The term "Boomer" (formerly known as "Baby boomer") refers to:

The post-war babies born between 1946-64 (massive population increase)

"We did as much with our music as the civil rights acts for breaking the race thing down" ...refers to:

Rock'n'roll concerts for racially-integrated audiences

What were some early critiques of Rock'n'Roll in the 1950s?

All of the above (except the women's housework one)

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1
Originally, "Rock'n'Roll" was a term for...
grinding wheat at the mill
Rolling out cookie dough
adult bedroom activities
putting babies to sleep with lullabies
2
How did words like "animalistic" serve to denigrate (or, strongly put down) Black musical culture?
C. When u dehumanize someone, ur less likely to oppose their oppression.
B. By associating ppl with animals, these terms dehumanize Black people.
A. They didn't; being compared to an animal is always a compliment.
Both B. and C.
3
By loving Black music in the 50's, what were southern white teens protesting?
White supremacy
Strict gender roles & expectations
Racial segregation & Jim Crow
All of the above
4
Why did Elvis Presley's biggest musical idol (Arthur Crudup) say, "I was making everybody rich, and here I was poor"?
B. White musicians would cover his songs, imitate his voice, and make $$$.
Both A. and B.
A. Major networks wouldn't play his records on the radio, due to his race.
C. He was losing money in a pyramid scheme.
5
Part of Elvis's iconic look included sideburns (facial hair that extends down in front of the ears)
False
True
6
Bo Diddley said of his own music: "they wouldn't buy me, but they would buy a white copy of me."
True
False
7
Frank Sinatra called rock "the most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression"
False
True
8
The term "Boomer" (formerly known as "Baby boomer") refers to:
The American generation that fought in WW2 (which ended in 1945)
The post-war babies born between 1946-64 (massive population increase)
The growth of northern cities during the Jim Crow era.
9
At a high school in '56, the principal told >50 boys with Elvis Presley haircuts to get a haircut or get suspended.
False
True
10
How did some people try to fight back against rock & its influence?
Horrible: rushing the stage and beating up the performer
Refusing to broadcast music by Black musicians
Hiring white artists to cover R&B songs, making lyrics more "vanilla"
Radio stations banned records they deemed "offensive"
Suing the major broadcast networks for playing rock'n'roll on air
All of the above
11
And that it was "the music of every sideburned delinquent on the face of the earth" (Testifying to Congress in '58)
False
True
12
"We did as much with our music as the civil rights acts for breaking the race thing down" ...refers to:
The sit-ins of the 1960s
Rock'n'roll concerts for racially-integrated audiences
Brown v. Board of Education
13
What were some early critiques of Rock'n'Roll in the 1950s?
All of the above (except the women's housework one)
...that its "cannibalistic rhythm" was "wooing our youth to he*l"
...that Rock stirred "the animal instinct in modern teenagers"
...that it helped ease the boredom of women's housework
...that Rock represented "a plot to mongrelize America"
...that its rise was due to "unnatural forces"
14
Who felt threatened by the rise of rock'n'roll?
All of the above
The KKK
DJs of pop and classical radio shows
Some members of the Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)
15
By 1954, rock'n'roll was becoming widely popular among ______
old white people
southern bankers
white children
white teens

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