70-79 society

Question 1

start of environmental awareness

Answer 1

-1962 the silent spring warned of decline in wildlife
-1963 action against fox hunts
-1967 wreck of oil tanker
-peoples party>ecology party in 1975, 1979 53 candidates

Question 2

nuclear environmental campaigns

Answer 2

-anti nuclear protest due to waste and accident potential
-5 meltdowns at sellafield 57-1979
-three mile island nyc 1979

Question 3

animal rights movements

Answer 3

-greenpeace founded 1971 to campaign against whaling
-greenpeace uk founded 1977
-animal rights protests on labs from 1973
-animal liberation front formed 1976, extreme violence

Question 4

media interest in environmentalism

Answer 4

-attenboroughs life on earth 1979
-james lovelock gaia theory on ecology 1979
-the goodlife about a self sufficient modern couple 1975
-watership down published 1972
-teddy goldsmith blueprint for survival 1972

Question 5

70s immigration

Answer 5

-1971 immigration act, 1 grandparent, job secured
-idi amin expelled ugandan asians, 28000 to britain
-rush of immigrants when bangladesh separated from pakistan in 1974
-by 1974 1 million new commonwealth immigrants

Question 6

race politics

Answer 6

-10 non white councillors in london 1974, 35 in 1978
-1976 race relations act to tackle discrimination
-national front 20,000 members in 1976, 4th largest party 1977
-90 candidates in 1974 election
-tories said they would toughen immigration policy

Question 7

national front actions

Answer 7

-hold marches in immigrant populated areas
-100 incidents against asians and afro-carribeans between jan 1976 and aug 1978 east london
-anti-nazi league set up 1977 to combat this
-skinheads attracted by nf ideas, carried out attacks

Question 8

Police actions on racism

Answer 8

-70/22000 ethnic minority officers in met police
-young black people harassed by police
-notting hill carnival tensions led to a riot, 300 injured
-death of blair peach 1979 due to police truncheon

Question 9

growth of second wave feminism

Answer 9

-inauguration of international womens day 1977
-first womens lib meeting 1970, groups sprang up nationwide
-disrupted miss world contest 1970
-demonstrations in london and liverpool march 1971

Question 10

split in feminism

Answer 10

-some were radical believed women were oppressed and campaigned for reproductive rights
-social feminists campaigned for more financial independence

Question 11

reproductive rights advancements

Answer 11

-birth control pill available through nhs 1971
-rape crisis centre london 1976
-1976 domestic violence act, restraining orders
-reclaim the night march against yorkshire ripper

Question 12

sex discrimination act

Answer 12

-passed 1975, ended discrimination on the basis of gender
-outlaw harrassment, equality in employment, education
-set up equality opportunities commission which oversaw sex discrimination and equal pay act
-only launched 9 investigations between 1976 and 1983

Question 13

Beginning of the punk movement

Answer 13

-started 1975 by us bands who rejected commercialism
-british bands sex pistols, clash, damned, buzzcocks
-nihilistic philosophy, rejected hippy culture

Question 14

Sex pistols

Answer 14

-managed by malcom mclaren, fronted by johnny rotten
-swore on live tv sparking fury
-released ‘god save the queen’ during silver jubilee 1977
-bbc refused to play it, reached 2nd in charts

Question 15

Skinheads and hooliganism

Answer 15

-developed from mod culture, working class
-linked with national front and hooliganism end of 1970s
-organised hooligan groups set up linked to clubs
-became known as the ‘english disease’