'Bobbysoxers' were youths that played music loudly, but did this represent a safe phase of youth culture?
yes
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What time period was the ''Affluent society''?
1950
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Wall street crashed in 1929, what was the day called of the heaviest day of trading and what was the date?
Black Tuesday - 29th October 1929
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During the war how many black people joined the armed services?
1 million
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In 1948, what did President Truman end in the armed forces?
Segregation
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On what date did the House Judicary Committee decide to impeach President Nixon?
27th July 1974
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What was the date that five members of CREEP broke into the Democratic Party offices to plant listening devices? - Watergate Scandal
17th June 1972
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What date did Nixon resign from office - becoming the first ever President to do so?
8th August 1974
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Who was the 40th President of the USA?
Ronald Reagan
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What was the 1960's famous for?
Student protests and the hippy movement
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What was the star system?
a method of creating and promoting and exploting movie stars in America.
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What was the music theme in the 1930's that reflected hard times after the Depression?
Jazz and Blues
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What sort of music became a symbol of youth culture in the 60's?
Folk music
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What was Johnsons political policy?
Great Society
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In what year was the civil rights act that banned discrimination?
1964
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What did the New Deal aim to do? - 3 things beginning with R
Relief, Reform, Recovery
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What does Laissez Faire mean?
government policy of non interference
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Why did MLK choose Birmingham, Alabamah as a venue for protest?
as it was a place where the most racism was occuring and he thought that if he could combat it there, then he could combat it anywhere
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When was the Roosevelt Recession?
1937
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In the 1920's many women cut their hair, wore short skirts, and bahaved 'outrageously' - what was this called?
liberation
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How long was Martin Luther King involved in the civil rights movement?
13 years
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What does the NAACP stand for?
National Assosiation for the Advancement of Coloured People
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What was the Ku Klux Klan and what did it do?
The Ku Klux Klan was a terrorist group formed of white anglo saxon protestants who used violence and terror against mainly black people, but also immigrants, jews and catholics.
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What did the NAACP do by using the legal system?
challenged discrimination
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Who Was Marcus Garvey and what did he do?
argued that all blacks should go to Africa which was their homeland, he also made black people feel proud and militant in the face of racial discrimination
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In the south state laws were devised to maintain white supremecy, it was segregation and was named the .....?
Jim Crow Laws
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What was the Ku Klux Klan?
A group of WASPS (White Anglo Saxon Protestants who used violence to maintain white supremecy)
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In what year did the USA enter the Second World War?
1941
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When did WW2 end?
1945
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Why was the New Deal a success?
Relief, Reform, Roads and buildings, Roosevelt, Repercussions
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Who were the three main opposition to the New Deal?
Republicans, Activists, Businessmen
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What did the TVA stand for in the first New Deal?
Tennesse Valley Authority
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Card 2
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What time period was the ''Affluent society''?
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1950
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Front
Wall street crashed in 1929, what was the day called of the heaviest day of trading and what was the date?
Back
Card 4
Front
During the war how many black people joined the armed services?
Back
Card 5
Front
In 1948, what did President Truman end in the armed forces?
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