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Changing social attitudes Flashcards

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1
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What were the two main areas of social change?

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Attitude to establishment

Culture

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What were the key events of breaking down deference (51-64)?

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1956 - Suez crisis
1958 - CND protests
1968 - Profumo affair

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What did the profumo affair 1958 show?

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Out of touch with people

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Who were vocal critics (51-64)?

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  • Social scientists

- The angry young men

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5
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What social tensions were reflected in TV (51-64)?

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  • Racial - (sapphire)
  • Violence - (Z cars)
  • Social issues e.g. homelessness (cathy come home)
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What action did Mary Whitehouse take?

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She wanted cultural change from the immorality and depravity

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How did Britain remain (1951-1964)?

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Socially conservative

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What does a permissive society mean?

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A society with sexual liberation and a change in public and private morals with a new openess

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What cultural changes were there (64-70)?

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Reduction in censorship

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10
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What were films previously subject to?

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British board of film classification

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What did Mulberry bush show?

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Sexual exploitation of teenagers

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What was the response to the reduction in censorship?

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1964 - Mary Whitehouse ‘clean up tv’ act

1965 - National viewers and listeners association

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How many members were part of the national viewers and listeners association?

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100,000

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How successful was the national viewers and listeners association?

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They failed to increase censorship

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How much more prevalent did cocaine and heroin addiction become 1964-70?

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10 times

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What was the 1967 Dangerous drugs act?

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Made possession of drugs unlawful

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17
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Who rejected what report in 1968?

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James Callaghan (home secretary) rejected the Wooton report

18
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What was the Wooton report?

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Suggested that soft drugs should be lawful

19
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What was the max sentence in prison in 1970 for supplying drugs?

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14 years

20
Q

Which schools started teaching about what war in 1965?

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Oxford and London School of economics started teaching about Vietnam

21
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When was the Vietnam solidarity campaign set up?

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1966

22
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What happened on 17th March 1968?

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Violent anti-vietnam/war protests

23
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How many were arrested at the battle of grosvenor square?

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200

24
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When was the battle of Grosvenor square?

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28th March 1968

25
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In October 1968 how many people peacefully protested?

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30000

26
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What is environmentalism?

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Political philosophy concerning the health and welfare of the planet including Industrial pollution and Wildlife protection

27
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What does ecology mean?

A

Health of natural environment

28
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When was friends of the earth US set up?

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1969

29
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Which countries did friends of the earth expand to in 1971?

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Sweden
France
Britain

30
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When was greenpeace vancouver set up?

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1971

31
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Why was greenpeace vancouver set up?

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To stop whaling

32
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When was Greenpeace UK set up?

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1977

33
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Who and when were the pharmaceutical labs attacked?

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Animal rights protestors 1973

34
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When was the animal liberation front set up?

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1976

35
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Where was environmentalism seen in culture?

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Watership down 1972 (rabbits forced to move from road development)
David Attenborough 1979 series life on earth

36
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When was the people’s party formed?

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1973

37
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Why was the people’s party formed?

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Teddy Goldsmith’s report ‘blueprint for survival’ showing self-sufficiency and a deindustrialised society

38
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How many candidates did the people’s party put up in 1974 election?

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5

39
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What name did the people’s party change to and when?

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1975 - ecology party

40
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How many candidates did the ecology party put up in the 1979 election?

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53

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