Topic 5 Social Change Flashcards
Which 3 types of music became popular in the 1960s?
British groups- Beatles, Rolling Stones
Protest songs- Bob Dylan
Rock
Which 2 types of music became popular in the 1970s?
Disco- Donna Summer, the Jackson’s
Heavy metal- Led Zeppelin (aggressive and masculine)
Why did Disco become popular in the 1970s and who was it particularly popular with?
Reaction to domination of rock music, women
What was an example of an influential solo artist in the 1980s?
Bruce Springsteen- focused on struggles of ordinary people/working class
What was rap and hip hop the product of?
Inner city problems, high unemployment among black Americans
What did drive ins become known as in the 1950s and 60s?
Passion pits
When and where did the first multiplex cinema open?
1963, Kansas City
What is an example of 1950s James Dean film?
Rebel without a cause
What type of films dominated the movie business from the 1970s?
Blockbusters- special effects technology + soundtracks
Who were 2 method actors that became very popular during the 1980s?
Tom Cruise
Meg Ryan
Who were 2 high paid movie stars that attracted a cult following in the 1990s?
Julia Robert’s
Robin Williams
When did DVDs first appear?
Late 1990s
By 1970, what percentage of US households had a TV?
96%
Which TV genre became popular during the 1950s and 60s?
Westerns- the lone ranger
Which genre of TV became popular from the 1970s?
Soap operas- Dallas
Which TV genre became popular from the 1980s?
Chat shows- Oprah Winfrey Show
When did Bill Gates set up his company Microsoft?
1975
When did Steve Jobs set up Apple Computers?
1976
When did the Internet develop?
Late 1990s
When were game consoles developed?
1980s
When was the Microsoft Xbox introduced?
2001
What were 3 popular works published in the quest for the ‘great American novel’?
To kill a mockingbird 1960
The catcher in the rye 1951- teenage madness
Rabbit, Run 1960- changes in middle class American society
What were counterculture literary works and when did they emerge?
Challenged traditional conservatism of American society, after WW2
What were 4 countercultural literary works?
Howl- sexually explicit poem 1956
Naked Lunch- controversial issue hard drugs 1959
The Feminine Mystique- Betty Friedman
The bluest eye-racial inequality 1970
Who were beatniks?
Anti-conformist youths of 1950s
When was the hippie movement?
1960s
Who were hippies?
Reject conventional social standards in favour of universal love and fellowship
What 5 things did hippies do?
Grew long hair
Wore flowers in hair as peace symbol
Took marijuana and LSD recreationally
Engaged in ’free love’
Opposed Vietnam war
What was a hippie slogan?
’Make love not war’
What was the hippie capital of America?
San Francisco
Where did hippies settle?
In communes
What were 5 key features of the student protest movement?
The SDS
swinging sixties- students demand greater freedom
Anti war protests
Protest singers
Campaign for civil rights
Who were 2 protest singers in the 1960s?
Bob Dylan
Jimi Hendrix
Who were the SDS (3 things)?
First student protest group, Students for a Democratic Society, campaigned for greater say in how unis run
How many people marched in Washington DC against the Vietnam war in 1969?
700,000
What did many student protest against which called them to fight in Vietnam?
Draft system
What was an example of a student protest in May 1970?
Kent State University, resulted in National Guardsmen shooting dead 4 student protesters
How many women worked in traditionally male jobs in factories in WW2?
6 million
How many women joined the armed forces in WW2?
300,000
What did the media encourage women to do in the 1950s?
Adopt traditional family role
What 2 things encouraged women to seek paid employment in the 1950s?
Boredom with domestic routine
Increased freedom due to labour-saving devices
What percentage of women made up the work force in 1960 compared to 1950?
29%
50%
How many women attended uni in 1960?
1.3 million
What did a government report published in 1963 reveal about women in the workplace?
Earned only 50-60% wages as men doing same job
In the 1960s what percentage of women were doctors and lawyers?
Drs- 7%
Lawyers- 4%
What did the Feminine Mystique published in 1963 do (2 things)?
Ridiculed common belief women only suited to low paid jobs
Called for progress in female employment opportunities
What did Betty Friedman set up in 1966?
NOW National Organisation for Women- equal rights + challenged discrimination in courts
How many members did NOW have by the early 1970s?
40,000
What were 2 ways the Women’s Liberation Movement attracted publicity?
Burning bras
1965 picketed Miss America Beauty Contest
Which 2 laws helped to secure more gender equality in the 60s and 70s?
Civil Rights Act 1964
1973 legal abortion
Who and when was the first woman appointed in the US Supreme Court?
Sandra Day O’Connor 1981
By 1995 what percentage of women of working age were in employment?
70%
