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Key Facts 1945-75 Flashcards

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when was Truman’s full employment bill?

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1945

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how many strikers were there under Truman and how did he deal with them?

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4.6 million

threatened to conscript rail workers

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what was Truman’s fairdeal?

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  • raised min wage
  • extended social security act
  • started slum clearance
    (many blocked by conservatives)
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what was Eisenhower’s aims?

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  • to continue fair deal and new deal
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Which presidents were republicans?

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  • Ike
  • Nixon
  • ford
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which presidents were democrat?

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  • FDR
  • Truman
  • JFK
  • Johnson
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What was Ikes operation wetback?

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deported 1.4 million Mexicans

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how many miles of interstate highway did Ike create?

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41,000 miles

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what did ike raise the minimum wage to?

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1 dollar to 1.25

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what was Kennedys new frontier?

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tried to unite the youth behind d him in a more fair and equal society

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when was JFK’s civil rights bill rejected?

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1963

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when was the Brown v Topeka court case and what was it (Ike)?

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  • 1954

- desegregated schools

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how many troops did JFK send to James Meredith?

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23,000

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how much did JFK spend on public works?

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900 million

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how did JFK try to post the economy?

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tax cuts to increase spending

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when was Johnsons civil right act?

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1964 (end segregation)

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when was Johnson voting rights act?

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1965 (stoped things like literacy tests to stop blacks voting)

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how much did Johnson spend on Head start programme?

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1.5 billion

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what did Johnsons medicare do?

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provide healthcare fo the elderly

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hoe did JFK continue the fair deal?

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continued improving inner city housing and minimum wage increase

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what happened in the 1968 election?

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  • Nixon won vote of middle America who were afraid of activism
  • democrats didn’t have clear candidate
  • Deep South lost to independent party (civil rights)
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how did Nixon try to help the economy?

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price and wage freeze

reduce Inflation

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what did Nixon do for civil rights?

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  • not much

- by 1971 13 black congressmen and 81 mayors

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what did the price of a barrel of oil increase to in the 1973 oil crisis?

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from $3 to $12

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what happened in the 1973 Watergate scandal?
- Nixon bugged democrats office and won 73 election by landslide - 5 members of CREEP prosecuted - president had to had in tapes (organically edited) that proved he had cheated
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when was Nixon forced to resign?
1974
27
how many new Levitt houses had been built by 1950?
1.7 million (inner cities deteriorated)
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what was the shopping mall increase?
8 in 1946 | 4000 by late 50's
29
what percentage of families had fridges, Washing machines and phones by 1951?
90% had fridges | 75% had washing machines and telephones
30
when was the house committee on un-American activities set up?
1938 (McCarthy took control in 1953)
31
hoe many were dismissed after Trumans board to investigate gov employees of communism?
1200 in 4 years | 6000 left
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what was McCarthys downfall?
- investigated respected general Marshall - TV trial were seen as witch hunts - investigated the army after returning from Korea
33
how much of the population was below 24 by 1950?
41%
34
what was the teenage market worth by 1955?
10 billion
35
what was the hippie movement of the 70's?
- protested the war, civil rights, gay rights | - refused to join army and took drugs
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what did the rock and roll movement of the 60's cause?
influenced language, sex, fashion, music, TV | caused teenage rebellion
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when did leaner Roosevelt create a commission to investigate women at work?
1960
38
who led to birth control of movement?
Margaret Sanger
39
what was Betty Friedan?
- wrote feminine mystique | - created NOW in 1966
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who much did NOW get In court for unequal pay cases?
$30 million
41
what was the women liberation movement?
- more radical feminist movement - wanted nothing to do with men - burned bras which mean they weren't taken seriously
42
when and what was the roe v wade case?
``` 1973 legalised abortion (with conditions dependent on each state) ```
43
when was student for democratic society created?
1959
44
when and how many students march on Washington in protest of the war?
1969 | 700,000
45
when and what was Brown v Topeka?
1954 | desegregated education
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when and what was Little Rock?
1957 9 black students prevented from entering white school by state authorities Ike had to send to troops to stop state troops doing this
47
when was the Montgomery bus boycott?
dec 55 to dec 56 (after rosa parks on the bus)
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how many were involved in the 1963 civil rights march on. Washington (Martin king speech)?
250,000
49
who was Malcolm X?
- promoted black power - against kings peaceful approach - converted to islam. while in prison - killed giving speech after trying to create new muslim group
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when did SNCC move away from king with black power?
1966 (economic differences from those living in ghettos)
51
when were the black panthers created and how many members did they have?
1966 | 5000 members by 1968
52
how many native Americans served in ww2?
25,000
53
what was Ikes policy with natives in the 1950's?
assimilation - encouraged to leave reservations for cities - failed as by 1960 13k out of 400k had left reservations - AIM created in 1960
54
when was the battle of wounded knee and what happened?
- 1973 - lasted 71 days - declared themselves independent on 13th day - agreed treaty with government but gov went back on it straight away (AIM eventually disbanded)
55
when did USSR teat first atomic bomb?
1949
56
how many overseas military bases did US have by 1959?
1400 bases in 31 counties
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when was SALT 1 signed?
1972
58
when was the Truman doctrine?
1947
59
When was Marshall aid and how much was spent?
1948 | $13 billion
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when was the Berlin airlift?
1948-49
61
when was NATO signed?
1949
62
When did Khrushchev take over the soviets and sign Warsaw Pact?
1955
63
When was the Berlin Wall crisis?
1961
64
when was the Korean War?
1950-53
65
when did china become communist?
1949
66
when was the US Taiwan defence treaty?
1954
67
when did the US lift the trade embargo on China?
1971
68
when did Castro take power in the revolution within Cuba?
1959
69
when was JFK's bay of pigs and what happened?
- 1961 | - tried to regain control of Cuba by sending US exiles to start up rising against Castro - disaster
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when did Castro and Cuba become communist?
1961
71
when was the cuban missile crisis?
1962
72
when and why did JFK send 17,000 troops to Vietnam?
1963 | Criticised Ike for allowing spread of communism
73
How was US relations with Stalin?
- FDR and Stalin friendly during the war as they allied against hitler - Truman didn't want anything to do with Stalin (Kennan's telegram)
74
when was the gulf Tonkin revolution passed and why?
1964 | US ship Made was hit so out gave Johnson excuse to begin bombing north Vietnam
75
when was the Set offensive and My Lai Massacre?
1968 | 347 Vietnamese people killed ion massacre
76
how many troops were in Vietnam by 1968?
535,000
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when was the ceasefire In Vietnam in Paris?
1973
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when did the communists defeat south Vietnam?
1975
79
how much was spent a Vietnam a year?
$30 billion
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how many US troops were killed and injured in Vietnam?
50,000 killed | 300,000 wounded
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when and what was the Helsinki agreement?
1975 | US, USSR and 33 countries agree boundaries of east Europe and respect for basic human rights

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