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chapter 7- social and cultural change Flashcards

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1
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what percentage oh British households had TV’s by 1970

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91%

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when was BBC 2 launched

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1964

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what did BBC2 become the first channel to do in 1967

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regularly broadcast colour programmes

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how many radio stations were there at the start of the 60’s

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3

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how did people access pop music at the start of the 60’s

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pirate radio stations like BBC Luxembourg

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6
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what replaced pirate radio stations when they were banned

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BBC one

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7
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what was the result of expanding TV and radio on printed media

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ad revenue and readership fell

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8
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what replaced the daily herald in 1964

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the sun

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9
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who bought the sun in 1969 and what ddi this result in

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Rupert Murdoch

more permissive attitudes in the paper which led to increased popularity

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what percentage of leisure time did TV account for in 1969

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23%

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11
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what percentage of journeys were in cars by 1970

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77%

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12
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how many more holidays abroad were there in 1971 than 1961

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3 million

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13
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when was the post office tower opened

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1965

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14
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when was the bill to abolish theatre censorship passed

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1968

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15
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who was behind the bill to abolish theatre censorship

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George Strauss with the support of Roy Jenkins

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what ddi plays previously have to do before the abolishment of theatre censorship

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gain a licence from the lord chamberlain office

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17
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what did 13 members of the cast of the play ‘Hair’ do in London in 1968

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faced the audience naked for 30n seconds

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18
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what were films still having to comply to in the 60’s

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the British board of film censors

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19
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what are examples of controversial films in the 60’s

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Darling 1965

Alfie 1966

he owe go round the mulberry bush 1967

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20
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where and when did second wave feminism begin

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america- 1963

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21
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what started second wave feminism

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Betty Friedan publishing The feminine mystique

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22
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what percentage of those in higher education were women by 1970

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28%

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23
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what percentage of women reached managerial posts in 1970

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5%

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what ddi the family planning act of 1967 do

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allowed local authorities to provide contraceptives and advice to women

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25
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how ddi the number of illegitimate births change from 1960-1970

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5.8 to 8.2%

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26
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what did a feminist rally in 1969 lead to

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the establishment of the women’s coordination committee

27
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what was held for the first time in 1970 at ruskin’s college oxford

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the first women’s liberation conference

28
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what demands were put forward at the women liberation conference in 1970

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equal pay

free contraception and abortion on request

equal educational and job opportunities

free 24-hour childcare

29
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what ddi the 1970 matrimonial property act establish

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the work of a wife should be taken in to account in divorce settlements

30
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when was the equal pay act established and when did it come into play

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established 1970

started 1975

31
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what can the 60’s be described as for women

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a time of evolution not revolution

32
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what ddi Mary Whitehouse set up in 1965 and how many members did It have

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the national viewers and listeners association

100,000

33
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what became ten times more prevalent in the early 60’s

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cocaine and heroine addiction

34
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what did the dangerous drugs act 1967 do

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made it unlawful to posses soft drugs

35
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what did James Callaghan say he wanted to do for society

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‘to call a halt to the rising tide of permissiveness’

36
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what was the maximum sentence for supplying drugs increased to in 1970

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14 years

37
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what lifestyle promoted drug culture

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hippy- LSD etc

38
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what did a survey in 1969 show about teenagers

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they spent more time at home listening to music than at clubs or festivals

39
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what show launched in 1964 that made popular music more accessible

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top of the pops

40
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what occurred at Oxford and LSE in summer of 1965

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teach-ins on the Vietnam war

41
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what was founded in 1966 about the Vietnam war

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the Vietnam solidarity campaign

42
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when were there anti-vietnams protests outside the American embassy

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17th and 28th March 1968wh

43
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at was the aftermath of the battle of Grosvenor square

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200 arrested

44
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how many people were part of an anti-vietnams protest in October 1968

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30,000

45
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what happened to a speaker on the Vietnam war from the American embassy at Sussex university in 1968

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got covered in red paint

46
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what did a survey in north London in 1965 show about race relations

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1 in 5 objected to working with blck or asian people

1 in 2 said they would refuse to live next to black or asian people

9 out of 10 disapproved of interracial marriages

47
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when was the first race relations act passed

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1965

48
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what did the first race relations act do

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forbade discrimination in public places

set up race relations board

ignored discrimination in housing or employment

49
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what led to the commonwealth immigration act in 1968

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sudden influx of Kenyan asians

50
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what did they commonwealth immigration act do

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limited the amount of non-white commonwealth citizens who could come to the uk

51
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when did enoch Powell make his rivers of blood speech

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1968

52
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what did his rivers of blood speech result in for Powell

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heath sacked him from shadow cabinet and never spoke to him again

53
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what was the aftermath of Powells sacking

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dockers and meat porters striking outside Downing Street

54
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what did a pole about Powell show in 1968

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75% of people agreed with what he said

55
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when was the second race relations act set up

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1968

56
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what ddi the second race relations act do

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banned discrimination in housing and employment

gave race relations board more power

57
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how many complaints of discrimination in employment did the RRB receive up to 1972 and how many did it act on

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1241 complaints

upheld 10% of them

58
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what became an annual event from 1964

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notting hill carnival

59
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what influence ddi immigration have on youth

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hippies war Kaftans and ethic beads

ska music came from the carribean

60
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how many more working days were lost in 1970 compared to 1959

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3 million (10-13)

61
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what formed in Birmingham in 1965

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British branch of KKK

62
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who visited smethwick in 1965

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Malcom X

63
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what ddi Harold Wilson describe Peter Griffiths as

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a ‘parliamentary leper’

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