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109 Cards in this Set
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When was the 19th amendment ratified and what did it mean? |
August 1920, Women could vote under the same rules as men |
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When was the League of Women Voters set up? |
1920 |
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When was the Womens Bureau of Labour set up? |
1920 |
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Between 1910 and 1940 what did the number of working women go to? |
8% of the population to 10% |
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What did a Womens Bureau of Labour show in 1932? |
97% of women in the slaughtering and meat packing industry were working not because they wanted to but because they had to |
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Overview: Muller v Oregon |
- Supreme court ruling 1908 - Women could work no more that 10 hours a day |
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Overview: Civilian Conservation Corps |
- 1933-42 found work for men aged 17-23 - Lived in army-run camps replanting forests and digging reservoirs - 2.5 million men were employed through it |
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What did Eleanor Roosevelt do that was similar to the Civilian Conservation Corps |
- 1933 Camp Tera is set up - 30th April 1934 - By 1936 there were 36 camps taking 5,000 women a year but for unpaid work and for only three months at a time |
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How much money did women earn for every dollar a man earnt in the 30s and early 40s? |
White women: 61 cents Black women: 23 cents |
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Overview: Fannie Peck |
- Set up a series of housewives leagues in Detroit 1930 - Encouraged women to shop in black run stores - Spread to other towns and helped on a small scale |
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How many children were in daycare by 1944? |
130,000 |
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How many women were there working in agriculture by June 1943? |
3 million |
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How many black americans were there on nursing courses from 1939-1945 |
1,000 to 2,500 |
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What did the percentage of married women age 45-54 in the workforce go to from in 1940-1950? |
10% to 20% |
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How many husbands believed married women should not be working from 1936-1978 |
1936: 82% 1942: 13% 1978: 78% |
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Overview: William and Daisy Myers |
- 1957 bought a house in a white suburb - The day they moved in 3,000 neighbors surrounded the house and threw stones through the window and put up burning crosses on the lawn - The Myers repaired the window and stayed |
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How much did the suburbs grow by from 1950 to 1960 |
By 19 million people |
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When did Eleanor Roosevelt set up a Commission of Enquiry on the Status of Women? |
1961 |
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When was the Education Act? |
1958 |
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When was the Civil Rights Act? |
1964 |
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When did Betty Friedan publish 'The Feminine Mystique' |
1963 |
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When was the National Organisation for Women set up? |
June 1966 |
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When was the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws set up? |
1969 |
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When was the National Women's Political Caucus set up? |
1971 |
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Overview: Voice of the Women's Liberation Movement |
- Magazine set up in March 1968, began selling 200 copies - By the next year they were selling 2,000 |
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Overview: Strike of Women |
- 26th August 1970 - Slogans such as 'don't iron while the strike is hot' - NOW membership rose by 50% |
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When did Kate Millet publish 'Sexual Politics' |
1970 |
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When was STOP ERA set up? |
1972 |
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Overview Phyllis Schlafly |
- Conservative woman who opposed ideas of women's liberation groups - Believed women were designed to have babies and shouldn't be equal in terms of work - Believed women would lose various tax and benefit privileges under the Equal Rights Act |
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Overview: Eisenstadt v Baird |
- Supreme court ruling 1972 - Allowed unmarried women access to contraception |
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Overview: Roe v Wade |
- Supreme court ruling January 1973 - Legalised abortion |
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When was the Equal Rights Act? |
March 1972 |
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How many states were still refusing to ratify the Equal Rights Act by 1982? |
15 |
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When did the USA operate an open door policy? |
Before the first world war |
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How many immigrants entered the USA in 1882 to 1907? |
1882: 650,000 1907: 1.2 million |
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In 1882 what percentage of immigrants were southern and Eastern European compared to 1907? |
- 1881: 13% - 1907: 81% |
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Overview: Dillingham Commission |
- Investigated the impact of immigration on the US from 1907 to 1911 - Stated that it was beginning to pose a serious threat to American society and culture - Distinguished between old, English, Irish and British immigrants and new immigrants, Southern and Eastern European - Used to justify immigration acts in the 1920s |
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Overview: Immigration Restriction League |
- Set up in 1894 set up to campaign to restrict immigration - Wrote books and pamphlets on the dangers of flooded immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe |
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When did Congress pass an immigration restriction bill and what did it entail? |
1896, included a literacy test and a list of 'undesirable' immigrants |
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When did the immigration restriction bill become law? |
1917 |
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What percentage of the US urban population were black from 1910-1920? |
1910: 1% 1920: 4% |
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what percentage of the US urban population were foreign-born or had foreign-born parents from 1910-1920? |
1910: 74% 1920: 85% |
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How many Mexicans were deported during the depression? |
400,000 |
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When was the Emergency Quota Act and what did it do? |
1921, restricts the yearly number of immigrants into the country to 3% of what the population was in 1910 |
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What was the Johnson-Reed Immigration Act and when was it passed? |
1924, changes quota system to 2% of 1890 until July 1927 and then fixes it at 150,000 basing the quota on the 1920 census |
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Overview: National Origins Formula |
Passed in 1929, confirms the 150,000 cap and bans Asian immigrants altogether |
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How many foreign language newspapers were there in 1917 compared to the 1960's? |
- 1917: 1,300 - 1960's: 75 |
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What did Roosevelt's executive order 9066 do? |
Put 120,000 Japanese (75% American citizens) into internment camps |
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When did Fidel Castro seize power in Cuba? |
1959 |
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How many Cubans came to the USA between 1959 and 1962? |
200,000 |
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What book did John F. Kennedy write in 1958? |
'A Nation of Immigrants' |
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How many Vietnamese refugees did the USA take in after the fall of Saigon? |
130,000 |
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When was the fall of Saigon? |
1975 |
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How many Vietnamese refugees were there in the US by 1985? |
Over 700,000 |
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What percentage of the Hispanic population were in cities by 1980? |
83% |
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How many Mexican illegal immigrants were there per year in the 1970's? |
Over 60,000 |
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Who were the INS |
The Immigration and Naturalisation Service |
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How many illegal immigrants were arrested and deported in 1980? |
One million |
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When was the Alien Registration Act passed and what did it do? |
1940, requires non citizens to register with the federal Government, the green card system. |
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When was the Displaced Persons Act passed and what did it do? |
1948, 415,000 people displaced by the war were allowed into the USA |
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When was the McCarran-Walter Act passed and what did it do? |
1952, limit of 150,000 people against the quota based on 1920 census; allows for 100,000 Asian immigrants and introduces a preference system for skilled workers |
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When was the Refugee Relief Act passed and what did it do? |
1953, extends the Displaced Persons Act to 210,000 refugees from Europe |
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When did operation wetback start deporting illegal immigrants? |
1954 |
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When was the Refugee-Escape Act passed and what did it do? |
1957, legislation is expanded to cover people escaping from communist countries |
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When was the Hart-Celler Act passed and what did it do? |
1965, abolishes quotas and sets a limit of 170,000, immediate family members are allowed in outside this limit |
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When was the Cuban Adjustment Act passed and what did it do? |
1966, gives citizenship to Cubans entering the country after 1959 |
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When was the Armed Forces Naturalisation Act passed and what did it do? |
1968, makes anyone who fought for the USA a citizen, World War One, World War Two, Korea, Vietnam etc. |
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When is the Immigration and Nationality Act expanded and what does it do? |
1976, includes the western hemisphere at 20,000 |
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When was the first 'talkie' shown and what was it called? |
1927, 'The Jazz Singer' |
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How many movie theatre seats were there by 1941? |
One seat for every 12.5 people |
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By the late 1930's how many fan magazines were there and what were there audiences? |
There were about 20 fan magazines each with a circulation of 200,000 to one million readers |
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Who was known as the 'It' girl? |
Clara Bow |
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Who was the male equivalent of Clara Bow? |
Clarke Gable |
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How much people did the Regent hold in 1913? |
3,500 |
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How much did A-list movies cost to make immediately after the depression? |
$200,000-500,000 |
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How many movies did Clara Bow make in 1925? |
15 |
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How much money was Shirley Temple making in the 1930's compared to the average wage? |
$5,000 a week where the average wage was $2,000 a year |
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Give an example of a movie studio sponsorship deal |
MGM made a $500,000 deal with Coca-Cola to make their stars drink coke during filming breaks and at interviews |
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For how long did movies have to conform to the Hays Code? |
1930-1966 |
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Overview: The Hays Code |
- Set rules for movies that included; - No swearing - No nudity or even dancing that suggested sex - Drug trafficking or smuggling should not be shown |
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What are some examples of Jazz dances? |
The Charleston and The Black Bottom |
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By 1929 how many homes had a gramophone? |
Almost 50% |
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How much money was made from record sales in 1929? |
$75 million |
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What is an example of a specialist record label? |
'Race Records' provided Jazz and Blues music by black performers |
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What was the first commercial radio station and when did it begin broadcasting? |
KDKA began broadcasting in November 1920 |
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How many commercial radio stations were there by 1924 |
600 |
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When did the first radio advertisement air? |
August 1922 |
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When was the Radio Act passed and what did it do? |
1927, set up federal licensing of Radio stations |
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Overview: Father Coughlin |
- Priest who broadcast a series of sermons criticising the Ku Klux Klan - By 1930 he had about 40 million listeners - During the depression he criticised bankers and supported Roosevelt saying the New Deal was 'Christs Deal' |
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When was 'War of the Worlds' dramatised on CBS radio station? |
Halloween 1938 |
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When was the first commercial demonstration demonstrated? |
1939 |
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When was TV development unlicensed? |
1948-50 |
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When was the first television advert to feature a Black American broadcast? |
1963 |
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Who was the first President to use the television for campaign purposes? |
Eisenhower |
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How many people were watching the 1960 Kennedy Nixon debates? |
70 million |
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How much TV was recorded live in 1953 compared to 1960? |
- 1953: 80% - 1960: 36% |
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When was the Public Broadcasting Act passed and what did it do? |
1967, set up the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) |
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When was the Public Broadcasting service (PBS) set up? |
1969 |
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Overview: PBS |
- Public Broadcasting Service 1969 - A cluster of mainly non-profit local stations free from the sway of sponsors and focused on education - Sesame street began in 1969 taught children racially equal morals and was one of the first shows to have a racially balance cast |
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When was Sesame Street's funding withdrawn? |
1981 |
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Overview: M*A*S*H |
- 1970s drama series set in the Korean war - Contributed to the anti-war feeling in America |
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Overview: Rowan and Martin's Laugh-in |
- Political satire show 1968-73 - Drew on aspects of counter-culture and its punch lines made its way into everyday life - People began to look at politicians in a different light- less respect and a sharper eye for mistakes and slip-ups |
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Overview: Ed Murrow |
- Co-Producer and Presenter of CBS news series 'See it Now' in 1951 - October 1953 Murrow broadcast a story on the red scare and an airman losing his job because of his families supposed communist links - March 1954 addressed, McCarthy as a bully and liar by exposing him, shifting public opinion away from him |
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Overview: The Watergate Hearings |
May 1973, it was announced that of the Watergate trial would be broadcast unedited; it amounted to 250 hours once the trial had ended |
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When was the Tet offensive launched? |
1968 |
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When was Walter Cronkite's critical documentary aired? |
1968 after the Tet offensive |
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When did CBS show marines burning a village to the ground and what village? |
August 1965, Cam Ne |
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When was Carter shown collapsing in a marathon? |
October 1979 |
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Overview: US Embassy hostage crisis |
- November 1979, 52 US diplomats and citizens were held hostage in the US embassy of Tehran - Affected Carters reelection chances due to his inability to cope with the events - Held for 444 days and released minutes after Reagan took his 1980 Presidential oath |
