Classic Classic Quiz 1950s by Puddinthedestroyer Puddinthedestroyer 3 played - 10 yrs ago Questions about journalism in the 1950s QUIZ 19 QUESTIONS hard 1 Who had the strongest opinion in 1950s media and news? ChildrenYoung working class womenStraight, white men 2 What trait was considered a disease by many in the 50s? Being tallBeing homosexualReading a lot 3 What kind of propaganda was there in the 1950s? Anti-warAnti-communismAnti-gun 4 What was a popular thing for women to do in the 1950s? Gain weightLoss weightExercise a lot 5 Who was the red army? United States/democracyRussia/communismGermany/facist 6 What American war was journalism heavily following? Korean WarVietnam WarWorld War II 7 What was it called when people were accused of being communist? ParsippanySexismBlack listing 8 What is something that is controversial to do to people today, but was okay to do to a woman in the 50s? Drowning themSpanking themStabbing them 9 Which countries supported communism in the 1950s? About 13About 17About 33 10 What new weapon did the US have that they openly talked about using on other in propaganda and newspapers? The M202 FLASHHK P11Fission bomb 11 What did an advertisement by Dormeyer appliances encourage women to do to get the things they want from their husbands? CryHit themYell at them 12 What war before the 1950s, made the United States a economic world power? The Cold WarWorld War IWorld War II 13 Which famous TV star from the 50s had a huge impact on the opinions of his viewers? Ed SullivanBob BarkerMel Gibson 14 What was it called when journalist over exaggerated the truth? Yellow journalismPurple journalismBlue journalism 15 What was people's favorite way to get their news in the 1950s? RadioTelevisionNewspaper 16 Ironically, which type of people were most commonly journalist? White menWomenLatin Americans 17 What was an activity that got very popular in the 1950s? Getting coffeeMoving in before marriageGoing to drive in movie theater 18 Who was one of the most popular actors of the 50s? Frankie ValliJames DeanElvis Presley 19 What two businesses opened in the year of 1955? Mcdonalds and DisneyTarget and WalmartStarbucks and Sonic drive thru A mistake in this Quiz ? Contact the author Commentaires
