Other Protests

Question 1

Why were people hopeful there may have been changes in society at the start of the period?

Answer 1

Changes during WW2 such as women working, President Kennedy elected.

Question 2

Which group emerged in the 1950s?

Answer 2

Teenagers, they started to question the beliefs of their parents and society

Question 3

Which form of media drastically increased in the 1960s?

Answer 3

The TV, for the first time, most US households had one in their home

Question 4

Why had the role of government changed?

Answer 4

Roosevelt had implemented changed after the Great Depression which caused many Americans to expect the government to intervene.

Question 5

Why did society have to start listening to young people?

Answer 5

In the 1960s there was the ‘baby boomers’, they now made up a large percentage of the population

Question 6

Who were some influential musicans the period?

Answer 6

Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, The Beatles

Question 7

How did the economy influence protests?

Answer 7

There was great prosperity, but mostly for white protestant men, the greater wealth highlighted inequality.

Question 8

What was a popular society of the student movement?

Answer 8

Don’t trust anyone over 30

Question 9

By 1970, how many young people went into higher education?

Answer 9

40%

Question 10

What sort of issues did students campaign on?

Answer 10

Civil Rights for African Americans, gay rights, women’s rights, environment, nuclear disarmament

Question 11

What was one of the first protest organisations set up by students?

Answer 11

Students for a democratic society (SDS)

Question 12

What was the Port Huron Statement?

Answer 12

Students for a democratic society’s aims- campaign against ‘racial injustice, war and the violation of human rights.’

Question 13

When were the SDS most active and how did it protest?

Answer 13

1961-62, sit ins and rallies

Question 14

By the end of the 1960s, how large had the SDS gotten?

Answer 14

150 colleges across the USA with a total of 100,000 members

Question 15

What was the Berkely Free Speech movement campaigning for?

Answer 15

Protests against racial discrimination and their right to protest

Question 16

Who were 2 leaders of the FSM (freedom of speech movement)?

Answer 16

Weinberg and Mario Savio

Question 17

What were some methods used by the Berkley Free Speech Movement?

Answer 17

Freedom Summer Protests, Demonstrations, Petitions

Question 18

Identify 4 successes of the student movement

Answer 18

SDS enjoyed popular support, BFSM forced uni bosses to grant students more freedom, generated support for anti-vietnam war, 1968-1970 100 anti-war demonstrations

Question 19

Identify 4 failures of the student movement

Answer 19

Not all students were supportive of the movement, nicked named ‘Filthy Speech Movement’, some critics say it was the media that raised awareness not sutdents, some students lost their lives such as at Kent State University

Question 20

Who were hippies?

Answer 20

Young people who decided to ‘drop out’ of society and live alternative lifestyles

Question 21

What is a commune?

Answer 21

A group of people who lived in a community, sharing work and possessions

Question 22

What were some of the protests of the hippie movement?

Answer 22

Make love, not war’ and ‘if it feels good, do it’

Question 23

What event was seen as the peak of the hippie movement?

Answer 23

Woodstock music festival in August 1969

Question 24

What were some of the lasting impacts the hippie movement had?

Answer 24

Wearing unusual clothes, listening to rock music, experimenting with drugs and sex

Question 25

Why did the women’s movement emerge?

Answer 25

Rejection of traditional attitudes towards women, unequal pay, feminists, advances in technology

Question 26

Name 2 feminists of the movement

Answer 26

Betty Friedan and Eleanor Roosevelt

Question 27

When was National Organisation for Women (NOW) set up?

Answer 27

June 1966

Question 28

What book did Betty Friedan publish?

Answer 28

The Feminine Mystique

Question 29

What event did NOW organise in 1970?

Answer 29

Women’s Strike for Equality. Largest march was attended by 50,000 at New York

Question 30

What was invented in 1960?

Answer 30

The contraceptive pill

Question 31

When were married women allowed to use the pill?

Answer 31

1965

Question 32

When was the Equal Pay Act?

Answer 32

1963

Question 33

When was the Civil Rights Act?

Answer 33

1964

Question 34

When was the Equal Amendment Act?

Answer 34

1973

Question 35

What is the historic supreme court case surrounding abortion?

Answer 35

Roe v Wade

Question 36

Who was a famous critic of the women’s movement?

Answer 36

Phyllis Schlafly