chapter 7

Question 1

what was the growth of TV licenses from 1960 to 1975

Answer 1

7 million
10 million to 17 million

Question 2

how many people had a television in their home by 1971

Answer 2

91%

Question 3

what were some reasons tv ownership could expand so much

Answer 3

funding went from radio to tv
advertisers expanded to tv

Question 4

why did radios survive as a form of media?

Answer 4

portable radios with headphones/batteries could be used by teenagers
music stations played music for youths

Question 5

what were the three tv stations and when did they launch

Answer 5

ITV - 1955
BBC1 - 1964
BBC2 - 1967

Question 6

When did The Sun come out

Answer 6

1964

Question 7

what did the TV do for leisure activities

Answer 7

a rise in DIY hobbies - gardening, crafts, cooking etc had tutorial programmes
live theatre shrank

Question 8

what did car journey usage rise to

Answer 8

77% of journeys in 1974

Question 9

what did the increase of production do for hobbies

Answer 9

shopping became its own leisure activity

Question 10

when did britannia airways begin

Answer 10

1964

Question 11

what did this do for the middle class

Answer 11

allowed travel to mediterranian areas/ package holidays

Question 12

when was the moon landing

Answer 12

1969

Question 13

why did scientific development happen so quickly

Answer 13

labour gov had made it a key aim to modernise

Question 14

two examples of scientific development

Answer 14

concorde aircraft
post office tower 1965 to improve telecommunications

Question 15

what did the removal of theatrical censorship allow

Answer 15

nudity on stage

Question 16

what book did betty friedan publish

Answer 16

the feminine mystique
1963
argued women are unfulfilled with restrictive lives

Question 17

what was the general perception of women still

Answer 17

childminders, home managers
many left school at the minimum age
working women were selfish

Question 18

what was the family planning act 1967

Answer 18

allowed contraceptive provision/advice
illegitimate births rose to 8.2% in 1970

Question 19

what were the demands of second wave feminism

Answer 19

equal pay
free contraception/abortion
equal education/job oppurtunities
free 24-hour childcare

Question 20

what feminist establishment was created

Answer 20

national women’s liberation conference
1970

Question 21

how would you define the 1960s for women

Answer 21

evolution, not revolution

Question 22

what created the fear of permissive society

Answer 22

decline of moral standards, contraception, enactment of liberal legislation
teen media discussing taboo subjects
rising no. of stds

Question 23

who was mary whitehouse

Answer 23

conservative protestor against many liberal social movements and permissive society

Question 24

what negative movements came with the ‘hippy lifestyle’

Answer 24

drug culture
use of LSD, heroin & cocaine increased
musicians somewhat promoted these choices

Question 25

what was the Dangerous drugss act 1967

Answer 25

became unlawful to possess drugs such as cannabis/cocaine

Question 26

what was the maximum sentence for supplying drugs in 1970

Answer 26

14 years

Question 27

was the permissive society as big of an issue as it seemed?

Answer 27

somewhat exaggerated many young people getting married were still virgins/married their only sexual partner

Question 28

which issues did teenagers demand indepence in

Answer 28

music fashion drugs

Question 29

which drugs were really taken by teenagers

Answer 29

tobacco alcohol caffeine

Question 30

what did changing fashion manage to do for societal bridges

Answer 30

class and gender had less divisions

Question 31

when did the vietnam war become a larger issue

Answer 31

1964 us involvement increase began in 1955

Question 32

why was the vietnam war so shocking

Answer 32

first media coverage of war due to TVs

Question 33

when was a violent vietnam protest

Answer 33

march 1968 london

Question 34

when was a peaceful vietnam protest

Answer 34

october 1968

Question 35

how many caribbean immigrants were there in the 1960s

Answer 35

550,000

Question 36

in 1965, how many held racist views to working with other races

Answer 36

1/5

Question 37

how many objected to living next door to a poc

Answer 37

1/2

Question 38

how many disapproved of mixed marriages

Answer 38

9/10

Question 39

what was the first race relations act 1965

Answer 39

forbade public discrimination on the grounds of colour, race/ethnic origins

Question 40

when was the influx of kenyan asians

Answer 40

february 1968

Question 41

what did the influx prompt

Answer 41

a new commonwealth immigration act - limits the right of return to britain for non-white commonwealth citizens

Question 42

what did this prompt enoch powell to do

Answer 42

racist 'rivers of blood speech' april 1968 conservative

Question 43

how did parliament respond to powell

Answer 43

Heath sacked him from the shadow cabinet and they never spoke again condemned by liberal establishment

Question 44

how did the public respond to powell

Answer 44

strikes by dockers & meat porters in london in response to his sacking 75% of the population agreed with him

Question 45

what was the second race relations act 1968

Answer 45

banned racial discrimination in employment, housing etc.

Question 46

when did the notting hill carnival begin

Answer 46

1964