Name given to the region of states in the South and the Southwest
What is the Sunbelt ?
100
Ideal or typical household with a father, mother, and children
What is Nuclear family ?
100
Iconic American singer whose success sparked the popularity of rock-and-roll music in the 1950s
Who is Elvis Presley
200
Increase in births between 1945 and 1964
What is Baby boom?
200
Sending home members of the army
What is Demobilization ?
200
Influential author of 1946 Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care
Who is Benjamin Spock ?
300
A law that restricted the power of labor unions; outlawed the closed shop, a workplace in which only union members can be hired
What is Taft-Hartley Act ?
300
Music originated in the gospel and blues traditions of African Americans
What is Rock-and-Roll ?
300
eased the return of World War II veterans by providing education and employment aid
What is GI Bill of Rights
300
Presidential candidate liked By both political party's and created interstate highway system.
Who is Dwight E. Eisenhower ?
400
Ended all programs monitored by the Bureau of Indian Affairs; ended federal responsibility for the health and welfare of Native Americans
What is Termination policy ?
400
government programs for redevelopment of urban areas
What is Urban Renewal
400
Supreme court case that deemed segregated schools unconstitutional
What is Brown v. Board of education of Topeka ?
400
Built thousands of homes in new york and became a leader in mass production of suburban housing.
Who is William Levitt ?
500
small group of writers and artists, in the 1950s and early 1960s, who were critical of American society
What is Beatniks
500
called for three tiers of higher education: research universities, state colleges, and community colleges, all of which were to be accessible to all of the state’s citizens
What is California Master Plan
500
Man who developed polio vaccine by using dead virus cells.