history review

Question 1

Beatniks

Answer 1

Followers of the beat movement who lived nonconformist lives
They tended to shun regular work and sought a higher consciousness through Zen Buddhism, music, and, sometimes, drugs.

Question 2

Rock n’ Roll

Answer 2

A name that has come to mean music that’s both black and white—music that is American.
musicians in the 1950s added electronic instruments to traditional blues music, creating rhythm and blues.

Question 3

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Answer 3

The government agency that regulates and licenses television, telephone, telegraph, radio, and other communications industries—had allowed 500 new stations to broadcast.

Question 4

Mass Media

Answer 4

Mass Media
Means of communication that reach large audiences

Question 5

Elvis Presley

Answer 5

The unofficial king of rock n’ roll

Question 6

James Dean

Answer 6

American film actor
Made a few films before his death when he was 24 due to a car crash

Question 7

Jimmy Hoffa

Answer 7

American labor leader
One of the most controversial labor organizers of his time

Question 8

TV

Answer 8

Early television sets were small boxes with round screens. Programming was meager, and broadcasts were in black and white

Question 9

Beat Movement

Answer 9

expressed the social and literary nonconformity of artists, poets, and writers.

Question 10

Advertisement

Answer 10

Ads were everywhere in newspapers and magazines, on radio and television, and on billboards along the highways prompting people to buy goods that ranged from cars to cereals to cigarettes

Question 11

Affluence

Answer 11

State of having lots of money

Question 12

Conglomerate

Answer 12

Huge corporation that includes many smaller companies

Question 13

Planned Obsolescence

Answer 13

In order to encourage consumers to purchase more goods, manufacturers purposely designed products to be obsolete (outdated), this would convince the consumer to always stay up to date and buy the newest versions

Question 14

Beatniks

Answer 14

Followers of the beat movement who lived nonconformist lives
They tended to shun regular work and sought a higher consciousness through Zen Buddhism, music, and, sometimes, drugs.

Question 15

Consumerism

Answer 15

Buying material goods became equated with success
A person’s happiness and well being depended on having lots of goods and materials
Ads also convinced consumers to buy many products, encouraging more spending

Question 16

Car Culture

Answer 16

U.S. government had rationed gasoline to curb inflation and conserve supplies.
Easy credit terms and extensive advertising persuaded Americans to buy cars in record numbers.
Automania: families could not walk to work since it was not walking distance making owning a car a necessity
automobile industry provided jobs in areas such as restaurants and malls
It also created problems for the society such as the noise and exhaust that polluted the air, the traffic that would cause people stress, and the many car crashes that would end many people’s lives

Question 17

Suburbia

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For many people, the suburbs embodied the American dream of an affordable single-family house, good schools, a safe, healthy environment for children, and congenial neighbors just like themselves.

Question 18

Conformity

Answer 18

the tendency for an individual to align their attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors with those of the people around them

Question 19

Franchises

Answer 19

a company that offers similar products or services in many locations.

Question 20

Baby Boom

Answer 20

As soldiers returned from World War II and settled into family life, they contributed to an unprecedented population explosion known as the baby boom.
Birth rate was at a high
Contributing to the size of the baby-boom generation were many factors, including: reunion of husbands and wives after the war, decreasing marriage age, desirability of large families, confidence in continued economic prosperity, and advances in medicine

Question 21

Dr. Jonas Salk

Answer 21

Developed a vaccine for polio

Question 22

Conservatism

Answer 22

commitment to traditional values and ideas with opposition to change or innovation.

Question 23

Teenager Culture

Answer 23

Started when there was a burst of affluence and the rising middle class was created. Since there was so much leisure time for teens now they had a whole culture. Much of this culture included the rebellion towards their parents and listening to hard rock music that reflected their emotions

Question 24

Tech. Innovation

Answer 24

Things like cards, tvs, radios, and movie theaters started reaching advancements after ww2. For example cars experienced many different innovations and over time they would pick up the speed too, and microwave waves made it possible for tv shows to be broadcasted everywhere and not just in some parts of the east coast

Question 25

anti communism

Answer 25

opposition of communist beliefs

Question 26

red scare

Answer 26

deportation of many immigrants due to the government

Question 27

traditional values

Answer 27

women given the basic jobs as mothers and home care takers
Also conformity