Why did TV ownership expand in the 1950s?

Post war boom, more channels, more shows and longer air time

What does laissez faire mean?

Decreased government interference.

What was the 'Red Scare'?

Fear that communism would spread to the USA.

What was the 'Lavender Scare'?

Fear of homosexuality in the 1950s

What did the Dillingham Commission investigate and recommend?

Immigration and a quota system.

Identify major minority groups in the USA

Native Americans, Homosexuals, Women and Blacks.

Who was Phyllis Schlafly?

Wanted to stop the Equal Rights Act being passed.

What was the New Deal?

Federal programs launched to red

What did Reagan want to achieve?

Reduce personal and business tax

Fall in prices and rise in wages, Increase in prices, Fall in prices

What did Eisenstadt vs. Baird case (1972) rule?

Allowed contraception to unmarried women.

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1
Why did TV ownership expand in the 1950s?
Increased crime and violence meant people stayed home.
Liberal ideas.
Post war boom, more channels, more shows and longer air time
TV adverts.
2
Supply-side theory is also known as...
Keynesian economics
Strength theory
Trickle- down theory
Rise and fall economics
3
What does laissez faire mean?
Decreased taxes.
Decreased government interference.
Regulating businesses.
Increased government interference.
4
Who was president of the USA in 1925?
Herbert Hoover
Warren G Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Woodrow Wilson
5
What was the 'Red Scare'?
A virus that caused red blotches on the skin and death.
Fear that capitalism was going to spread.
The decline in communism.
Fear that communism would spread to the USA.
6
What was the 'Lavender Scare'?
Fear of black people in the 1960s
Fear of capitalism in the USA
Fear of homosexuality in the 1950s
Fear of communism in 1950s
7
What did the Dillingham Commission investigate and recommend?
Immigration policy and increasing numbers.
Lynching of African Americans and ending it.
Immigration and a quota system.
Treatment of women in the work place, and changes pay.
8
Rugged individualism was a policy held by which president?
John F. Kennedy
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ronald Reagan
9
Identify major minority groups in the USA
Black, white, Latino and Native Americans.
Blacks, Whites, Men and the poor.
Women, Latino, Men and Homosexuals.
Native Americans, Homosexuals, Women and Blacks.
10
Who was Phyllis Schlafly?
Wanted to stop the Equal Rights Act being passed.
Campaigned for NOW
Wrote the Feminine Mystique
Founded the National Organisation of Women (NOW)
11
Radical student groups and.... were counter cultures in 1960s USA.
Flower club
Club 27
Mods and Rockers
Hippies
12
Which President was involved in the Watergate Scandal (1972-74)?
Richard Nixon
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Lyndon Johnson
13
What was the New Deal?
An event before the Great Depression.
Policies introduced to promote FDR
Federal programs launched to red
The la Ford mo
14
What did Reagan want to achieve?
Increase personal tax
Increase federal spending
Reduce personal and business tax
Regulate businesses
15
What is inflation?
Fall in prices and rise in wages
Increase in prices and fall in purchasing power.
Increase in prices
Fall in prices
16
When was the Vietnam War?
1954-72
1950-73
1948-73
1954-75
17
What did Eisenstadt vs. Baird case (1972) rule?
Allowed contraception to unmarried women.
Only allowed contraception to married women.
Legalised abortion.
Banned abortion.
18
In July 1964 which act is passed?
Civil Community Act
Civil Partnership Act
Civil Rights Act
Segregation Act
19
What year was Little Rock 9?
1948
1955
1957
1956
20
What method of home entertainment was popular from 1917-45
Music
Radio
Television
Cinema

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