social change Flashcards
where did police raid a gay bar in 1969?
Stonewall, Greenwich Village
when was the Gay Pride March and how many marchers were there?
1970, 10,000 marchers
how many Americans believed in equal rights for gays by 1977
50%
when were women given the right to vote under the 19th Amendment?
1920
when was the league of women’s voters set up?
1920
when was the civilian Conservation Corps set up?
1933
what did Eleanor Roosevelt set up in response to the Conservation Corps
Camp Tera
what did Eleanor Roosevelt hold in 1943 for women?
the White House Conference for Unemployed Women
in the 1930s, for every $1 a man earnt, what did a white woman earn as well as a black women
white woman - 61 cents
black woman - 23 cents
what was passed in 1941 to help working women and what affect did this have
the Lanham Act Childcare Provision - number of women working rose by 7%
when was Kennedy’s Commission of Enquiry on Women
1961
who wrote the feminine Mystique and when
Betty Freidan - 1963
when was NOW created
1966
how many people thought married women should not work in 1936 and how many thought this in 1942
1936 - 82%
1842- 13%
where and when was the first shopping mall created
1954 - the Detroit Suburbs
when was the feminist strike
1970
what was Phyllis Schlafy’s campaign
STOP ERA
what % of films were made in Hollywood in the 20s and 30s
90%
who was the first It Girl
Clara Bow
by 1929 how many homes had a gramophone
50%
when was the Kennedy and Nixon debate
1960
when was PBS created
1967
when was Sesame Street Created
1969
by 1917, how many immigrants were entering the USA a year
1.2 million
what act restricted immigration in 1921
the Emergency Quota Act
how many japanese were put in internment camps
120,000
what was passed outside the quota system as the cold war set in
refugee acts
what did Kennedy write in 1958
a nation of immigrants
in the 70s, how many jobs were taken by mexicans in LA
1/3
How many illegal immigrants were deported in 1980
a million
when was operation wetback
1954
radio ownership
30s vs 40s
1930 - 40%
1940 - 70%
TV ownership
1950 vs 1960
1950 -10%
1960 - 90%
what example of sponsorship of the radio was shown in 1946
by 1946 the coke club sponsored many CBS stations
what occured to total US spending on advertising from 1950 to 1960
1950 - 5 billion
1960 - 12 billion
how many number 1 singles did Elvis have in the 1950s
12
how many women were working 1920 vs 1930
1920 8 million working
1930 10 million working
how many women served in the Women’s Army Corps
200,000 women
1941-1945 increase in women in the workforce
50%
changing attitude of married women working stats?
1936 80% of people though married women shouldn’t work
1942 10% thought this
1920s Mexican farm labour in the west
75%
baby boom 1946
3.4 million babies born
first shopping mall where and when
Detroit Suburbs 1954
When was NOW founded
1966
NOW membership change 1970
rose by 50%
what does the Supreme Court do for women’s rights in 1970s
1972 riled access to contraception
mid 1970s change in female employment?
by the mid 1970s 90% of female college graduates worked and half of married women were employed
how many Japanese were taken to internment camps and when
1942 120,000
when were refugee acts set to allow asians outside of the quota
1953 - end of Korea
what act was the first to limit western hemisphere immigration
The Western Hemisphere Act of 1976
by 1960 how many people in america were foreign born
10 million
1917 - 1929 car ownership stats
1917 - 4 million cars
1929 - 27 million cars registered
where and when was the first levittown
1947 - Pennsylvania
in what year was there a movie theatre seat for every 12 people in America
1941
1930
1940 radio ownership
1930 - 40%
1940 - 80%
when did the Coke Club start for CBS Radio
1946
US advertising spending
1940 - $6 billion
1960 - $12 billion
when did American Bandstand begin
1952
when was Motown Music created, where and by who
Berry Gordy, Detroit, 1959
TV ownership 1950-1955 - 1960
1950 - 10%
1955 - 75%
1960 - 90%
Elvis’ appearance on Ed Sullivan Show audience
60 million viewers
when was Mister Rogers’ Neighbourhood debuted
1972
Carter Public opinion in first few months of his term
70% support
when was the Billygate Scandal
1979
how many US diplomats were held hostage in Tehran
52
