1F.3 Society and culture in change, 1917–80 Quiz: Pearson Edexcel History, Unit 6

The 20 questions

1. Which amendment, ratified in 1920, gave women the right to vote?

   • The Twenty-Second Amendment
   • The Fifteenth Amendment
   • The Nineteenth Amendment
   • The Thirteenth Amendment

2. Which 1963 book by Betty Friedan helped spark second-wave feminism in the USA?

   • The Second Sex
   • Sexual Politics
   • The Feminine Mystique
   • Silent Spring

3. Which organisation was founded in 1966 to campaign for women's rights in the USA?

   • SDS
   • NAACP
   • NOW
   • ERA

4. Which US law passed in 1963 aimed to end wage discrimination based on sex?

   • Equal Pay Act
   • Voting Rights Act
   • Civil Rights Act
   • Equal Rights Amendment

5. Which 1924 US act established national origin quotas to restrict immigration?

   • Immigration Act
   • McCarran-Walter Act
   • Hart-Celler Act
   • Chinese Exclusion Act

6. Which 1965 law abolished the US national origins quota system for immigration?

   • Geary Act
   • Johnson-Reed Act
   • Hart-Celler Act
   • Immigration Act 1924

7. Which mass medium transformed American culture most dramatically from the 1950s onwards?

   • Radio
   • Newspapers
   • Cinema
   • Television

8. Which popular music genre was closely associated with youth culture in 1950s America?

   • Country
   • Rock and roll
   • Jazz
   • Disco

9. What type of residential area grew rapidly in post-war America, driving car-based living?

   • Tenements
   • Communes
   • Suburbs
   • Inner cities

10. Which law of 1944 helped veterans to attend college and buy homes after the Second World War?

    • The Taft-Hartley Act
    • The Wagner Act
    • The Smoot-Hawley Act
    • The GI Bill

11. What term described young, fashionable American women of the 1920s who embraced new social freedoms?

    • Suffragettes
    • Flappers
    • Hippies
    • Gibson Girls

12. What key factor drove the growth of a distinct youth culture in 1950s America?

    • Decreased wages
    • Draft board policies
    • Teenage spending power
    • High unemployment

13. Which 1963 book by Betty Friedan helped spark the second-wave feminist movement in America?

    • Equal Rights
    • The Second Sex
    • Silent Spring
    • The Feminine Mystique

14. Which iconic propaganda figure was used in America during WWII to encourage female industrial employment?

    • Columbia
    • Gibson Girl
    • Rosie the Riveter
    • Uncle Sam

15. Which medium became the main source of home entertainment and news in 1920s America?

    • Television
    • Cinema
    • Radio
    • Newspapers

16. What system did the US Immigration Act of 1924 establish to restrict incoming migrants?

    • National origins quotas
    • Open-door policy
    • Point-based system
    • Bracero programme

17. Which 1942 agreement brought temporary Mexican agricultural workers into the USA?

    • New Deal
    • Hart-Celler Act
    • Bracero Programme
    • Marshall Plan

18. Which 1960 event demonstrated the growing importance of television image in US presidential politics?

    • Checkers speech
    • March on Washington
    • Kennedy-Nixon debate
    • Watergate hearings

19. In which year did American women secure the constitutional right to vote?

    • 1933
    • 1917
    • 1924
    • 1920

20. Which 1973 US Supreme Court ruling recognised a constitutional right to abortion?

    • Plessy v. Ferguson
    • Roe v. Wade
    • Miranda v. Arizona
    • Brown v. Board

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