Final Exam - Western Europe (1950s-1960s)

All western nations provided compulsory secondary education.

Oral contraception and abortions became legal in many western and eastern European nations by the late 1970s

Mass consumption, marketing, advertisement, and credit payments were all defining elements of the era.

The population in Western Europe boomed.

Trade Unions remained powerful institutions in Western Europe.

Rock 'n' roll music first emerged in the USSR and spread to Western Europe via smuggled records.

There were concerns in Europe about the "Americanization" of Western culture via tv, film, marketing, corporations, etc.

Massive student protests rose across Western and Eastern Europe in the 1960s, particularly in 1968.

Film critics in Western Europe had no opportunity to see films produced in Eastern Europe.

Employment in white-collar and government jobs declined in Western Europe.

The number of foreign workers in Western Europe boomed.

Agricultural production slumped in Western Europe.

Two dominant art movements in Western Europe in the 1960s were expressionism and realism.

The economy in Western Europe in the 1960s was defined by general scarcities, erratic shortages, and poor-quality goods

Individual wages and standards of living fell across in Western Europe.

Sexuality became widely considered a form of self-expression.

Anti-colonial and civil rights movements were common across Western Europe.

Employment in the industrial and service sectors grew in Western Europe.