lecture 26

Question 1

Penicillin, vaccines

Answer 1

Made widespread by 1948 - used during ww2 & discovered by Alexander Fleming. Massive production made just before D-Day

Question 2

DDT

Answer 2

Dichoro - diphenyl - trochoroethane (pesticides)

Question 3

Who was Rachel Carson *

Answer 3

Wrote 1962 ‘Silent Spring’, first female biologist that said pesticide was dangerous.

Question 4

Biomagnification

Answer 4

higher-level predators-fish, birds, and marine mammals-build up greater and more dangerous amounts of toxic materials than animals lower on the food chain.

Question 5

Television & computers

Answer 5

Just three station. Google 1998.

Question 6

Nuclear arms race

Answer 6

who had the most stronger bombs - neck & neck

Question 7

Space race: Sputnik ?

Answer 7

Soviet 1957 1st satellite in space

Question 8

Laika?

Answer 8

Laika was a Soviet space dog who was one of the first animals in space and the first to orbit the Earth

Question 9

Apollo 11 (*1969)

Answer 9

Apollo 11 was the American spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon.

Question 10

Armstrong, Collins, Aldrin.

Answer 10

The three men on board apollo 11 - national heroes

Question 11

Dr. Benjamin Spock

Answer 11

Benjamin McLane Spock was an American pediatrician and left-wing political activist. His book Baby and Child Care is one of the best-selling books of the 20th century, selling 500,000 copies in the six months after its initial publication and 50 million by the time of Spock’s death in 1998.

Question 12

Beatniks

Answer 12

Beatniks were members of a social movement in the mid 20th century, who subscribed to an anti-materialistic lifestyle. They rejected the conformity and consumerism of mainstream American culture and expressed themselves through various forms of art, such as literature, poetry, music, and painting. Think: Hippy and different beat makers

Question 13

1950s entertainment

Answer 13

ows such as The Mickey Mouse Club and Howdy Doody, entertained millions of American tykes. During the 1950s, few households owned more than one television, so viewing became a shared family event. Even the American diet was transformed with the advent of the TV dinner, first introduced in 1954

Question 14

Brown Vs. Board of ed. 1954

Answer 14

In this milestone decision, the Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional.

Question 15

Rosa parks

Answer 15

cmon now i know this

Question 16

The little rock 9

Answer 16

The “Little Rock Nine,” as the nine teens came to be known, were to be the first African American students to enter Little Rock’s Central High School.

Question 17

Pres Dwight D Eisenhower ?

Answer 17

became president after war