Levittown
Racial Discrimination
Middle-Class Domesticity
Baby Boom
Post War Shopping Boom
100

Who created Levittown?

What is William Levitt

100

What was the practice of denying minorities from purchasing and owning housing in defined areas called?

What is red-lining?

100

What were women's roles in society?

What is focused on families (cooking, cleaning, and childcare)

100

What did the normalized marriage age drop to for men and women 

What is women: 20 and men: 22

100

Did this cause the economy to go up or down?

What is up

200

What groups of people were moving to areas like Levittown?

What is middle-class whites

200

What is the court case that addressed racial discrimination within the topic of homeownership?

What is Shelley Vs Kraemer?

200

What was the ideal family called?

What is Nuclear Family

200

More babies were born in the years of _____-______ than in the last 30 years

What is 1948-1953

200

What things had a significant influx after the war?

What is cars, houses, home appliances

300

What fraction of Americans moved into suburbs like Levittown?

What is 1/3 

300

What act prohibited racial discrimination when buying homes?

What is the Fair Housing Act

300

What were jobs seen as "women jobs"?

What is teaching, nursing, and other service areas 

300

Who wrote "Common Sense Book of Baby and Childcare"?

What is Dr Benjamin Spock

300
How did people show their status in society?

What is their material belongings 

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