Postwar America
Levittown was the first of these residential communities surrounding cities.
What are suburbs?
A spike in population from 1945 until 1960 was called this.
What is the baby boom?
This government agency regulated and licenses TV, radio, telephone and more.
What is the FCC? Federal Communications Commission?
Mexican hired hands were called this.
What are Braceros?
These two gentleman created a comedy skit in which the names of the baseball players were confused.
Who are Abbot and Costello?
GI stands for this.
What is government issue?
This type of business was the first to successfully franchise.
What are fast food restaurants?
This style of music was characterized by the use of improvisation.
What is Jazz?
The name of the famous comedy skit in which confusion over the name of the first baseman.
What is who is on first?
This man became president after the death of FDR.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
This Doctor developed a vaccine to polio.
Who is Dr. Jonas Salk?
What is "Hound Dog?"
1 in every 4 Americans was living below this in 1962.
What is the poverty line?
This tv show was shown in class with a terrible haircut.
What is "Leave it to Beaver?"
Jackie Robinson was the first major league African American baseball player. He played for this team.
What are the Brooklyn Dodgers?
This famous attraction opened in July 1955 attracting 3 million people by the next year.
What is Disneyland?
This singer was well known for his "Duck Walk" and electric guitar playing on songs such as "Johnny B. Goode."
Who is Chuck Berry?
The author of The Other America: Poverty in the United States captured the widespread poverty and exposed the brutal reality of the poor.
Who is Michael Harrington?
Elvis Presley portrayed a criminal in this 1957 music video.
What is "Jailhouse Rock?"
Nixon talked of his daughter and his dog named this during a speech regarding a secret slush fund from wealthy supporters.
What is Checkers?
This book by Betty Friedan captured the "problem with no name" that had crippled women at home.
What is The Feminine Mystique?
James Dean starred in this movie showing a teenager fighting conformity made him an international icon among teenagers.
What is Rebel Without a Cause?
A barrio in Los Angeles was torn down to make room for this building.
What is the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball stadium?
The name of the second baseman in the famous comedy skit in confusion over each baseball player's name
What is "What?"