ALL Flashcards
(32 cards)
What % of the world’s goods were produced by the USA in the 1950’s?
50%
Who were two of the 1950’s teenage rebels?
Marlon Brando
James Dean
TV ownership from 1948-58.
1948- 0.4%
1954- 55.7%
1958- 83.2%
What type of music emerged in the 1950s and who was the most famous star?
Rock and Roll
Elvis Presley
3 ways WW2 helped the consumer industry boom in the 1950s.
- America was not invaded
- Produced the war resources
- Loaned money to other countries
What did the servicemen’s readjustment act do?
Set aside $13 billion to help veteran soldiers with loans, medicines, education and buying goods.
How did President Truman try and help the economy?
Rapid demobilisation of troops.
1947- 3 million US troops
1950- 600,000 US troops
Also continued the New Deal
What did the 1947 Marshall Plan do?
Gave $17 billion to help European countries rebuild and preventing them from turning to communism.
Why was there riots in the northern states between 1965-67?
There were poor relations between the police and black Americans.
What were the names of the two biggest riots?
Watts Riot- 1965
Detroit Riot- 1967
What was black nationalism?
The movement that rejected the non-violent approach of the civil rights movement.
Name 3 famous members of the nation of Islam.
- Elijah Muhammed
- Malcolm X
- Muhammed Ali (once was Cassius Clay)
How and why did the SNCC change?
It changed from a non-violent to a violent organisation under the new leader Stokely Carmichael.
What improvements did the civil rights act of 1964 make?
- 430,000 Black Americans registered their votes
- It became illegal to discriminate in housing and employment.
What did the Selma March of 1965 hope to achieve?
It hoped to encourage more black Americans to vote.
What did the voting rights act of 1965 introduce?
- The ending of literacy tests.
- 5 major cities with black mayors.
Summary of the Civil Rights Act 1968.
Reintroduced the law of racial discrimination in housing, meaning there was a push back against these new laws.
Which act provided training to disadvantaged youths aged 16-21?
The Economic Opportunity Act. (1964)
Which act provided medical insurance to the over 65s and the poor?
Medicare and Medicaid. (1965)
Why did the Great Society never really succeed?
Due to set backs from the Vietnam war.
Bad Publicity.
How did Johnson improve education?
With the Higher Education Act that provided money for college students.
What did the NOW bill of rights demand?
- Maternity leave rights.
- Equal and unsegregated education
- Banned sexual discrimination in the work place.
- The right to control their own reproductive lives.
Summary of the Roe V Wade case.
Abortion was made legal. (1973)
For women 3 months or less into a pregnancy.
In which other ways did women campaign for equal rights?
- Publicly burned sexist magazines
- The fight for equal pay
- Mens clubs were criticised and often invaded by women.
