social change

Question 1

where did police raid a gay bar in 1969?

Answer 1

Stonewall, Greenwich Village

Question 2

when was the Gay Pride March and how many marchers were there?

Answer 2

1970, 10,000 marchers

Question 3

how many Americans believed in equal rights for gays by 1977

Answer 3

50%

Question 4

when were women given the right to vote under the 19th Amendment?

Answer 4

1920

Question 5

when was the league of women’s voters set up?

Answer 5

1920

Question 6

when was the civilian Conservation Corps set up?

Answer 6

1933

Question 7

what did Eleanor Roosevelt set up in response to the Conservation Corps

Answer 7

Camp Tera

Question 8

what did Eleanor Roosevelt hold in 1943 for women?

Answer 8

the White House Conference for Unemployed Women

Question 9

in the 1930s, for every $1 a man earnt, what did a white woman earn as well as a black women

Answer 9

white woman - 61 cents

black woman - 23 cents

Question 10

what was passed in 1941 to help working women and what affect did this have

Answer 10

the Lanham Act Childcare Provision - number of women working rose by 7%

Question 11

when was Kennedy’s Commission of Enquiry on Women

Answer 11

1961

Question 12

who wrote the feminine Mystique and when

Answer 12

Betty Freidan - 1963

Question 13

when was NOW created

Answer 13

1966

Question 14

how many people thought married women should not work in 1936 and how many thought this in 1942

Answer 14

1936 - 82%

1842- 13%

Question 15

where and when was the first shopping mall created

Answer 15

1954 - the Detroit Suburbs

Question 16

when was the feminist strike

Answer 16

1970

Question 17

what was Phyllis Schlafy’s campaign

Answer 17

STOP ERA

Question 18

what % of films were made in Hollywood in the 20s and 30s

Answer 18

90%

Question 19

who was the first It Girl

Answer 19

Clara Bow

Question 20

by 1929 how many homes had a gramophone

Answer 20

50%

Question 21

when was the Kennedy and Nixon debate

Answer 21

1960

Question 22

when was PBS created

Answer 22

1967

Question 23

when was Sesame Street Created

Answer 23

1969

Question 24

by 1917, how many immigrants were entering the USA a year

Answer 24

1.2 million

Question 25

what act restricted immigration in 1921

Answer 25

the Emergency Quota Act

Question 26

how many japanese were put in internment camps

Answer 26

120,000

Question 27

what was passed outside the quota system as the cold war set in

Answer 27

refugee acts

Question 28

what did Kennedy write in 1958

Answer 28

a nation of immigrants

Question 29

in the 70s, how many jobs were taken by mexicans in LA

Answer 29

1/3

Question 30

How many illegal immigrants were deported in 1980

Answer 30

a million

Question 31

when was operation wetback

Answer 31

1954

Question 32

radio ownership | 30s vs 40s

Answer 32

1930 - 40% | 1940 - 70%

Question 33

TV ownership | 1950 vs 1960

Answer 33

1950 -10% | 1960 - 90%

Question 34

what example of sponsorship of the radio was shown in 1946

Answer 34

by 1946 the coke club sponsored many CBS stations

Question 35

what occured to total US spending on advertising from 1950 to 1960

Answer 35

1950 - 5 billion | 1960 - 12 billion

Question 36

how many number 1 singles did Elvis have in the 1950s

Answer 36

12

Question 37

how many women were working 1920 vs 1930

Answer 37

1920 8 million working | 1930 10 million working

Question 38

how many women served in the Women's Army Corps

Answer 38

200,000 women

Question 39

1941-1945 increase in women in the workforce

Answer 39

50%

Question 40

changing attitude of married women working stats?

Answer 40

1936 80% of people though married women shouldn't work | 1942 10% thought this

Question 41

1920s Mexican farm labour in the west

Answer 41

75%

Question 42

baby boom 1946

Answer 42

3.4 million babies born

Question 43

first shopping mall where and when

Answer 43

Detroit Suburbs 1954

Question 44

When was NOW founded

Answer 44

1966

Question 45

NOW membership change 1970

Answer 45

rose by 50%

Question 46

what does the Supreme Court do for women's rights in 1970s

Answer 46

1972 riled access to contraception

Question 47

mid 1970s change in female employment?

Answer 47

by the mid 1970s 90% of female college graduates worked and half of married women were employed

Question 48

how many Japanese were taken to internment camps and when

Answer 48

1942 120,000

Question 49

when were refugee acts set to allow asians outside of the quota

Answer 49

1953 - end of Korea

Question 50

what act was the first to limit western hemisphere immigration

Answer 50

The Western Hemisphere Act of 1976

Question 51

by 1960 how many people in america were foreign born

Answer 51

10 million

Question 52

1917 - 1929 car ownership stats

Answer 52

1917 - 4 million cars | 1929 - 27 million cars registered

Question 53

where and when was the first levittown

Answer 53

1947 - Pennsylvania

Question 54

in what year was there a movie theatre seat for every 12 people in America

Answer 54

1941

Question 55

1930 | 1940 radio ownership

Answer 55

1930 - 40% | 1940 - 80%

Question 56

when did the Coke Club start for CBS Radio

Answer 56

1946

Question 57

US advertising spending

Answer 57

1940 - $6 billion | 1960 - $12 billion

Question 58

when did American Bandstand begin

Answer 58

1952

Question 59

when was Motown Music created, where and by who

Answer 59

Berry Gordy, Detroit, 1959

Question 60

TV ownership 1950-1955 - 1960

Answer 60

1950 - 10% 1955 - 75% 1960 - 90%

Question 61

Elvis' appearance on Ed Sullivan Show audience

Answer 61

60 million viewers

Question 62

when was Mister Rogers' Neighbourhood debuted

Answer 62

1972

Question 63

Carter Public opinion in first few months of his term

Answer 63

70% support

Question 64

when was the Billygate Scandal

Answer 64

1979

Question 65

how many US diplomats were held hostage in Tehran

Answer 65

52