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1
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What were the common concerns in ‘50’s society

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Nuclear war
consumerism
youth
economic equality

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2
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How many cars were manufactured in 1955

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7.9 million

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3
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Name 2 deep south states

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Mississippi

Alabama

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4
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In 1965 how many African-American voters were there in Selma

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23

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5
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when was the voting rights act

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1965

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6
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Why was On the Road initially rejected by publishers

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References to use of drugs and alcohol

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7
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Name a beat generation singer

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Bob Dylan

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8
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What Characteristics could a Beatnik be identified by

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  • a ‘pad’ in certain areas such as San Francisco
  • sandals
  • long straight hair, tight jeans, baggy jumpers
  • social snobbery
  • Zen Buddhism
  • coffee and poetry
  • urban black culture vocabulary
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Criticisms of television

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  • promoted conformity
  • promoted consumerism
  • caused a decline in test scores
  • made views physically inactive
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10
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Pros of televison

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Media highlighted problems such as racial violence and protests

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11
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In 1964 how many children still attended segregated schools

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68%

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12
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when did Kennedy become president

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1961

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13
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what were the challenges Kennedy set for Americans in his New Frontier speech

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science
Space
international tensions
ignorance 
prejudice 
poverty
surplas
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14
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When was Peace corps established

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1961

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15
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When did the Korean war end

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summer of 1953

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16
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How long did the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott last

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381 days

17
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How many marchers were there involved on the march on Washington 1963

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250,000

18
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Why did Kennedy struggle to pass any legstlation

A

Congress were a Republican majority

19
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Who was peace corps popular with

A

youths

hippies!

20
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What year did Yuri Gagarin orbit the earth

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1961

21
Q

How much did the moon landing cost

A

$40 billion

22
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Who murdered JFK

A

Lee harvey Oswald

23
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when and were did JFK die

A

22nd Nov 1963

Dallas

24
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When was the Birmingham Campaign

A

April 1963

25
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When did the NAACP win the supreme court ruling against

  • segregation of uni’s
  • Segregation of schools
A
  • 1950

- 1954

26
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When was MLK assassinated

A

1968

27
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Who called national attention to bigotry in Birmingham 1963

A

Bull connor

28
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What type of housing increased in the city as a result of the ‘white flight’ to suburbia

A

Ghettos

29
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What was Juvenile Deliquincy

A

Rebellion of the youngest generation against conformity of the older generation

30
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What did peace corps remind people of

A

Marshall Aid

- using aid and help to almost appease the lesser economically developed countries from turning to commmunism

31
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What legislation did kennedy want to push through

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  • a department of urban affairs to control the growing ghetto problem
  • scheme to help the unemployed
  • rise of minimum wage
  • more money to education
  • health insurance for the elderly
  • tax cuts
  • civil rights bill
  • – none of these were accepted by the republican dominated congress
32
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When did the Korean war start

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1950

33
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When did the Vietnam war start

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November 1955

34
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When did the Vietnam war end

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April 1975

35
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What explains the growth of suburbia

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  • little housing development during ww2 meant a boom in construction and the cheapness of mortgages in the outer city areas
  • FHA and VA giving cheap rates on down payments for veterans
  • increase car ownership meant people could drive into the cities
36
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why was rock n roll popular among young people

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-gave them a sense of group identity
-they had money to spend on records
—-“$521 million in 1960”
the white council said that rock n roll reduced a white man to the levels of a black man

37
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What does the NAACP stand for

A

national association for the advancement of coloured people

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