American History through Pop Culture Final Exam Review



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American History through Pop Culture

Final Exam Review


Pop Culture Terms:

1. Culture

2. Pop Culture

3. Subculture


The 1950s

  1. Rock N Roll Music

    1. Blues

    2. Country

  2. Alan Freed

  3. Elvis Presley

  4. Buddy Holly

  5. Chuck Berry

  6. Styles of the 1950s

    1. Hair

    2. Clothes

  7. The Honeymooners

  8. Ed Sullivan

  9. Howdy Doody

  10. Ozzie and Harriet

  11. Automobiles – styles and culture

  12. James Dean

  13. Marilyn Monroe

  14. Science Fiction/Horror films

  15. Consumerism


The 1960s:

  1. The Beatles

    1. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

  2. British Invasion

  3. The Rolling Stones

  4. Beat Movement

  5. Counterculture

  6. Psychedelic Music

  7. Haight Ashbury District

  8. The Grateful Dead

  9. Bob Dylan

  10. Jimi Hendrix

  11. Woodstock

  12. Altamont Speedway Festival

  13. Kent State

  14. Musical Genres:

    1. Surf – Beach Boys

    2. Doo Wop – Frankie Valli

    3. Girl Groups – The Shirelles

    4. Motown – Marvin Gaye

  15. Issues of the 1960s

    1. Vietnam War

    2. Civil Rights

    3. The Environment


The 1970s:

  1. 1970s Economy:

  2. 1970s Liberal Values:

  3. The Singer-Songwriters of the 1970s: Billie Joel, Carol King, James Taylor

  4. The punk movement: The Ramones, The Sex Pistols

  5. Heavy metal music: Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath

  6. Popular TV shows:

    1. Wonder Woman

    2. All in the Family

  7. Film Renaissance:

  8. Star Wars

  9. Disco music:

  10. Sesame Street


The 1980s:

  1. The 1980s Economy:

  2. Conservative values

  3. The Cosby Show

  4. Computer Age

    1. Home Game Systems:

  5. The New Wave music: Flock of Seagulls, Depeche Mode, The Cure, Devo

  6. Hip Hop music: Grandmaster Flash, Run DMC

  7. Rock/Rap Crossover – Aerosmith and Run DMC

  8. The Cold War in the 1980s

    1. Films:

    2. Music:

  9. MTV:

  10. Heavy metal and hard rock music: Motley Crue, Metallica, Bon Jovi


1990s:

  1. Grunge: Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden

  2. Goth

  3. Gangsta Rap

  4. Seinfeld

  5. Microsoft Windows

  6. The Internet

  7. Woodstock 1994 and 1999


Modern Trends:

  1. Reality TV

  2. Social Networking

  3. You Tube


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