Modern history exam revision

Question 1

Reasons for protests to increase

Answer 1

Impact of civil rights, dissapointment (frustration), teenagers, media, goverment, other factors (vietnamese war, sexisim)

Question 2

Why did the goverment cause the protests?

Answer 2

Lack of trust, propaganda in the past

Question 3

Why did media cause the protests?

Answer 3

Raised awarness, shows mostly evreything (like how black people were getting treated)

Question 4

How did teenagers cause the protests to increase?

Answer 4

Has more time, wanting to make a change, didn’t agree with parents, SNCC, SDS

Question 5

Why were black people dissapointed (frustrated)

Answer 5

The lack of progress with peacful protests, MLK assasinated

Question 6

How did the impact of civil rights help the other protests (like womans or students protets, etc.)

Answer 6

It gave people ideas since they always saw these protests, gained different ideas, eblifes, etc.

Question 7

What was the other factors that caused the protests

Answer 7

Vietnemese war, sexisim

Question 8

What was the popular slogan at the student protests

Answer 8

Don’t trust anyone over 30

Question 9

Nuclear disarment (why,where,when,how)

Answer 9

Students more active with politics, american universities, 1960-1970’s, merged the protests together

Question 10

SDS (why,,where,when,how)

Answer 10

Racial injustice, war, violation of human rights
University of Mienigon
1961-1962
sit ins, freedom rides

Question 11

BFS (why,where,when,how)

Answer 11

Racial discrimination on campus, University of californis in berkley, 1964, protests sit ins, ended with the university banning political talks on campus

Question 12

FSM (why,where,when,how)

Answer 12

Wanting to talk about politics, etc. on campus
Berkley
2 December 1964
Sit ins, protests, etc.

Question 13

Vietnam war (why,,where,when,how)

Answer 13

Communisim, North Vietnam vs South US, 1950-1960’s, started anti war protests

Question 14

How did hippies affect socitey(1960’s)

Answer 14

Experimented with drug/sex, rejected socitey, accepted evreyone, anti war

Question 15

What was expected of woman after ww2

Answer 15

To go back to their old roles as stay at home moms

Question 16

What was the role of Eleanor Roosvelts

Answer 16

As first lady she helped womans roles change, she enchouraged woman to stand up for themselves. She also encouraged her husbad to hire more woman staff in the office

Question 17

Role of BettyFrieden

Answer 17

Wrote a book about feminisim (The Feminine Mystique) and how the “womans dream” (stay at home mom) is just a myth

Question 18

NOW

Answer 18

Nation of woman

Question 19

WLM

Answer 19

women’s liberation movement

Question 20

What did NOW do to help the womans movement?

Answer 20

Created the NOW bill of rights

Question 21

What did WLM do to help the womans movement

Answer 21

Protests to change the patriarchal socitey

Question 22

Roe vs Wade

Answer 22

Changing the abortion laws, the case led to abortions becoming available to women across the USA and most people in the WLM saw it as a huge victory

Question 23

Role of Phyllis Schlafly

Answer 23

Stop ERA (equal rights movement), anti feminist, saying other woman should go back to their old roles,she belived it would weaken the family

Question 24

Don’t trust anyone over 30

Answer 24

Belief that socitey was unfair, politicians corrupt and if they didn’t try to change before they can’t now (left wing/democrats)

Question 25

Impacts of the womens movement

Answer 25

Women rebelling, more awarness, women going to collage or getting jobs, different fashion styles (more revealed skin)