Social and cultural change 2

Question 1

What are some examples of leisure time activities?

Answer 1

• knitting
• cookery
• needlework

Question 2

What is important to note about a lot of these leisure time activities?

Answer 2

they can be combined with TV viewing

Question 3

What did new plays had to get from Lord Chamberlain’s Office?

Answer 3

a licence before they could be performed

Question 4

What could Chamberlain do to parts of the plays he did not agree with?

Answer 4

demand that material be taken out that they considered immoral and inappropriate

Question 5

What could happen to theatre owners who did not have a licence?

Answer 5

prosecuted

Question 6

What feminist movement arrived to Britain during the late 60s?

Answer 6

second wave feminism

Question 7

What was the argument that second wave feminism made about women?

Answer 7

they are unfulfilled with their restricted lives

Question 8

How were working mothers portrayed by the media?

Answer 8

unnatural and selfish

Question 9

Why is is that most mothers did not work?

Answer 9

• childminders were very rare
• private nurseries were only available to the wealthy

Question 10

What was the NHS’ Family Planning Act 1967?

Answer 10

it allowed the local authorities to give free contraception and contraceptive advice for the first time

Question 11

What type of group started to grow in Britain?

Answer 11

Women’s liberation groups

Question 12

What did Women’s lib groups campaign for?

Answer 12

social and economic equality

Question 13

What were the demands put forward at the first National Women’s Liberation Conference?

Answer 13

1- equal pay
2- free contraception and abortion on request
3- equal education and job opportunities
4- free 24/hr childcare

Question 14

What was the 1970 Matrimonial Property Act?

Answer 14

that during a divorce the work of the wife is taken into account

Question 15

What was the 1970 Equal Pay Act?

Answer 15

equal pay for equal work

Question 16

Who was Mary Whitehouse?

Answer 16

a woman concerned with the new permissive society and how it is being portrayed by the media (TV)

Question 17

What Association did Whitehouse set up?

Answer 17

The National Viewers’ and Listeners’ Association (1965)

Question 18

What did this association accomplish?

Answer 18

….nothing

Question 19

What is the 1967 Dangerous Drugs Act?

Answer 19

made it unlawful to possess drugs such as cannabis and cocaine

Question 20

What report combatted the Dangerous Drugs Act?

Answer 20

Wootton Report - 1968

Question 21

What did the Wootton Report suggest?

Answer 21

legalising soft drugs

Question 22

What is the purpose of the Race Relations Board?

Answer 22

to consider cases of discrimination and prosecute with enough evidence

Question 23

What were the terms of the 1st Race Relations Act?

Answer 23

• forbade discrimination in public
• no discrimination on the grounds of: race, ethnicity, or origin
• housing and employment excluded

Question 24

What were the terms of the 2nd Race Relations Act?

Answer 24

banned racial discrimination in:
- housing
- employment
- insurance
- other services

Question 25

What did the survey done in North London find in regards to racial attitudes?

Answer 25

• 1 in 5 people do not want to work with black people or Asians
• 50% of people refuse to live next door to black or Asian people
• 1 in 10 people disapprove of mixed marriages