Social Changes
Cards (28)
- Which form of entertainment grew dramatically in the 1960s?
- How did television ownership increase between 1961 and 1971?
- Which Director-General of the BBC introduced controversial new shows?
- Give two examples of controversial new shows on the BBC?
- Which term refers to illegal radio broadcasts, often aimed at young people?
- Which act banned unofficial radio broadcats?
- Name a newspaper that became popular with the working-classes:
- Which royal office was responsible for censoring the theatre?
- Give two examples of controversial plays from the 1960s:
- Which term was used to refer to feminists movements in the 1960s?
- Which act allowed local authorities to provide contraception and contraceptive advice for the first time?
- Which law stated that women's work must be accounted for in divorce settlements?
- Which act established the principle of "equal pay for equal work"?
- Which term was used to refer to the liberalising of society in the 1960s?
- Which housewife campaigned against the reduction of censorship on TV?
- Name the two campaigns led by Mary Whitehouse?
- Which act criminalised the posses of drugs like cannabis and cocaine?
- Which government report advocated for the decriminalisation of "soft drugs"?
- Name two ways in which teenagers established their identities in the 1960s:
- Which student organisation campaigned against the Vietnam war?
- At which anti-Vietnam War protest were there over 200 people arrested?
- Which acts banned discrimination based on race?
- Which organisation was created to prosecute people for racial discrimination?
- Which group of immigrants arrived in the UK from Africa in the 1960s?
- Which Conservative MP was notorious for his anti-immigration views?
- Name the speech given by Enoch Powell leading to his expulsion from the Conservatives:
- What percentage of Britons were said to have agreed with Powell's views?
- Which celebration of Afro-Caribbean culture is held in London each year?