Topic 5 Social Change

Question 1

Which 3 types of music became popular in the 1960s?

Answer 1

British groups- Beatles, Rolling Stones
Protest songs- Bob Dylan
Rock

Question 2

Which 2 types of music became popular in the 1970s?

Answer 2

Disco- Donna Summer, the Jackson’s
Heavy metal- Led Zeppelin (aggressive and masculine)

Question 3

Why did Disco become popular in the 1970s and who was it particularly popular with?

Answer 3

Reaction to domination of rock music, women

Question 4

What was an example of an influential solo artist in the 1980s?

Answer 4

Bruce Springsteen- focused on struggles of ordinary people/working class

Question 5

What was rap and hip hop the product of?

Answer 5

Inner city problems, high unemployment among black Americans

Question 6

What did drive ins become known as in the 1950s and 60s?

Answer 6

Passion pits

Question 7

When and where did the first multiplex cinema open?

Answer 7

1963, Kansas City

Question 8

What is an example of 1950s James Dean film?

Answer 8

Rebel without a cause

Question 9

What type of films dominated the movie business from the 1970s?

Answer 9

Blockbusters- special effects technology + soundtracks

Question 10

Who were 2 method actors that became very popular during the 1980s?

Answer 10

Tom Cruise
Meg Ryan

Question 11

Who were 2 high paid movie stars that attracted a cult following in the 1990s?

Answer 11

Julia Robert’s
Robin Williams

Question 12

When did DVDs first appear?

Answer 12

Late 1990s

Question 13

By 1970, what percentage of US households had a TV?

Answer 13

96%

Question 14

Which TV genre became popular during the 1950s and 60s?

Answer 14

Westerns- the lone ranger

Question 15

Which genre of TV became popular from the 1970s?

Answer 15

Soap operas- Dallas

Question 16

Which TV genre became popular from the 1980s?

Answer 16

Chat shows- Oprah Winfrey Show

Question 17

When did Bill Gates set up his company Microsoft?

Answer 17

1975

Question 18

When did Steve Jobs set up Apple Computers?

Answer 18

1976

Question 19

When did the Internet develop?

Answer 19

Late 1990s

Question 20

When were game consoles developed?

Answer 20

1980s

Question 21

When was the Microsoft Xbox introduced?

Answer 21

2001

Question 22

What were 3 popular works published in the quest for the ‘great American novel’?

Answer 22

To kill a mockingbird 1960
The catcher in the rye 1951- teenage madness
Rabbit, Run 1960- changes in middle class American society

Question 23

What were counterculture literary works and when did they emerge?

Answer 23

Challenged traditional conservatism of American society, after WW2

Question 24

What were 4 countercultural literary works?

Answer 24

Howl- sexually explicit poem 1956
Naked Lunch- controversial issue hard drugs 1959
The Feminine Mystique- Betty Friedman
The bluest eye-racial inequality 1970

Question 25

Who were **beatniks**?

Answer 25

**Anti-conformist youths of 1950s**

Question 26

When was the **hippie movement**?

Answer 26

**1960s**

Question 27

Who were **hippies**?

Answer 27

**Reject conventional social standards** in favour of **universal love and fellowship**

Question 28

What **5 things did hippies do**?

Answer 28

**Grew long hair** **Wore flowers in hair as peace symbol** **Took marijuana and LSD recreationally** Engaged in **’free love’** **Opposed Vietnam war**

Question 29

What was a **hippie slogan**?

Answer 29

**’Make love not war’**

Question 30

What was the **hippie capital of America**?

Answer 30

**San Francisco**

Question 31

Where did **hippies settle**?

Answer 31

In **communes**

Question 32

What were **5 key features** of the **student protest movement**?

Answer 32

**The SDS** **swinging sixties- students demand greater freedom** **Anti war protests** **Protest singers** **Campaign for civil rights**

Question 33

Who were **2 protest singers in the 1960s**?

Answer 33

**Bob Dylan** **Jimi Hendrix**

Question 34

Who were the **SDS (3 things)**?

Answer 34

**First student protest group, Students for a Democratic Society**, **campaigned** for **greater say** in how **unis run**

Question 35

How **many people marched** in **Washington DC against the Vietnam war in 1969**?

Answer 35

**700,000**

Question 36

What did **many student protest against** which called them to **fight in Vietnam**?

Answer 36

**Draft system**

Question 37

What was an **example of a student protest in May 1970**?

Answer 37

**Kent State University**, resulted in **National Guardsmen shooting dead 4 student protesters**

Question 38

How **many women worked in traditionally male jobs in factories in WW2**?

Answer 38

**6 million**

Question 39

How **many women joined the armed forces in WW2**?

Answer 39

**300,000**

Question 40

What did the **media encourage women to do in the 1950s**?

Answer 40

**Adopt traditional family role**

Question 41

What **2 things encouraged women to seek paid employment in the 1950s**?

Answer 41

**Boredom with domestic routine** **Increased freedom due to labour-saving devices**

Question 42

What **percentage of women made up the work force** in **1960** compared to **1950**?

Answer 42

**29%** **50%**

Question 43

How **many women attended uni in 1960**?

Answer 43

**1.3 million**

Question 44

What did a **government report published in 1963 reveal about women in the workplace**?

Answer 44

**Earned only 50-60% wages as men doing same job**

Question 45

In the **1960s what percentage of women were doctors and lawyers**?

Answer 45

Drs- **7%** Lawyers- **4%**

Question 46

What did the **Feminine Mystique published in 1963 do (2 things)**?

Answer 46

**Ridiculed common belief women only suited to low paid jobs** **Called for progress in female employment opportunities**

Question 47

What did **Betty Friedman set up in 1966**?

Answer 47

**NOW National Organisation for Women- equal rights + challenged discrimination in courts**

Question 48

How **many members did NOW have by the early 1970s**?

Answer 48

**40,000**

Question 49

What were **2 ways the Women’s Liberation Movement attracted publicity**?

Answer 49

**Burning bras** **1965 picketed Miss America Beauty Contest**

Question 50

Which **2 laws** helped to **secure more gender equality in the 60s and 70s**?

Answer 50

**Civil Rights Act 1964** **1973 legal abortion**

Question 51

**Who and when** was the **first woman appointed in the US Supreme Court**?

Answer 51

**Sandra Day O’Connor 1981**

Question 52

By **1995 what percentage of women of working age were in employment**?

Answer 52

**70%**