Exam Flashcards
(35 cards)
How many Tutsi people were killed in the Rwanda genocide, what year was it
800,000 in 1994
Who was the first president under the apartheid system of government
DF Malan
What was the divorce act established? When was the no fault divorce act established
1968- divorce act
1986- no fault
Which amendment to the constitution of the US led to the end of slavery
13th amendment
When did the Montreal massacre occur
December 6 1989
When did the columbine shootings occur
April 20 1999
When was the telephone invented
March 10 1876
When was the airplane invented
December 17 1903
When did China’s one child policy develop
1979
What fraction of Canada’s population is made up of baby boomers
One third
When was the NAACP developed? Who was a key figure in its creation?
1909, WEB Dubois
When was the universal declaration of human rights written? Who wrote a large portion of it
1948, by Canadian lawyer John Humphrey
What many Jews were killed during the holocaust
6 million
When did the first slaves arrive in colonial America
1619
What year was the KKK founded? Where?
After civil war in 1866 in Tennessee
Who is the founder of psychoanalytic theory?
Sigmund Frued
Describe and discuss the various causes and possible reasons for the end of the baby boom era
Birth control, post secondary education, career, husbands going away to war
First slaves came here in the US
Jamestown
Wrote uncle toms cabin
Hamet beecherstowe
Mass extermination of race
Genocide
Columbine shooter
Eric Harris
Many natives kids sent here
Residential school
Subordinate cultures describer
John ogbu
Brought over first slaves
Dutch
