Question

What effect did rock and roll have on the culture of conformity of the 1950s?

(1 point)

Teenagers began to drift from middle class expectations to embrace themes of freedom and rebellion celebrated by rock and roll.


Mainstream television variety shows celebrated rock and roll performers, encouraging the music’s message of conformity.


Rock and roll’s message of conformity took over the airwaves and dominated radio airplay by the middle of the 1950s.


White artists achieved fame by adopting the idea of conformity from African American musical forms, such as rhythm and blues.

Answer 1

Teenagers began to drift from middle class expectations to embrace themes of freedom and rebellion celebrated by rock and roll.

Rock and roll gave young people a distinct identity and cultural language that challenged 1950s norms of conformity.