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Social Change 1950-2000 Flashcards

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why did parents and teachers dislike elvis

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sensual style
tight trousers
his sneer

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2
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what did bob dylan sing about

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protest songs
vietnam war

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3
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why did parents dislike rock and roll

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promoted lack of respect for the law

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who wrote the femenine mystique?

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betty friedan

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what did betty friedan discuss in her novel?

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it described the assumptions that women would only be fulfilled from their housework, marriage, sexual lives, and children

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6
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when did drive in cinemas open?

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1930’s

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7
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what film created the teenage image

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rebel without a cause

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8
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example of a symbol of rebellion in film

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James Dean

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9
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when were special effects tech and sountracks added to movies

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1970s
‘blockbuster event films’

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10
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when was the first dvd released

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1997

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how many homes had a TV by 1960?

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50 million

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how many TV sets were there in 1946

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7,000

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why were drive in cinemas popular?

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popular in remote areas as travelling to a traditional cinema was tough

popular w teenagers as it was ideal for dating

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2 significant blockbuster films

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Jaws 1975
Star Wars 1977

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which social group did early american television focus on?

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almost exclusively on white middle class

this reinforced traditional US values that were associated w the suburban family dream

racial minorities usually shown to be working for white families

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what did the creation of VHS tapes allowd people to do

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buy or rent films/TV

17
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VHS

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video home system

18
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what is COUNTERCULTURE

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ideas or beliefs that go against society’s norms

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who were BEATNIKS

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young people who rejected traditional US life of having a 9-5 and a family

instead they read poetry, books and experimented w drugs

20
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why did young people feel the need to rebel

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new music and media

fear of nuclear war that could kill them at any time

21
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what did the contraceptive pill allow?

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allowed young people more sexual freedom

22
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which drugs had an increase in usage in the 50’s and 60’s

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LSD and weed

23
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what organisation did betty friedan introduce

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NOW
national organisation of women

24
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what did NOW do?

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challenged discrimination in court cases

25
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what is the WLM

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womens liberation movement

radical feminist movement who burned bras ext

26
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who was the first female VP candidate

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Geraldine Ferraro

27
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who reacted violently to hippies?

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police - for drug use

politicians such as governor of california for their REJECTION of american values

others angered by their refusal to work

28
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SDS

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students for a democratic society

organisation that campaigned to allow students to have more say over wha they were taught and how they were treated at uni

29
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when was SDS started?

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1959 in University of Michigan

30
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how many SDS members were there by the end of the 1960’s?

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100,000 members
in
150 colleges and universities

31
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how much did a woman earn in 1998?

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25% less than men on average

32
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how many working age women were employed in 1995 and 1955

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1955- 38%
1955- 70%

33
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how many women in uni in 1960

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1.3 million

34
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what did NOW ACHIEVE by 1970’s?

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managed to get $30 million in backpay for women who had not been paid properly between 1966-70

35
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what ammendments did NOW add to the constitution?

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laws guaranteeing maternity leave for women

ensuring women had access to contraception and abortion

36
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why did some people disgaree with NOW?

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didn’t address issues for poorer women and black american women

37
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what happend in the Miss America pagent in 1968?

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WLM crowned a sheep as Miss America

38
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Roe V Wade

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1973
Jane Roe ruled in SC that all women had a consitutional right to get an abortion if they wanted one

2022
Roe v Wade overturned and now individual states can ban abortion as they wish (e.g Texas)

GCSE Eduqas History America (8 decks)

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