Eduqas History: Social Change 1950-2000

What was the name of the first rock and roll star who erupted onto the scene in 1956 with hits such as 'Heartbreak Hotel' and 'Hound Dog'?

Elvis Presley

What was the genre of music in the 1950s?

Rock and Roll

What was the genre of music in the 1960s?

Rock and Hard Rock

Name one of the popular bands or singers that were popular with teenagers in the 1960s.

Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Beach Boys

What was the genre of music in the 1970s?

Disco, Heavy Metal, some soloists

Which hip hop album reached number 1 position in the charts for 5 weeks in 1998?

Hard Knock Life (Jay-Z's Vol. 2)

Provide an example of a disco artist in the 1970s?

Donna Summer, Bee Gees, KC and the Sunshine Band, Chic & Jacksons

Name at least 2 factors for why the "teenager" emerged in the 1950s

Newly found affluence from WW2, Media (literature, music, films), growing in the shadow of nuclear war (YOLO/carpe diem attitude)

What was the genre of music in 1980-2000?

Rap and Hip Hop

How did the average teenagers' income change from 1940-57?

From $1-2 in the 1940s to $10-15 by 1957

How did the teenagers' annual spending power change from 1950-57?

From $10 billion in 1950 to $25 billion in 1957

How did cinema respond to the growing influence of television after a fall in cinema attendances, from 90 million in a week in 1946 to 47 million in the 1950s? Name at least 2 factors

Drive-ins, multiplex movie theatre, anti-heroes, method actors, blockbusters

In the 1950s, how many drive-ins were built?

4000

When and where was the first multiplex opened?

Kansas City in 1963

What was an anti-hero?

Heroes who lacked traditional heroic traits (e.g. courage)

Name an anti-hero

James Dean, Paul Newman, Marlon Brando

Name an ani-heroine

Ava Gardner, Kim Novak, Marilyn Monroe

What is method acting?

Acting where actors/actresses research/learn about a role that they have to play and live in that role (e.g. research a hippie then think and act like one by being near hippies)

Name a method actor

Robert de Niro, Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino

Name the first blockbuster (name, producer, year)

Jaws by Steven Spielberg in 1975

Name any blockbusters from the '70s and '80s (name, producer, year)

Star Wars by George Lucas in 1977, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark by Lucas and Spielberg in 1981, ET by Steven Spielberg in 1982

What % of people had UCR in 1991?

75%

In 1946 how many television sets were in American homes?

7000

How much TV a day did the average TV watch?

6 hours

Name a historical programme watched in the US

You are there

Name one of the most popular mega-paid movie stars in the 1990s.

Tom Cruise , Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone, Eddie Murphy, Kevin Costner, Jim Carrey, Harrison Ford, Robin Williams, Demi Moore, Julia Roberts

Name a popular host of a game/funny show

Milton Berle, Lucille Ball, Arthur Godfrey, Ed Sullivan

Name a popular Western programme

The Lone Ranger, Bonanza, Gunsmoke

By 1960 how many television sets were in American homes?

50 million

Who and When was Microsoft set up by?

Bill Gates in 1975

When was Microsoft Windows first released?

20 November 1985

Who, When and Where was Apple set up?

Jobs, Wozniak and Wayne in 1976 in California

Name one long running soap opera / drama.

Search for Tomorrow (1951-86), Love of Life (1951-80), The Doctors (1963-82), Dallas (1978-91), Dynasty (1981-89), Beverley Hills 90210 (1990-2000)

What was the first computer game and when was it released?

Computer Space in 1971

Who presents America's longest running daytime television chat show?

Oprah Winfrey

Who introduced the first games console, what was it called and when did it happen?

Nintendo introduced their NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) in the 1980s

When was Oprah Winfrey's show first aired?

8 September 1986

When did Microsoft release their games console, the Xbox?

2001

Why did hippies wear flowers in their hair?

To promote peace

Name a physical feature of a hippie

They had long hair and beards

The rise in the sale of personal computers in the 1990s was due mainly to the competition between which two rival organisations?

Microsoft and Apple

What was the hippies' slogan?

Make love not war

What is the link between drugs and hippies?

They had more illegal drugs and experimented with them (e.g. LSD, marijuana)

Why could hippies behave in the way that they did? Name 2 factors.

Affluent society (more $ from war), sexual freedom (The Pill created), increased availability of drugs, background of Cold War

When was the Pil created?

1950

When was the SDS set up?

1959

By the end of the 1960s, how many members did the SDS have?

100,000

In 1968, how many protests did the SDS have about the Vietnam war?

100

Name a popular work in American literary history published in the thirty-year period after the end of the Second World War.

To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee), On the Road (Jack Kerouac), The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger), Rabbit, Run (John Updike), The Naked and the Dead (Norman Mailer), Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison), Blood Meridian (Cormac McCarthy)

How many students did the protests in 1968 involve?

400,000 students

Which actor who became a cult hero starred in a 1950s film that appealed to a teenage audience? In the film he rebelled against his parents.

James Dean

Whose methods of protests and demonstrations did students of the 1960s mimic?

Martin Luther King

Which city became the hippy capital of America?

San Francisco

Whose protest songs were the students influenced by?

Bob Dylan

During WW2, what % of the wage men earned did women earn for the same job?

50-60%

In the 1960s, how much did women almost account for the workforce?

50%

By the 1970s, how many members did NOW have?

40,000

Provide the date for one of these events:

a) Sandra Day O'Connor first woman appointed to the US Supreme Court

b) Dr. Sally Ride first woman in space on Challenger

c) Geraldine Ferraro first woman vice-presidential candidate of a major political party (Democrat)

a) 1981, b) 1983, c) 1984

When did the Women Liberation Movement picket the 'Miss America' competition, and where?

Atlantic City in 1968

Where did a 3 day music festival take place in August 1969 that was attended by almost half a million people?

Woodstock, New York

What was the name of one of the first student protest groups to emerge in the USA? It helped organise a free speech movement at Barkley and also protested against the war in Vietnam.

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)

How many people were killed when anti-war demonstrations led to clashes taking place at Kent State University, Ohio, in 1970?

4

Approximately how many women joined the armed forces during the Second World War, serving in the women's sections of the army, navy and nursing corps?

300,000

Wartime posters containing the slogan 'We Can Do It!' contained which fictional female worker?

Rosie the Riveter

How many women were at university in 1960? The figure was 721 000 in 1950.

1.3 million

In what year did Betty Friedan publish her influential book, which said there was more to life than being a mother and housewife, The Feminine Mystique?

1963

In what year was the National Organisation for Women (NOW) set up by mainly white middle class women in order to attack obvious examples of discrimination?

1966

Name one reform achieved by the Women's Liberation Movement.

Equal Pay Act (1963), Educational Amendment Act (1972), Roe v. Wade (1973), Gender Equity in Education Act (1994), Pregnancy Discrimination Act (1978)

Between 1966-71, how much had NOW secured in pay owed to women due to gender equality in wages?

$30 million

By 2000, what % of the wage men earned did women earn for the same job?

75%