Social Change

Question 1

Music in 1950s:

Answer 1

Elvis Presley and rock and roll music

Question 2

Music in 1960s:

Answer 2

Beatles and Beach Boys were popular

Question 3

Music in 1970s/80s:

Answer 3

Heavy metal,disco,rap and hip hop

Question 4

1970s Television:

Answer 4

Blockbusters like Jaws (1975) and Star Wars (1977) dominated movies

Question 5

1960s television:

Answer 5

Westerns were popular

Question 6

1980s television:

Answer 6

Soap operas

Question 7

1990s television:

Answer 7

Chat shows

Question 8

One example of literature:

Answer 8

To kill a mockingbird (1960) covered sensitive issues of the time

Question 9

What was the biggest change in the 1950s?

Answer 9

The emergence of youth culture

Question 10

What did teens do in the 1950s?

Answer 10

They had more money and free time so felt the need to express themselves in music,fashion and behaviour

Question 11

What were student protests?

Answer 11

1951 - SDS was set up and campaigned for more say on how courses and institutions should be run

Question 12

What did students oppose in the 1960s?

Answer 12

The Vietnam war

Question 13

What was the role of women in the 1950s?

Answer 13

Labour saving devices encouraged some women to seek careers

Question 14

What was the role of women in the 1960s?

Answer 14

Women represented 50% of the workforce
Only received 50% of wages men got for same job
1.3 million women attended university

Question 15

Who was Betty Friedan

Answer 15

Published Feminine Mystique which called women to abandon traditional roles
Her and others set up NOW which demanded equal rights for women

Question 16

What was the women’s liberation movement?

Answer 16

Extreme movement fighting for equality for women