Post-War USA

What were protests of the 1960s a reaction against

the conservatism and conformity of the 1950s

what gave people an incentive to fight against the vietnam War

the Draft

what percentage of young people went to college by 1970

40%

how many hippies existed by the early 1970s

750,000

when was the establishment of students for a democratic society

1960

what organisation oppessed CW polies, racial discrimination and big business

SDS

when was the Berkeley free speech movement

1964-5

what was called the “Filthy Speech Movement“

Berkely Free Speech Movement

when were the first teach-ins

1965

when was the human be-in, in san francisco

1967

when was the march on the pentagon

1967

when was the presidential campagin of bobby kennedy

1968

when was the woodstock festival

1969

when was the kent state university protests

1970

how many were killed and injured at the kent state protests

4 killed and 9 injured

which president decided not to seek re-election after the student protests

LBJ

who won the 1968 election and was re-elected by a landslide

nixon

when did women gain the vote

1919

woh gained prominance by leading opposition to the women’s movement

Phyllis Schlafly

who was a pionner of the women’s movement

eleanor roosevelt

what book attacked the idea that women’s main roles were mothers and why wives and who wrote it

the feminine mystique by betty friedan

which act outlawed discrimination based on gender

equal pay act

which act banned discrimination based on gender and later race and religion in 1964

civil rights act

is which court case was the prohibition of contraceptives banned

Griswold v. Connecticut

when was the establishment of national organization for women formed

1966

which contest was used by the new york radical women to protest

miss world

how many attended the women’s strike for equality

50,000

is what court case was abortion in the 1st trimester legalised

roe v. wade

what banned exlusion from any education activity based on gender

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972

what did the pregnancy discrimination act of 1978 do

prevented firing of not hiring a woman who may be pregnant

how did nixon get elected to congress

by falsely accusing his opponent of being a communist

which communist did nixon help convict

alger hiss

whose vice president was nixon

Eisenhower

who defeated nixon in the 1960 election

JFK

what did nixon do to win the 1968 election

claimed to have a secret plan to end the Vietnam War

when did US troops leave vietnam

1973

what did nixon do that was good

nuclear detente and visited china

who was the burgler from watergate who accused nixon of a coverup

James McCord

who from the washington post led investigations into watergate

Carl Bernistein and Bob Woodward

who subpoenaed the watergate tapes

archibald cox

who was nixon’s counsel that testified against him

John Dean

what were nixons acts of corruption

used millions of government money himself, avoided taxes, wanted to alter the constitution to stand for a third term

who leaked the pentagon papers

daniel ellsberg

who was in the ‘plumbers’

gordon liddy and howard hunt

who was fired in the saturday night massacre

archibald cox, attorney general and his deputy

when did nixon resign

1974

what did the 1974 privacy act do

strengthened the freedom of information act on access to government records

what did the 1973 war powers act do

prevented presidents declaring war without congressional approval

what did the 1974 congressional budget control act do

prevented presidents withholding funds from programmes they opposed

what did the 1978 ethics in government act do

ordered senior officials to release annual financial records

what did the 1974 election campaign act do

set limits on campaign contributions and set up the FEC

what was nixon’s nickname

tricky dicky

what percentage of us citizens trusted the american government after watergate

14%

what fears did the cold war renew

fears of communist world revolution

what was the US desperate to keep the soviets from discovering

the atomic bomb

who were the communist spies that were discovered

Klaus Fuchs, Alger Hiss and the Rosenbergs

what organisation fueled histeria

HUAC

when did the second red scare happen

1947- 1951

how many government employees were investigated in the Federal Employee Loyalty Programme

3 million

How many jobs were lost as result of the Federal Employee Loyalty Programme

300

what did the Mcarren act do

prevented communists from having passports or working in defense industries

what state was McCarthy senator of

Wisconsin

when was the federal employee loyalty programme

1947

how many leading screenwriters and producers were accused of being communists by the HUAC

19

When was Alger Hiss convicted

1950

How did Nixon rise to prominence

By being involved in the Alger Hiss case

Who were the only supposed communists to be executed

the Rosenbergs

What was the speech made by Joseph mcarty whre he claimed to have a list of communists

Wheeling

In what commitee did the senate establish an inquiry into Mcarthy’s charges

Tydings

which general did Mcarthy attack over the loss of china

Marshall

Who had their passports removed

Paul Robeson and Arthur Miller

Which president was afraid to speak out against Mcarthy

Eisenhower

Which republicans owed their rise to the Red Scare

Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan

Who was the journlist behind the see it now programmes

Ed Murrow

which hearings made people see that Mcarthy had gone too far

Army Hearings

What was the highest Mcarthy ever scored in the polls

50%

when were the greensboro sit ins

1960

how many blacks students did the greensburo sit ins start with and grow to

4 to 400

how many people were involved in the other sit ins across the south

70,000

what organisation was established dye to the greensburo sit ins

Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee

how many students were involved in the Nashville sit-ins

500

how many students were arrested in the nashville sit ins

150

what did the arrests if students in the nashville sit ins cayse

a 4,000 person march

what were the protests by CORe against bus allegations called

freedom rides

who was the police commisioner who allowed the KKK to attack the freedoom riders

bull connor

what was the name of the student who was not admitted into the university of mississippi

james meredith

how did bobby kennedy ensure james meredith’s entrance

he sent 500 marshals with him

what happened to the marshalls who went with james meredith 

2 killed and 160 wounded

where did MLK led protests in 1963

Birmingham, Alabama

how many protestors did bull connor arrest

1,000

how many children were killed in the KKK bombing of the baptist church

4

when were the freedom rides

1961

when was james merdith’s admission

1962

when were the birmingham alabama protests

1963

when was the march on washington

1963

how many blacks and how many whites joined the march on washington

200,000 and 50,000

what was the name of MLK speech

i have a dream

when was the civil rights act

1964

what did LBJ use to pass the civil rights act

Kennedy’s assassination