topic 1

Question 1

What were the common concerns in ‘50’s society

Answer 1

Nuclear war
consumerism
youth
economic equality

Question 2

How many cars were manufactured in 1955

Answer 2

7.9 million

Question 3

Name 2 deep south states

Answer 3

Mississippi

Alabama

Question 4

In 1965 how many African-American voters were there in Selma

Answer 4

23

Question 5

when was the voting rights act

Answer 5

1965

Question 6

Why was On the Road initially rejected by publishers

Answer 6

References to use of drugs and alcohol

Question 7

Name a beat generation singer

Answer 7

Bob Dylan

Question 8

What Characteristics could a Beatnik be identified by

Answer 8

• a ‘pad’ in certain areas such as San Francisco
• sandals
• long straight hair, tight jeans, baggy jumpers
• social snobbery
• Zen Buddhism
• coffee and poetry
• urban black culture vocabulary

Question 9

Criticisms of television

Answer 9

• promoted conformity
• promoted consumerism
• caused a decline in test scores
• made views physically inactive

Question 10

Pros of televison

Answer 10

Media highlighted problems such as racial violence and protests

Question 11

In 1964 how many children still attended segregated schools

Answer 11

68%

Question 12

when did Kennedy become president

Answer 12

1961

Question 13

what were the challenges Kennedy set for Americans in his New Frontier speech

Answer 13

science
Space
international tensions
ignorance 
prejudice 
poverty
surplas

Question 14

When was Peace corps established

Answer 14

1961

Question 15

When did the Korean war end

Answer 15

summer of 1953

Question 16

How long did the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott last

Answer 16

381 days

Question 17

How many marchers were there involved on the march on Washington 1963

Answer 17

250,000

Question 18

Why did Kennedy struggle to pass any legstlation

Answer 18

Congress were a Republican majority

Question 19

Who was peace corps popular with

Answer 19

youths

hippies!

Question 20

What year did Yuri Gagarin orbit the earth

Answer 20

1961

Question 21

How much did the moon landing cost

Answer 21

$40 billion

Question 22

Who murdered JFK

Answer 22

Lee harvey Oswald

Question 23

when and were did JFK die

Answer 23

22nd Nov 1963

Dallas

Question 24

When was the Birmingham Campaign

Answer 24

April 1963

Question 25

When did the NAACP win the supreme court ruling against - segregation of uni's - Segregation of schools

Answer 25

- 1950 | - 1954

Question 26

When was MLK assassinated

Answer 26

1968

Question 27

Who called national attention to bigotry in Birmingham 1963

Answer 27

Bull connor

Question 28

What type of housing increased in the city as a result of the 'white flight' to suburbia

Answer 28

Ghettos

Question 29

What was Juvenile Deliquincy

Answer 29

Rebellion of the youngest generation against conformity of the older generation

Question 30

What did peace corps remind people of

Answer 30

Marshall Aid | - using aid and help to almost appease the lesser economically developed countries from turning to commmunism

Question 31

What legislation did kennedy want to push through

Answer 31

- a department of urban affairs to control the growing ghetto problem - scheme to help the unemployed - rise of minimum wage - more money to education - health insurance for the elderly - tax cuts - civil rights bill - -- none of these were accepted by the republican dominated congress

Question 32

When did the Korean war start

Answer 32

1950

Question 33

When did the Vietnam war start

Answer 33

November 1955

Question 34

When did the Vietnam war end

Answer 34

April 1975

Question 35

What explains the growth of suburbia

Answer 35

- little housing development during ww2 meant a boom in construction and the cheapness of mortgages in the outer city areas - FHA and VA giving cheap rates on down payments for veterans - increase car ownership meant people could drive into the cities

Question 36

why was rock n roll popular among young people

Answer 36

-gave them a sense of group identity -they had money to spend on records ----"$521 million in 1960" the white council said that rock n roll reduced a white man to the levels of a black man

Question 37

What does the NAACP stand for

Answer 37

national association for the advancement of coloured people