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24 Cards in this Set
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What was the name of Nixon's plan? |
Peace with honour |
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What was the average age of an American soldier? |
19 |
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How much to kill one VC soldier through blanket bombing |
~$400k |
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When was Kent State shottings and how many died |
1970, 4 people |
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How long was the Cuban missile crisis |
13 days |
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When was the Cuban missile crisis |
14-27 October |
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How much was given through Marshall Aid |
$3.75bn |
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Which country was an independent communist regime |
Yugoslavia |
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Who had his house bombed and what job did he do |
A Mitchell Palmer, attorney general |
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What was the name of the anti communist raids and how many were deported |
Palmer Raids, 500 deported |
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When did Prohibition start and with which amendment |
1920, eighteenth amendment |
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When did Prohibition end and with which amendment |
1933, twenty first amendment |
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How many enforcement agents were there in the first year |
1500 |
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How much did bootleggers and gangsters make |
~$2000m |
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How many were unemployed in the depression |
14 million |
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How many black Americans benefited which alphabet agency |
200 000 Civilian Conservation Corps |
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Who was Huey Long and what fortunes did he want to take |
Governor of Louisiana, $5 million |
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How much was spent on the Hoover Dam |
$423m |
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How much did the CCC pay |
$1a day |
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Percentage of schools and hospitals built by PWA |
70% of schools, 35% of hospitals |
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Increase in employment for women in the 20s |
25% |
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How much was John Scopes fined |
$100 |
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How many hydroelectric dams did the TVA build |
33 |
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How many days was Roosevelt given emergency powers for |
100 days |
