hostage

Answer 50

1978 60

Question 51

USSR invaded Afghanistan ...

Answer 51

Dec 1979

Question 52

only ... approved C's foreign policy

Answer 52

38%

Question 53

CREEP = ...

Answer 53

N's Committee to Re-elect the President

Question 54

N tried pay burglars ... keep quiet, edited tapes before handing over ...

Answer 54

$430,000 Apr 1974

Question 55

F initially advocated tax inc, few weeks later asked Congress approval ... cut, accepted ... cut

Answer 55

$16bn $7bn

Question 56

... Nancy R began Just Say No campaign = travelled ..., visited ... cities in ... states

Answer 56

1982 250,000 miles 65 33

Question 57

by ... ... Just Say No clubs founded across US

Answer 57

1988 12,000

Question 58

... R ordered fed workplaces 'drug-free' & urine testing 'sensitive jobs'

Answer 58

1986

Question 59

Webster vs Reproductive Services of Missouri ... denied some women access abortions

Answer 59

1989

Question 60

... R appointed Sandra Day O'Connor Sup Court

Answer 60

1981

Question 61

following ...'s retirement Sup Court in ... B nominated ..., views on abortion unknown

Answer 61

William Brennan 1990 David Souter

Question 62

... Ryan White Care Act ... to help AIDS victims & by ... ACT-UP got ... from Congress for research

Answer 62

1990 $220mil 1992 $2bn

Question 63

R reduced inflation to ... by 1988

Answer 63

4.7%

Question 64

B had to inc taxes - nat debt at ...

Answer 64

$2.7trillion

Question 65

B lowered interest rates to ...

Answer 65

3.5%

Question 66

R inc mil spending by ... over ...

Answer 66

$1.6 trillion 5 years

Question 67

... launched strategic defence initiative costing ... by ...

Answer 67

1983 $12bn 1988

Question 68

B intervened in Panama in ... against dictator ... & liberated Kuwait against Iraqi dictator ... by ...

Answer 68

1989 General Manuel Noriega Saddam Hussein Feb 1991

Question 69

(80s) recreational drug use ... since 70s, ... Ams (...) used illegal substances & ... babies born addicted cocaine or heroin

Answer 69

tripled ~40mil 1/6 375,000

Question 70

cocaine use by high school students dropped .. ...

Answer 70

1/3 1986-87

Question 71

(R) ... Drug-Free Workplace Act = unis & contractors receiving fed money drug-free

Answer 71

1988

Question 72

by ... ... spent enforcing drug laws per year

Answer 72

1990 over $10bn

Question 73

Planned Parenthood vs Casey ...

Answer 73

1992

Question 74

by 1980 ... women over 16 in workforce, by 1990 ...

Answer 74

52% 57.8%

Question 75

female share professional jobs inc ... to ... & ... to ... in managerial roles 1972-...

Answer 75

44% 49% 20% 36% 1985

Question 76

... Dem Party platform supported equality for all & ... Dem pres candidate ... & running mate ... seen as most pro-gap & pro-lesbian ticket

Answer 76

1980 1992 Bill Clinton Al Gore

Question 77

... ACT UP followed first gay pride NYC demonstration demand equal rights & more AIDS research

Answer 77

1987

Question 78

... R attempted nominate ... as Sup Court judge = outspoken con, rejected

Answer 78

1987 Robert Bork

Question 79

... election ... challenged B for nomination

Answer 79

1992 Pat Buchanan

Question 80

... R set up Presidential Advisory Committee on Federalism & Coordinating Task Force on Federalism

Answer 80

1981

Question 81

... State of the Union message R announced plan reduce fed spending

Answer 81

1982

Question 82

... B persuaded Congress pass Clean Air Act & ... Energy Policy Act

Answer 82

1990 1992

Question 83

... B inc income tax & cut fed spending

Answer 83

1992

Question 84

... N attempted to introduce Family Assistance Plan - would cut parent's income support if refused to work & limit welfare recipients to ... annually - failed pass but ... approval rating

Answer 84

1969 $1,600 65%

Question 85

(R) social spending fell by average rate ..., cut staff regulatory agencies ..., oversaw rapid recovery from ... recession

Answer 85

1.5% 1986 1981-82

Question 86

N won landslide 1972 election against 3A's candidate ... - ... more votes & ... states

Answer 86

George McGovern 18mil 49/50