Poverty
The Affluent Society
Eisenhower
Cold War
The Suburbs
Truman
100
This U.S. policy aimed to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream society by ending federal support for tribes and was implemented during the 1950s.
What is Termination Policy?
100
What is the First Transistor?
100
Eisenhower was known as this during the Second World War.
Who is the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces?
100
This Cold War theory suggested that if one country fell to communism, its neighbors would follow.
What is Domino Theory?
100
During the 1950s, the average American income rose by this percentage, reflecting the post-war economic boom.
What is three times?
100
Despite widespread predictions of his defeat, Truman won the 1948 presidential election against this Republican candidate.
Who is Thomas E. Dewey?
200
This government initiative in the 1950s aimed to revitalize city centers but often led to the displacement of poor, predominantly minority communities.
What is Urban Renewal?
200
Advertisers mainly targeted them during the 1950s.
Who are White Families?
200
Eisenhower's foreign policy was dominated by these to policies.
What is Massive Retaliation and Brinkmanship?
200
These controversial hearings, led by a U.S. senator, aimed to expose alleged communists in the government and military.
What are the McCarthy Trials?
200
In the 1950s, owning a home in the suburbs symbolized this ideal of prosperity and success for many American families.
What is the American Dream?
200
Truman coined this term to criticize the 80th United States Congress for its inactivity and opposition to his legislative proposals.
What is the Do Nothing Congress?
300
This program, which allowed Mexican workers to take temporary labor jobs in the U.S., was introduced in the 1940s and continued into the 1950s to meet labor shortages in agriculture and industry.
What is the Bracero Program?
300
This generation is named after an explosion in birth rates.
What is a Baby Boomer?
300
In 1957 Eisenhower signed this act, but did not truly enforce it.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1957
300
This German-born physicist was convicted of passing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union, heightening fears of espionage.
Who is Klaus Fuchs?
300
The rapid growth of suburbs in the 1950s was driven by this law, which provided benefits to WWII veterans, and this movement, in which white families left cities for the suburbs.
What is the GI Bill and White Flight?
300
During Truman’s presidency, debates over labor rights intensified as some states passed these laws, which prohibited mandatory union membership as a condition of employment.
What are Right to Work Laws?
400
In the 1950s, Black families like the Youngers in "A Raisin in the Sun" struggled with poverty and limited opportunities due to this system of racial separation and discrimination in housing, education, and employment.
What is Segregation?
400
What is the First Pace Maker?
400
Eisenhower signed this bill creating a giant infrastructure project, which revolutionized transportation in America.
What is the Federal Highway Act?
400
This Government agency increased covert operations during the Cold War.
What is the CIA.
400
Builders in the 1950s used this assembly-line method to quickly and cheaply construct suburban houses.
What is Mass Produced?
400
Truman faced challenges with labor relations, particularly regarding these workplace agreements that require union membership for employment, leading to debates over 'right-to-work' laws.
What are Closed Shops?
500
This region in the U.S. was plagued by widespread poverty and economic hardship in the 1950s, despite efforts for industrial development and modernization.
What is Appalachia?
500
During the 1950s, the U.S. saw the rise of these two business models—one involving companies expanding globally, and the other allowing individuals to operate chain businesses under a larger brand.
What are multinational corporations and franchises?
500
Eisenhower's approach to governing, which sought to be fiscally conservative while maintaining some social welfare programs, was known as this.
What is Dynamic Conservatism?
500
In the 1950s, Eisenhower provided military and financial support to this European power during their fight to maintain control over their colony in Indochina.
What is France?
500
This famous suburban development, first built in New York, became the model for post-war housing expansion in America.
What is Levittown?
500
In 1949, Truman introduced this domestic program aiming to extend New Deal policies, focusing on issues like healthcare, education, and civil rights.
What is the Fair Deal?