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Society and culture in change Flashcards

1
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what is the 19th amendment?

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guaranteed women the vote in all US elections

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how did women’s employment change?

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  • by 1920 8.2 million found work outisde the home
  • by 1930 this had risen to 10.4 million
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how did womens leisue time change?

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  • more women spent it at dance halls, cinemas and sports clubs
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how did womens fashion change?

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Corsetswent out of fashion, hemlines rose and hair became bobbed. Comestics became a growth industry

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who was Frances Perkins?

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she was the first female cabinet member appointed by roosevelt in 1933

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what role in women play in ww2?

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200,000 women served in the Women’s Army Corps and the navy’s equilvalent and thousands worked as nurses.

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how did social norms surrounding marriage change?

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by the 1930s love and companionship as the basis of marriage had gained ascendacy

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how many women entered the workforce in 1945?

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6 million

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how many women made up the workforce in 1944?

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14% in shipbuilding and 40% in aircraft plants

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who was Rosie the Riveter?

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she symbolised women in war work

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in 1945 what percentage of married women were employed outside the home?

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25% compared to 15% in 1940 > married women outnumbered single women for the first time

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how many people favoured married women working in war industries?

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By 1942 a poll showed 60% in favour

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what happened to women’s jobs after the war?

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women were encouraged, sometimes forced, to turn their wartime jobs over to returning veterans

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what happened to births after the war?

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There was a baby boom - the birth rate per 1000 of total population grew from 19.4 in 1940 to over 24% annum by 1946

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how were women discriminated against in employment?

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  • most went into low paid, low prestige occupations
  • they were paid substantially less than men when doing the same work
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What did Betty Friedan do?

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she published the ‘feminine mystique’ , claiming the middle class home had become a comfortable concentration camp

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what was the National Organisation for Women?

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in 1966 Friedan and a small group of activists founded NOW

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what did NOW intend to do?

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  • end gender job discrimination
  • legalise abortions
  • obtain federal and state support for childcare centres
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What did women liberation activists do?

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sought support through newletters and consciousness-raising meetings aimed at raising awareness of gender inequalities

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what action did congress take to support women?

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  • In 1972 they approved the Equal righst amendment which had been stuck for almost 50 years
  • The supreme court in roe v wade 1973 struck down state laws forbidding abortions during the first 3 momths of pregnancy
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who did women’s sexual liberation change in the 1960s?

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there was increased acceptance of casual premartial sex, abortion & extramarital relations

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what accelerated this change?

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the widespread availability of the first oral contraception

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what were some of the failures of the women’s movement?

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  • divisions between radical and moderate feminists
  • ERA failed to gain enough support to become part of congress
  • lead to a powerful reaction from catholics and protestants regarding abortion
  • few women were elected to congress
    still faced employment discrimination
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what were the successes of the womens movement?

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  • women constituted 51% of the population
  • women’s growing presence in the workforce assured them a greater share of economic and political influence
25
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what was the red scare?

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communist scare after the Bolshevik revolution in 1917

26
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how many people entered america between 1920-1921?

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800,000

27
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how did the US try to restrict immigration?

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  • in 1921 congress passed the emergency immingration act which restricted to 3% of immigrants
  • the 1924 quota law reduced the number to 2% therefore limited at 150,000 immigrants per year
28
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what did the quota law exclude?

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immigrants arriving from western hemisphere countries

29
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how many mexican migrants constituted farm labour in the west?

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75%

30
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During the 1920s how many americans left the farms for the cities?

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six million americans - black and white

31
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How many black people moved from the South ?

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one and a half million

32
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What problems did black migration cause?

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  • black newcomers were forced into ghettos
  • fear of black invasion prompted neighbourhood restrictive covenants > white home owners pledged not to sell or rent property to back people
33
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What was the McCarran- Walter Act 1945-80?

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  • allowed small quota of immigrants from Asia
  • enabled asian people to become american citizens
  • maintained the existing national orgins system of immigration
34
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how many japanese and chinese immigrants entered america in the 1950s?

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45,000 japanese
32,000 chinese

35
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What was the 1965 immigration legislation?

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  • the discriminatory quota system was abolished
  • 290,000 immigrants per year could be admitted to the USA
  • limits were placed on immigrants from Western hemisphere countries : max of 20,000 from any single nation
36
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What was the impact of this legislation?

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Over the decade an average of 100,000 were admitted each year, and 290,000 authorised

37
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How many films did hollywood produce a year?

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600

38
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Give examples of hollywood stars in the 1920s

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  • Charlie Chaplin
  • Buster Keaton
  • Rudolph Valentin
39
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what were talkies?

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the first movies with sound

40
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what was the first talkie?

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The Jazz Singer (1927)

41
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What dances became popular?

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the Charleston and Black Bottom

42
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What increased the popularity of jazz music?

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Prohibition brough speakeasies in the 1920s which hired musicians, spefically jazz, to attract customers

43
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what influence did radio have?

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Radio brought music to more consumers and stimulated the sale of sheet music

44
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Give examples of some successful radio stations

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  • KDKA in Pittsburg offered a weekly schedule of talk and music
45
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How many radio stations were on air by 1922 compared to 1945?

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500 in 1922 and 1000 in 1945

46
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How did Roosevelt use the radio?

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he used radio ‘fireside chats’ in the 1930s to sell his new deal measures

47
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how did radio advertising increase

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from 1% in 1928 to 15% in 1945

48
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In 1955 how many homes had TV’s?

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32 million - 75% of all households and 90% by 1960

49
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what were some popular tv shows at the time?

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  • Gunsmoke
  • 77 sunset strip
50
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how did TV avoid bias?

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  • business men and professional people were favourably protrayed
  • few featured black americans as main characters
  • political issues were off limits
  • fathers were all knowing, mothers all supportive and children obedient and loveable
51
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what were the arguments against TV?

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  • strengthened violent tendencies
  • sabotaged the reading habit
  • stifled conversation
    harmed radio, newspaper and cinema
  • big boost to advertising industry
52
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what are the positive aspects of TV?

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  • helped define a national culture
  • people had choice in what they viewed - not passive
  • advertsiing led to a consumer boom and benefited the economy
53
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By 1930 how many had a radio and how long did they listen for?

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80% owned a radio and spent on average 4 hours listening per day

54
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how did news reporting increase in popularity?

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  • CBS and NBC expanded their nightly broadcast to 30 minutes
  • by 1963 surveys suggested tv broadcast was americans main source of info
55
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How did Nixon use TV?

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he used it to defend himself in his ‘checkers speech’ which impressed americans

56
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how many people watched the kennedy v nixon presidential debate?

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60 million

57
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How did TV impact Civil Rights?

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TV cameras captured events at Little Rock, Birmingham and Selma when violence was used against peaceful protest. These images shocked viewers

58
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How did TV impact the Vietnam War?

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The televison news coverage of the war is often regarded as crucial in determining its outcome by turing uS opinion against the war

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