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Modern U.S. Ch. 16 Pop Culture
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Modern US Chapter 16 Pop Culture
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Television became an important source for what during the late 1950s?
News
Sporting Events
Government Coverage
2
All of the following were categories of popular TV shows during the 50s, EXCEPT:
Comedy
Variety Style
Action & Adventure
Reality
3
The most popular sports during the 1950s were boxing and baseball-stars included:
Stan Musial
Ben Hogan
Jackie Robinson
Arnold Palmer
4
1951 Radio disc jockey Alan Freed gained permission to play what on the radio?
African American Rhythm and Blues
Bluegrass
5
What were the repercussions of TV?
Encouraged people to stay home
Advertising became less popular
Reinforced Middle-class values
6
Besides Rock n Roll, what else helped to save Radio?
Car Radios
News Programming
Bored Housewives
7
African Americans tried to fit into a country that treated them as second-class citizens:
Little Richard
Chuck Berry
Ray Charles
8
One very popular variety show was?
America's Got Talent
Ed Sullivan's
9
The popularity of what item increased once it became more affordable for consumers in the 50s?
Radio
Television
10
One famous beat, who wrote
On the Road
was?
Michael Harrington
Jack Kerouac
11
Which industry was hurt by the increase of television?
Automobile
Movie
12
All of the following are examples of movie stars from the 1950s:
Paul Newman
Marilyn Monroe
James Dean
Elizabeth Taylor
13
The youth rebelled against the conformist ideals of adult society by looking for...
Controversial styles of music
Controversial Literature
Communists
reality TV stars
14
Which industry was hurt by the increase of television?
Movie
Automobile
15
Radio had to find ways to get TV viewers to listen again:
News
Public-service
Talk Shows
Rock 'n' Roll
16
In order to lure people away from their television, moviemakers used what?
Cinemascope
3-D Glasses
Both 3-D & Cinemascope
17
What were the repercussions of TV?
Advertising became less popular
Encouraged people to stay home
Reinforced Middle-class values
18
All of the following were categories of popular TV shows during the 50s, EXCEPT:
Variety Style
Action & Adventure
Reality
Comedy
19
In order to lure people away from their television, moviemakers used what?
3-D Glasses
Cinemascope
Both 3-D & Cinemascope
20
Television became an important source for what during the late 1950s?
Government Coverage
News
Sporting Events
21
Which group of mostly white artists, highlighted the values gap that existed in the U.S.?
Beatles
Beats
Sputnik
22
Which form of music was banned from some cities?
Country Western
Rock 'n' Roll
23
Which group of mostly white artists, highlighted the values gap that existed in the U.S.?
Beatles
Sputnik
Beats
24
What was almost outlawed from TV?
Elvis' Hips
Elvis' Shoulders
25
Which of the following could result in expulsion?
Girls wearing pants instead of a dress
Boys wearing blue jeans
Boy's hair touching their ears
Hipster Talk