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chapter seven Flashcards

1
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impact of increased tv availability

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more uniformity of culture; ended isolation of distant communities; supplied both news and cinema that influenced the culture and information spread

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2
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percentage of population with a tv by 1961

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75%

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percentage of population with a tv by 1971

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91%

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when was itv launched

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1955

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what did the launch of itv allow

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growth in advertising
a channel that wasnt bbc

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impact of pirate radio shows

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pop and more mainstream music could be listened to by teenagers; grew youth subcultures
showed interest in pop music to bbc; leading to creation of bbc radio 3

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7
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when was swinging radio england a pirate radio

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1966; may to november

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marine broadcasting act

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august 1967; banned offshore (pirate) radio station

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9
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percentage of cars being mode of transport for journeys by 1974

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77%

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percentage of cars being mode of transport for journeys in 1954

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39%

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leisure activities that increased in the sixties

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holidays (for middle to upper classes)
shopping
television
activies like golf (that driving permitted)

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12
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when did first person go to space

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1961

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when did first person (usa) land on the moon

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1969

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14
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the post office tower

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tallest tower in britain at the time; opened in 165 to improve telecommunications

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15
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the theatres act

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1968; removed the strict censorship of theatre based on what was deemed approrpriate

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16
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the feminine mystique (book)

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1963; written by american betty friedan
credited with starting second wave feminism

17
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percentage of students in further education that were women by 1970

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28%

18
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the family planning act

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1967; allowed local access to contraceptives and advice for the first time

19
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when was the first national womens liberation conference

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1970; oxford

20
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what were the national womens liberation conference demand

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equal pay
free contraceptive + abortions on request
equal education + job opportunities
free 24 hour child care

21
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the equal pay act

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1970; established principal of equal pay but didnt come into force for at least five years

22
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dangerous drugs act

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1967; made it unlawful to possess drugs

23
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example of how sexual permissiveness of the 1960s was exaggerated

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surveys done in 1965+69 found that most young people were virgins on marriage or married their only sexual partner

24
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fashion capital in the world 1960s

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london

25
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different 1960 youth subcultures

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mods
rockers
emerging skin heads
hippies

26
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when universities start providing teachings on vietnam at oxford and lse

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summer of 1965

27
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battle of grosvenor square

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17 march 1968; started during anti-vietnam demonstration outside the american embassy

28
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examples of other british anti-vietnam protests in 1968

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at university of sussex; an american speaker on vietnam was covered in red paint
in essex; two conservative mps were attacked
the labour defence secretary had car almost overturned by cambridge students

29
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race relations act

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1965; forbade discrimination in publics places. but left discrimination in employment and housing excluded

30
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public opinions on immigration and examples (from surveys)

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bad; 1 in 5 people objected working with a black or asain person
1 in 2 said they would refuse to live next door to a black person
9 out 10 disagreed with mixed marriages

31
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when did the sudden influx of kenyan asian asylum seekers occur

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februrary 1968

32
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(new) commonwealth immigration act

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march 1968; limited right of return for non white commonwealth citizens

33
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when was enoch powells rivers of blood speech and what was it in response to

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april 168; in response to public discontent with influx of immigration of the kenyan asians

34
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government reaction to rivers of blood speech

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powell was condemned by liberal establishment
sacked from shadow cabinet by heath

35
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public reaction to rivers of blood speech

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strikes by dockers + strikes at downing street in response to his sacking

36
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percentage of population that agreed with powells speech

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75%

37
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second race relations act

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1968; banned racial discrimination in housing, employment, insurance and other services (still had many loopholes)

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