Faxxx to remember Flashcards by Eve Morris

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what % of South Vietnam was Bhuddist

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70-90%

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how many deserted the south vietnamese army in 1965

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113,000

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children had access to school meals fact

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14 million by 1914

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how many local councils gave school meals in 1912

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131/322

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what liberal MPs did the gists get the support of

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David Lloyd George and J.S. Mill

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When was the mud march

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1907

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When was the NUWSS formed

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1897

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Who was the first woman given power of arrest and when

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Edie smith 1915

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Who was born in Liverpool and went to NZ and was involved in a 1916 petition

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Kate Shepherd

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how many more soldiers did the south vietnamese army have than north vietnam

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40,000

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what tactics did the US army use eventually to locate North Vietnamese bases

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tunnel rats

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who led south vietnam

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Ngo Dinh Diem

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who led north vietnam

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Ho Chi Minh

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why was ho chi minh popular

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removed French control of N.V. and introduced land reform

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when was the TET offensive?

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1968

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how many north vietnamese soldiers killed or injured how many us soldiers in the TET offensive?

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85,000 killed or injured 25,000

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how many Vietcong soldiers were killed in the TET offensive

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50,000

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what countries supported the USA in the vietnam war

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Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, South Vietnam, the Philippines

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which UK PM said they’d never support the USA in the Vietnam war?

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Harold Wilson

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when was the draft introduced in the US for the vietnam war?

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1969

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About the gallup poll

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the 1965 galllup poll showed that the majority of the US public supported the war, only by 1969 did 52% oppose it

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how many US soldiers were still in vietnam in 1969

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500,000

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what battle killed how many soviet soldiers

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stalingrad - 1.1 million

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what group of how many western European countries and the USA was formed when?

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NATO, 12, 1949

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USSR response to NATO

Warsaw Pact, Bulgaria, East Germany etc.

gave women right to retain ownership of property after marriage

Married Women's Property Act (1882)

Made primary education mandatory for those under 5

Education Act (1872)

when did the berlin blockade end and after how long

1949, 322 days

who gave how much money with what scheme to help countries become captalist after WW2

Truman's Containment Scheme, $13bn

gists kept what relevant in parliament when?

- reconciliation bills, 1910, 11, 12

gettes motto

deeds not words

by when, how many british shells were made by women?

- 80% by 1917

when did Aus and NZ give women the right to vote

1893, 1902

what similar countries to britain didn't give women the vote until when?

france, italy, 1944

when boer war

1899-1902

how many british army volunteers were turned away

40-60%

what report by what committee suggested changes such as school meals

Fitzroy Report, Committee on Physical Deterioration

pensions act

Old Age Pensions Act 1908

charles booth findings

35% poverty in London and poverty line 21s/week

rowntree findings

28% York in poverty and primary and secondary poverty

what did Glasgow town council use taxes to do and when

new water from Loch Katrine, gas lighting, tram system, public parks, 1850s

which local councils gave kids school meals before provision of meals act

Manchester first, 1879 and School Board for London

people's budget what and when

1908, help public by taxing land, alcohol and tobacco

who died when to help new liberals

Bannerman, 1908

what was life expectancy for men and women in early 1900s

45, 48

health insurance act what and when

National Insurance Act part 1 (1911) gave compulsory health insurance to anyone earning under £160/year, contributory scheme 9s/13w and 5s/13w

compensated people injured or ill from work

Workmen's Compensation Act (1906)

what act determined minimum wages in professions such as

Trade Boards Act (1909) box making, tailoring

shop workers

only given a 1/2 day break each week

who published report with 5 giants

William Beveridge 1942

prescriptions fact

went up from 7 million to 13 million by Sept 1948

NHS cost gov how much by when

£358 million by 1950

Labour education act

Butler Education Act (1944)

Butler edu act did what

new schools and teachers, raised leaving age to 15, introduced 11+ exam

technical colleges or academic schools

would lead on to labour/university

how many new teachers trained by when

400,000 by 1951

how many new schools built by when? but!

1116, by 1950, but 928 were primaries so shortage of secondaries

act aimed to build how many new communities including which 2

New Towns Act (1947) 12 new towns including East Kilbride and Glenrothes

how many new homes were built from when to when

over 1 million from 1947-1951

when homelessness the same level as when

1951, 1931

what census how many less houses than households

1951, 750,000

how much unemployment is full employment

3%

unemployment went down from what to what

22%-2.5%

when did castro overthrow batista's gov

1959

when did a US spy plane find USSR missiles in Cuba

1962

how much sugar would USSR buy each year in return for what

1m tonnes for oil and machinery

how far from florida is cuba

90 miles

when did castro visit the usa

1959hat

what doctrine was against countries influencing the americas

Munro (1823)

what invasions were to remove castro

Bay of Pigs and Operation Mongoose

how many Bay of Pigs cuban exiles were captured

1,200

how much did kennedy win vote by

100,000

what summit when Kennedy said USA wouldn't stop berlin wall

Vienna Summit, 1961

USA Vs USSR arms race weapons and when

1962, USA had 4000 missile warheads, USSR only had around 220 and the USSR's ICBMs couldn't reach the USA

what missiles were placed where in europe when

Jupiter Missiles in Turkey in 1961

what did Khrushchev's secret speech cause when

riots in hungary and poland in 1956

when did Gorbachev become the leader of the USSR at what age?

1985, 54

2 policies Gorbachev implimented

Glasnost Perestrokia

what did Glasnost do

politicians become more open and honest and give freedom of speech and eliminate corruption

what did perestrokia do

cut military spending and introduce more small businesses to grow the economy

USSR got involved in Afghanistan when to fight who

1979 to fight the Mujaheddinhen

when did Gorb withdraw from afghanistan

- 1989

what % of the USSR economy was reliant on the USA

1%

what trade union where was able to become a non-soviet coalition government when

Solidarity, Poland, 1988

Where became a democracy after a revolt when

Hungary, 1956

when did boarder to austria open

1989

when was Berlin wall brought down

1989

1989 US GDP Vs USSR GDP

$21,082 Vs $9211

car industry lost how much when and had how many profits when

$187 million loss 1982, 1.2 billion profit in 1983

how much money did the USSR still put towards its military in the 80s

50%

who was reagan

40th US pres

when did reagan call the USSR an evil empire?

1983

when did Reagan and Gorbachev agree to abolish all nuclear weapons?

1986

what treaty was signed when by Reagan and Gorb

Intermediate range nuclear forces treaty in 1987