chapter seven

Question 1

impact of increased tv availability

Answer 1

more uniformity of culture; ended isolation of distant communities; supplied both news and cinema that influenced the culture and information spread

Question 2

percentage of population with a tv by 1961

Answer 2

75%

Question 3

percentage of population with a tv by 1971

Answer 3

91%

Question 4

when was itv launched

Answer 4

1955

Question 5

what did the launch of itv allow

Answer 5

growth in advertising
a channel that wasnt bbc

Question 6

impact of pirate radio shows

Answer 6

pop and more mainstream music could be listened to by teenagers; grew youth subcultures
showed interest in pop music to bbc; leading to creation of bbc radio 3

Question 7

when was swinging radio england a pirate radio

Answer 7

1966; may to november

Question 8

marine broadcasting act

Answer 8

august 1967; banned offshore (pirate) radio station

Question 9

percentage of cars being mode of transport for journeys by 1974

Answer 9

77%

Question 10

percentage of cars being mode of transport for journeys in 1954

Answer 10

39%

Question 11

leisure activities that increased in the sixties

Answer 11

holidays (for middle to upper classes)
shopping
television
activies like golf (that driving permitted)

Question 12

when did first person go to space

Answer 12

1961

Question 13

when did first person (usa) land on the moon

Answer 13

1969

Question 14

the post office tower

Answer 14

tallest tower in britain at the time; opened in 165 to improve telecommunications

Question 15

the theatres act

Answer 15

1968; removed the strict censorship of theatre based on what was deemed approrpriate

Question 16

the feminine mystique (book)

Answer 16

1963; written by american betty friedan
credited with starting second wave feminism

Question 17

percentage of students in further education that were women by 1970

Answer 17

28%

Question 18

the family planning act

Answer 18

1967; allowed local access to contraceptives and advice for the first time

Question 19

when was the first national womens liberation conference

Answer 19

1970; oxford

Question 20

what were the national womens liberation conference demand

Answer 20

equal pay
free contraceptive + abortions on request
equal education + job opportunities
free 24 hour child care

Question 21

the equal pay act

Answer 21

1970; established principal of equal pay but didnt come into force for at least five years

Question 22

dangerous drugs act

Answer 22

1967; made it unlawful to possess drugs

Question 23

example of how sexual permissiveness of the 1960s was exaggerated

Answer 23

surveys done in 1965+69 found that most young people were virgins on marriage or married their only sexual partner

Question 24

fashion capital in the world 1960s

Answer 24

london

Question 25

different 1960 youth subcultures

Answer 25

mods rockers emerging skin heads hippies

Question 26

when universities start providing teachings on vietnam at oxford and lse

Answer 26

summer of 1965

Question 27

battle of grosvenor square

Answer 27

17 march 1968; started during anti-vietnam demonstration outside the american embassy

Question 28

examples of other british anti-vietnam protests in 1968

Answer 28

at university of sussex; an american speaker on vietnam was covered in red paint in essex; two conservative mps were attacked the labour defence secretary had car almost overturned by cambridge students

Question 29

race relations act

Answer 29

1965; forbade discrimination in publics places. but left discrimination in employment and housing excluded

Question 30

public opinions on immigration and examples (from surveys)

Answer 30

bad; 1 in 5 people objected working with a black or asain person 1 in 2 said they would refuse to live next door to a black person 9 out 10 disagreed with mixed marriages

Question 31

when did the sudden influx of kenyan asian asylum seekers occur

Answer 31

februrary 1968

Question 32

(new) commonwealth immigration act

Answer 32

march 1968; limited right of return for non white commonwealth citizens

Question 33

when was enoch powells rivers of blood speech and what was it in response to

Answer 33

april 168; in response to public discontent with influx of immigration of the kenyan asians

Question 34

government reaction to rivers of blood speech

Answer 34

powell was condemned by liberal establishment sacked from shadow cabinet by heath

Question 35

public reaction to rivers of blood speech

Answer 35

strikes by dockers + strikes at downing street in response to his sacking

Question 36

percentage of population that agreed with powells speech

Answer 36

75%

Question 37

second race relations act

Answer 37

1968; banned racial discrimination in housing, employment, insurance and other services (still had many loopholes)