Postwar America
This describes the "Cookie-cutter" homes built as a result of the influx of soldiers returning from war, and wanting to live away from cities.
What are suburbs?
This generation was, and is, extremely large.
What is baby boom?
This term describes any form of communication that reaches large audience.
What is mass media?
This term means Mexican workers hired to harvest crops seasonally.
Who are braceros?
Franchise famous for the big mac
What is McDonalds?
These Southern Democrats resisted Truman's focus on civil rights by nominating their own candidate.
Who are Dixiecrats?
This term describes a worldview in which material goods are equated with success.
What is consumerism?
This genre of music was widely enjoyed despite being found only on African-American radio stations.
What is jazz?
This policy ended the government's responsibility toward Native Americans. It was not a success.
What is termination policy.
This was a popular entertainment source for children who liked to follow the adventures of superheroes.
What are comics?
This was Truman's own FDR style deal, and it focused on giving health insurance to all and extending social security.
What is the fair deal?
This term describes companies that intentionally design their products to be out of date in order to boost sales of later goods.
What is planned obsolescence?
This singer is associated with the rise of rock-and-roll and the sexually explicit nature of it.
Who is Elvis Presley?
This term means the tearing down of cities to build things like freeways, parking lots, and prisons. This led to displacement of the poor.
What is urban renewal?
This resulted in severe noise pollution but also allowed people to commute.
What are automobies?
This VP went on television to defend himself from allegations of campaign bribery.
Who is Nixon?
This man cured polio, saving countless lives.
Who is Dr. Salk?
This movement was a counter movement to American cultural hegemony and consisted of poets and artisits.
What is the beat movement?
This slang term means the travel of whites away from cities and into tranquil suburbs.
What is white flight.
government agency that regulates TV
What is the FCC?
Who is Jackie Robinson?
This term describes companies that control numerous smaller companies.
what are conglomerates?
This woman wrote "Hound Dog", Elvis's big hit. She was never credited: an example of cultural appropriation.
Who is Willie Mae Thornton
This man was a veteran and WWII hero who a Texan undertaker refused to bury because of his race as a Mexican.
Who is Longoria?
This poet wrote Howl, a counter-culture epic poem about life as a gay man in San Fransisco during the 50's.
Who is Allen Ginsberg?