1950's Social Characteristics
Chuck Berry
Little Richard
Jerry Lee Lewis
Etc.
100

This is what adults would use to describe unruly teens in the 1950's.

Juvenile Delinquents

100

In what year did Chuck Berry stop during and dying?

2017

100

Where did Little Richard learn how to play piano and sing?

Church

100

This was one of Jerry Lee Lewis' nicknames.

Wild Man or The Killer

100

This word could be used to describe the 1950's.

Conservative

200

This is what replaced radio in mass media during the 1950's.

Television

200

What dance did Chuck Berry invent?

The Duck Walk

200

Little Richard quit music in 1957 to do  what?

attend bible college

200

Jerry Lee Lewis was originally from Louisiana but moved to this city/state.

Memphis, TN

200

This person grew up in Eastern KY surrounded by country and bluegrass.

Bill Haley

300

This court case stated that "Separate but equal" was unconstitutional.

Brown vs. Board of Education

300

Chuck Berry was known for putting what musical instrument front and center?

Electric Guitar

300

Little Richard was considered a major influence to whom?

British Invasion Bands

300

This is the reason why his career slowed down.

Married his 13 year old cousin

300

R&B records were referred to as what type of records?

Race Records

400

This is where teens would hang out during the 1950's.

Diners and Drive-ins

400

Chuck Berry got his break when he traveled where to see Muddy Waters?

Chicago

400

What led to Little Richard signing to RCA?

First major performance on the radio

400

This is what he called his own music.

The Devil's Music

400

This artist started what was called the White cover period and would steal music from black artists.

Pat Boone

500

This was a result of the race between the US and the Soviet Union for supremacy of nuclear warfare during the Cold War.

Arms Race

500

Who did Muddy Waters suggest that Chuck Berry contact?

Leonard Chess at Chess Records

500

This was how you could describe Little Richard's music.

Religious fervor combined with boogie-woogie piano and R&B

500

When he moved to Memphis, TN he was exposed to this type of music.

Jazz and Blues

500

This is the year that the first African American entered an all-white Little Rock Central High School.

1957