(Social & cultural changes) The growing power of radio & popular music

Question 1

Radio - what was radio’s role in the war?

Answer 1

Entertaining and keeping people up to date.

Question 2

Radio - what did FDR encourage?

Answer 2

People to follow events through news broadcasts using a map.

Question 3

Radio - what did many radio stations have?

Give an example to show how this was important.

Answer 3

War correspondents

They helped garner support for Britain through reporting of the Blitz.

Question 4

Radio - what did propaganda programmes do?

Give an example.

Answer 4

Informed listeners of the necessity of WW2 and America’s involvement.

You Can’t Do Business With Hitler, 1942

Question 5

Music - what did music during WW2 become?

Answer 5

Golden age of jazz, crooners and sentimental songs.

Question 6

Music - what did many songwriters do?

Give an example.

Answer 6

Write songs that connected with war events.

‘Remember Pearl Harbour’.

Question 7

Music - what did many songs reflect?

Give an example.

Answer 7

Emotions of troops and loved ones left behind

Andrews Sisters ‘Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree With Anyone Else But Me’.

Question 8

Music - who became the first teenage ideal to the ‘bobbysoxers’ (teenage girls) after the war?

Answer 8

Frank Sinatra