8.5 Culture After 1945 Flashcards
(10 cards)
What is mass culture?
Widespread homogenous set of ideas and behaviors that many Americans subscribe to
What increased the pressure for people to conform culturally after 1945?
McCarthyism
What is McCarthyism?
As the spread of communism and fear of it grew, there was a pressure to be a predictable type of American otherwise you might be suspected to be a communist
What were other reasons besides McCarthyism that caused people to conform culturally after 1945?
- The television with shows such as Leave it to Beaver that presented the ideal American family
- Advertising
- Credit Cards
- Rock N’ Roll
How did the television cause people to conform culturally?
The shows were extremely nationwide such Leave it to beaver and provided a common language for the American people
What community created rock music and who was a popular artist within this community that began the movement?
The African American community and Chuck Berry And then later Elvis Presley
Who were some groups that challenged the cultural conformity after 1945?
- Beatniks
Who were Beatniks?
A group of poets who rebelled against the cultural conformity after 1945 with poetry
Who is an example of a beatnik? (2 answers)
Jack Kerouac and his book On the Road which used a free form style.
- The poems despised conformity
JD Salinger with Catcher in the Rye which featured a teenager who had a mass distaste for phoniness
What did Beatniks calls for?
Spontaneity and Truthful living
