booklet three end of topic test Flashcards
What % of the world’s goods were produced by the USA in the 1950’s
Nearly 50%
Who were two of the 1950’s teenage rebels
Marlon Brando, James Dean
How did TV ownership change between 1948 and 1958
1948 = 0.4% 1954 = 55.7% 1958 = 83.2%
What type of music started in the 1950’s and who was the most famous star
Rock and Role, Elvis Presley
Summaries three ways in which WW2 helped the consumer industry boom in the 1950’s
Lend lease brought in an income after the war, employment was high due to all of the new factories, military factories were converted to make consumer goods, due the the lack of attacks on America
What did the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act do
Spent $13 billion on veteran soldiers benefits
How did President Truman try and help the economy
Unemployment insurance, increasing minimal wage
What did the 1947 Marshall Plan do
Gave $17 billion to European countries to help their economies grow so that they could buy more goods of America and inadvertently pay them back
What international events led to the US fear of communism growing
Russia taking over most of Europe
Why did some people start getting called “Communist Sympathizers”
They were thought to be a potential communist because of an irrational fear
What organization was set up to investigate communist sympathizers in the government, education, and film industry
House Committee of Un-American Activities
who had served in several government departments under Truman and was convicted of being a spy in 1950
Alger Hiss
Who came up with the famous slogan “Reds under every bed”
Joe McCarthy
What famous people did McCarthy accuse of being communist
General Marshall and future President Eisenhower
What did congress call McCarthy
Irresponsible bully
How many Hollywood stars were on McCarthy’s blacklist
150
How were blacks prevented from voting in some states
They were intimidated and lynched
Give 3 examples of unfair treatment of black Americans
They had different diners, different wash facilities, and different seats in various circumstances
What did the Linda Brown case change for black Americans
Opened integrated schools in the southern states of America
What did Rosa Parks do
She refused to give up her sit for a white person on a bus resulting her in getting arrested
What success did the Montgomery bus boycott have
It made segregation on public transport illegal
What changes did the Greensboro Sit Ins introduce
It desegregated the town of Nashville, Tennessee
Why did the freedom riots take place
They took place because the city of Birmingham, Alabama ignored segregation rules
Who attended MLK’s March on Washington
250,000 people of which 200,000 were black and 50,000 white
Why were there riots in the northern states between 1965-67
The police in those states were still very racist
What were the name of the two biggest riots and when they
1965 - Watts riot
1967 - Detroit riot
What was black Nationalsim
A civil rights movement that rejected the nonviolent approach
Name three famous members of the Nation of Islam
Elijah Muhammad, Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay), Malcom X (Malcom Little)
How and why did the SNCC change
Stokely Carmichael was chairmen and said USA was run by power
What did the Black Panthers believe
Black Americans should arm themselves
What improvements did the Civil Rights Act in 1964 make
Made it illegal for local governments do discriminate when voting
What did the Selma March in 1965 hope to achieve
To allow for more black people to vote
What improvements did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 introduce
They cut out the literacy tests allowing for more black people to become eligible to vote
Summarise the Civil Rights Act of 1968
People could not discriminate when letting or selling houses
What were Johnson’s 4 priorities for his Great Society Programme
Wanted to tackle unemployment, bad housing, inadequate medical care and the question of civil rights
What act provided training to disadvantaged youths aged 16-21
Economic Opportunity Act
Which act provided medical insurance for the over-65’s and hospital care for the poor
Medicare and Medicaid
Why did the Great Society never really succeed
It was drowned out buy the publicity of the Vietnam War
How did Johnson improve education
He spent $1.5 billion on secondary and primary education
What did the NOW Bill or Rights demand. State four things
- Equal rights
- Maternity leave rights
- Tax deduction for home and childcare
- child day (care centres for children)
Summarise the Roe vs Wade case
It made abortion legal
List three other ways in which women campaigned for equal rights
they created NOW (which was a campaign for women’s rights), they threatened to go on strike, and they took part in the Miss America Protest
