Social Developments: The imapct of the Media on the USA from 1945 to 1975 Flashcards
(24 cards)
What year did the poem “Howl” come out?
1956
What did Howl talk about?
America was destroying the minds of intelligent people
What “generation” of young people were around in the 1950s?
Beat generation
Name a prominent beat generation member
Jack Kerouac
What did rural populations think about the beat generation?
They opposed them
Between which years did cinema attendance fall by 50%?
1946 and 1956
What form of cinemas was becoming popular in the 1950s?
Drive-in cinemas
In the 1950s, how many drive-in cinemas were there?
4000
How did films adapt to the younger generation?
They casted younger actors
Name a prominent young 1950s actor
James Dean
What percentage of Americans owned TV’s in 1950?
10%
What percentage of Americans owned TV’s in 1960?
90%
What percentage of Americans had TV’s in 1963?
95%
What year were TV dinners introduced?
1954
How many people watched some programs on TV?
50 million people
How much did teenagers have a week to spend in 1957?
$10 a week
How much did the spending power of teenagers increase by from 1950 to 1960?
$15 billion
What percentage of crime increase in New York was there from 1955 to 1956?
25% increase
What percentage of teenagers were drafted into the army in the 1950s?
50%
By what year was 90% of news coverage about the Vietnam War?
1966
Which Vietnam War event in 1968 did Americans see a full broadcast of?
Tet Offensive
In 1968, what was broadcasted from Vietnam on a street?
American soldiers killed Vietcong soldiers
Which event in Vietnam had news of it in 1969?
My Lai Massacre
What was a film in 1975 made about in relation to recent political events?
A film was made about Watergate
