Social Change 1950-2000

Question 1

why did parents and teachers dislike elvis

Answer 1

sensual style
tight trousers
his sneer

Question 2

what did bob dylan sing about

Answer 2

protest songs
vietnam war

Question 3

why did parents dislike rock and roll

Answer 3

promoted lack of respect for the law

Question 4

who wrote the femenine mystique?

Answer 4

betty friedan

Question 5

what did betty friedan discuss in her novel?

Answer 5

it described the assumptions that women would only be fulfilled from their housework, marriage, sexual lives, and children

Question 6

when did drive in cinemas open?

Answer 6

1930’s

Question 7

what film created the teenage image

Answer 7

rebel without a cause

Question 8

example of a symbol of rebellion in film

Answer 8

James Dean

Question 9

when were special effects tech and sountracks added to movies

Answer 9

1970s
‘blockbuster event films’

Question 10

when was the first dvd released

Answer 10

1997

Question 11

how many homes had a TV by 1960?

Answer 11

50 million

Question 12

how many TV sets were there in 1946

Answer 12

7,000

Question 13

why were drive in cinemas popular?

Answer 13

popular in remote areas as travelling to a traditional cinema was tough

popular w teenagers as it was ideal for dating

Question 14

2 significant blockbuster films

Answer 14

Jaws 1975
Star Wars 1977

Question 15

which social group did early american television focus on?

Answer 15

almost exclusively on white middle class

this reinforced traditional US values that were associated w the suburban family dream

racial minorities usually shown to be working for white families

Question 16

what did the creation of VHS tapes allowd people to do

Answer 16

buy or rent films/TV

Question 17

VHS

Answer 17

video home system

Question 18

what is COUNTERCULTURE

Answer 18

ideas or beliefs that go against society’s norms

Question 19

who were BEATNIKS

Answer 19

young people who rejected traditional US life of having a 9-5 and a family

instead they read poetry, books and experimented w drugs

Question 20

why did young people feel the need to rebel

Answer 20

new music and media

fear of nuclear war that could kill them at any time

Question 21

what did the contraceptive pill allow?

Answer 21

allowed young people more sexual freedom

Question 22

which drugs had an increase in usage in the 50’s and 60’s

Answer 22

LSD and weed

Question 23

what organisation did betty friedan introduce

Answer 23

NOW
national organisation of women

Question 24

what did NOW do?

Answer 24

challenged discrimination in court cases

Question 25

what is the WLM

Answer 25

womens liberation movement

radical feminist movement who burned bras ext

Question 26

who was the first female VP candidate

Answer 26

Geraldine Ferraro

Question 27

who reacted violently to hippies?

Answer 27

police - for drug use

politicians such as governor of california for their REJECTION of american values

others angered by their refusal to work

Question 28

SDS

Answer 28

students for a democratic society

organisation that campaigned to allow students to have more say over wha they were taught and how they were treated at uni

Question 29

when was SDS started?

Answer 29

1959 in University of Michigan

Question 30

how many SDS members were there by the end of the 1960’s?

Answer 30

100,000 members
in
150 colleges and universities

Question 31

how much did a woman earn in 1998?

Answer 31

25% less than men on average

Question 32

how many working age women were employed in 1995 and 1955

Answer 32

1955- 38%
1955- 70%

Question 33

how many women in uni in 1960

Answer 33

1.3 million

Question 34

what did NOW ACHIEVE by 1970’s?

Answer 34

managed to get $30 million in backpay for women who had not been paid properly between 1966-70

Question 35

what ammendments did NOW add to the constitution?

Answer 35

laws guaranteeing maternity leave for women

ensuring women had access to contraception and abortion

Question 36

why did some people disgaree with NOW?

Answer 36

didn’t address issues for poorer women and black american women

Question 37

what happend in the Miss America pagent in 1968?

Answer 37

WLM crowned a sheep as Miss America

Question 38

Roe V Wade

Answer 38

1973
Jane Roe ruled in SC that all women had a consitutional right to get an abortion if they wanted one

2022
Roe v Wade overturned and now individual states can ban abortion as they wish (e.g Texas)