Protest and reaction

USA

What percentage of Southern black children attended segregated schools in 1968?

68%

How many black children attended majority white schools in 1973?

nearly half

How many black people were registered voters in Selma before 1965?

29

What percentage of black people were registered to vote in Mississippi by 1968?

59%

By how much did the number of black people elected change 1965-69?

6 times larger

By how much did the number of black people elected change 1969-80?

doubled

When was Charles Evers elected Mayor of Fayette, Mississippi?

1969

When did Raleign, NC, and Atlanta elect black mayors?

1973

What percentage of black students graduated high school in the early 60s?

32%

What percentage of the unemployed did black people make up?

46%

What percentage was black youth unemployment in Chicago?

50-70%

How many black people were there in Chicago?

700k

How many people died in the riots following King's assassination?

46

How many were arrested in the riots following King's assassination?

27,000

How much property damage was caused in the riots following King's assassination?

$45 million

How many members did the Black Panthers have in 1969?

5000

What circulation did the Black Panthers' newsletter have in 1969?

250,000

How many clinics did the Black Panthers have in ghettos?

40

What percentage of Mexican Americans lived in urban ghettos in 1968?

80%

How much was needed to combat poverty according to a group of University of Michigan experts?

$2 billion

According to Johnson, how many states had antipoverty programmes in 1965?

44

According to Johnson, how many families on welfare were receiving work training in 1965?

25k

According to Johnson, how many adults were learning to read and write in 1965?

35k

According to Johnson, how many families were receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children benefits?

over 4 million

How much was distributed in rural loans in 1968 to small businesses and rural development?

$17 million

How many participated in Upward Bound?

50k

How many enrolled in Head Start?

1 million

What percentage rise was there in the minimum wage?

35%

What percentage decrease was there in poverty 1965-72?

6%

How much expenditure was there on the poor in 1963?

$13 billion

How much expenditure was there on the poor in 1966?

$20 billion

How many non-white families were there below the poverty line?

1.3 million

How many Americans never finished HS in 1964?

54 million

How many high school graduates could not afford to get into college in 1964?

100k

How many poor children benefited from the ESEA?

6.7 million

How many students benefited from the HEA?

11 million

How much did the HEA provide?

$650 million

What percentage of college students received financial aid from the HEA in 1970?

25%

What percentage of 18-22 year olds were students in 1970?

34%

What percentage of 18-22 year olds were students in 1990?

52%

What fraction of people lived in urban areas?

2/3

How much funding did the Demonstration Cities Act have?

$1.2 billion

How much did Johnson say the Demonstration Cities Act would cost in total?

$2.4 billion

How much did the New York Times estimate NYC would need in the Demonstration Cities Act?

$6 billion

How much housing did the Omnibus Housing Act finance?

$8 billion

What salary were 4/5 of the Detroit ghetto rioters on?

$120 weekly

How many were enrolled in Medicare in 1966?

19 million

How much did the amount spent by federal and state governments increase within the year on Medicaid?

$1.3 billion to over $2 billion

How much did Medicare cost in 1966?

$3.5 billion

How much did Medicare cost in 1993?

$144 billion

What percentage of GNP was medicare in 1965?

5%

What percentage of GNP was Medicare in 1990?

over 15%

What fraction of the population depended on Medicare and Medicaid in 1976?

1/5

How much land was protected under the Wilderness Act in 1964?

9.4 million acres

How many new areas were administered by the National Parks Service under Johnson?

50

How much was spent on Johnson's Great Society in 1965?

$15.5 billion

How much was spent on Vietnam in 1965?

$120 billion

How many attended the demonstration in Washington as part of Stop the Draft week?

10k

How many were arrested during the Berkeley protests?

800

How many students attended the Columbia protests?

1000 of 17k

How many university buildings were seized during the Columbia protests?

5

How many were arrested during the Columbia protests?

692

How many gathered at the Human Be-In?

20k

How many gathered at the Summer of Love?

100k

How many were at the Woodstock Festival?

400k

How many visited Haight-Ashbury?

100k

What percentage of teachers were women at the beginning of the period?

80%

What percentage of teachers and lawyers were women at the beginning of the period?

10%

How many states did not allow women to enter into financial agreements without a man signing alongside them?

6

How many actively supported the 1970 Women's Strike for Equality?

100k

How many discrimination cases did the NOW fight in 1971?

1k

How much did the NOW win in back pay for women in 1971?

$13 million

What fraction of women in 1960 felt they were discriminated against?

1/4

What fraction of women in 1974 felt they were discriminated against?

2/3

According to the Kinsey Report, what percentage of men had sex before marriage?

60%

According to the Kinsey Report, what percentage of women had sex before marriage??

50%

According to the Kinsey Report, what percentage of men had participated in homosexual activity?

37%

According to the Kinsey Report, what percentage of women had participated in homosexual activity?

13%

How many troops were in Vietnam in 1967?

500k

How many federal troops were required to quell the riots following King's assassination?

21k

How many National Guardsmen were required to restore the order following King's assassination?

34k

How many members of the New Left spread rumours they were putting LSD in the water supply?

30k

How many police were mobilised at the DNC protests?

12k

What percentage approval was there of police actions against protesters at the DNC?

56%

How many bombings/attempted bombings were there 1969-70?

2000

How many students were shot at Kent State riots?

7

How many were arrested at the Kent State riots?

600

M*A*S*H

1970

Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice

1969

The Green Berets

1968

The Sound of Music

1965

Easy Rider

1969

How many South Vietnamese citizens were killed in the My Lai Massacre?

346

What percentage of Southern black children attended segregated schools in 1968?

68%

How many black children attended majority white schools in 1973?

nearly half

How many black people were registered voters in Selma before 1965?

29

What percentage of black people were registered to vote in Mississippi by 1968?

59%

By how much did the number of black people elected change 1965-69?

6 times larger

By how much did the number of black people elected change 1969-80?

doubled

When was Charles Evers elected Mayor of Fayette, Mississippi?

1969