Which new technology was in 90% of homes (45 million) by 1960?
Television
100
Name one city where the beat movement was centered.
San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York City's Greenwich Village.
100
Rock 'n' roll was described as what combination of music?
Traditional blues, using electronic instruments--creating rhythm and blues.
100
Musicians like Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, and Thelonius Monk, played a style of music characterized by the use of improvisation called...
Jazz
100
In 1955 which show was the first of its kind--a game show.
"$64,000 Question"
200
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez starred in the comedy...
I Love Lucy
200
Beatniks, or followers of the beat movement, strived to do what?
Live nonconformist lifestyles, and shun regular work. They sought higher consciousness through Zen Buddhism, music, and sometimes drugs.
200
Cleveland based disc jockey ________ was one of the first to play rock 'n' roll in 1951.
Alan Freed
200
By 1954 there were ____ radio stations nationwide aimed specifically at African-American viewers. (Number)
250
200
Who was famous for their self-confident indifference, popularized by his role in "Giant".
James Dean
300
Television in the 1950's portrayed an idealized white America. For the most part, it omitted references to...
Poverty, diversity, and contemporary conflicts, such as the struggle of the civil rights movement.
300
Beatniks met up in _________ to share art and read poetry.
Coffeehouses
300
Name two of the most famous rock 'n' roll musicians during the 1950's.
Acceptable answers: Richard Penniman (Little Richard), Chuck Berry, Bill Haley and His Comets, and Elvis Presley.
300
True or False? African-American stations were part of of radio's attempt to counter the mass popularity of television by targeting specific audiences.
True
300
Which famous musician was famous for both his guitar playing, as well as his "duck walk".
Chuck Berry
400
What did Hollywood do to make sure that movies remained as popular as they were?
They capitalized on their advantages of size, color, and stereophonic sound. As well as introducing new technologies like Smell-O-Vision, Aroma-Rama and 3-D.
400
On the Road is a novel about the beat movement, published in 1957. On the Road sold over 500,000 copies, and was written by which famous beatnik?
Jack Kerouac
400
True or False? The majority of the audience was African-American but the music was usually produced by white men.
False. The majority of the audience was white but the music was usually produced by African-Americans.
400
Jazz musicians entertained audiences of _______. (race of people)
All races.
400
Name one television show that was popular with children.
Acceptable answers: The Mickey Mouse Club, or The Howdy Doody Show.
500
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is a government agency that does what?
Regulates and licenses television, telephone, telegraph, radio, and other communications industries.
500
Why did mainstream Americans disagree with the beat movement?
They claimed that it was simply the average American's value scale--turned inside out.
500
"Look" magazine dismissed which rock 'n' roll artist as "a wild troubadour who wails rock 'n' roll tunes, flails erratically at a guitar, and wriggles like a peep-show dancer"?
The unofficial "King of Rock 'n' Roll", Elvis Presley.
500
Name two African-Americans musicians in other genres that helped paved the way for minority representation in the entertainment field.
Acceptable answers: Nat "King" Cole (singer), Lena Horne (singer), and Harry Belafonte (singer and actor).
500
Thulani Davis, a poet, journalist, and playwright, expressed the feeling of one listener about African-American radio in her novel....