16 - Society In The 1970s

Question 1

What 3 main things did 1970s society reflect?

Answer 1

Women’s assertiveness
Youth conflict
Racial tensions

Question 2

What 2 key Acts were implemented that improved female equality?

Answer 2

1970 Equal Pay Act

1975 Sex Discrimination Act

Question 3

When was the Equal Pay Act passed? What year did it come into effect?

Answer 3

1970

1975

Question 4

What was the main reason that the Equal Pay Act passed?

Answer 4

It was a pre-condition to entering the EEC

Question 5

What Commission did the 1975 Sex Discrimination Act set up? What did the Commission ensure?

Answer 5

Equal Opportunities Commission

Fair employment practices

Question 6

What did women have legal protection from due to the Sex Discrimination Act?

Answer 6

Discrimination

Question 7

What was set up under the Sex Discrimination Act that dealt with sexual harassment?

Answer 7

Tribunals

Question 8

What did women’s groups continue to campaign for in the 1970s?

Answer 8

Wider women’s rights

Question 9

What violence did feminists want to end? What 2 things did they want controlled rights for?

Answer 9

Domestic violence

Abortion and birth control

Question 10

What 2 things opened in society for battered wives and their children?

Answer 10

Rape crisis centres

Refuges

Question 11

Who set up the first women’s refuge in London?

Answer 11

Erin Pizzey

Question 12

What Competition did many women protest against? When did it take place?

Answer 12

Miss World Competition

1970

Question 13

What magazine was set up that argued women’s subjugation linked to class oppression?

Answer 13

Spare Rib

Question 14

What hooliganism continued in the 1970s? Where would this take place?

Answer 14

Football hooliganism

Football grounds

Question 15

What type of rock developed in society? What values were challenged?

Answer 15

Punk rock

Traditional values

Question 16

What 4 fashion trends did punk rockers have?

Answer 16

Torn clothing, body piercings, chains and spiked hair

Question 17

What was punk rock mostly a phase of for the youth? What did this phase mirror?

Answer 17

A phase of rebellion

1960s trends

Question 18

What continued to cause tensions within society? What was the government accused of?

Answer 18

Race and immigration

Racist policing

Question 19

What procedure did black youths become angry about? Why?

Answer 19

“Stop and Search”

It was overwhelmingly used against blacks

Question 20

What concern was there with race and immigration?

Answer 20

Different ethnic communities rarely mixed

Question 21

What Act outlawed indirect discrimination?

Answer 21

1976 Race Relations Act

Question 22

What is an example of indirect discrimination prominent in the 1970s?

Answer 22

A black person not being interviewed because he was black

Question 23

What Commission was created to police discrimination?

Answer 23

Commission for Racial Equality

Question 24

What did black people’s protests end up in? Who is an example that died of this clash?

Answer 24

Violent clashes with police

Blair Peach

Question 25

Why did the police often try to halt the Notting Hill Carnival?

Answer 25

They feared disorder

Question 26

What British group of the US Black Power movement appeared in Britain in the early 1970s?

Answer 26

Black Panthers

Question 27

What country and time period did 1970s Britain avoid riots similar to?

Answer 27

1960s USA

Question 28

What extreme far-right party emerged in the 1970s? Who was their leader?

Answer 28

National Front

Martin Webster

Question 29

How much of the vote did Martin Webster win in West Bromich East in May 1973?

Answer 29

16%

Question 30

What type of demonstrations did the National Front hold? What youth group did this attract?

Answer 30

Noisy demonstrations

Skinheads

Question 31

What League opposed the National Front?

Answer 31

Anti-Nazi League

Question 32

What movement was supported by musicians to tackle racism?

Answer 32

Rock Against Racism