Truman and Eisenhower
Post World War 2, labor unrest was triggered by
What is inflation?
The Significance of Levittown, New York
What is the earliest suburbs built in the 1950's?
The author of the play "A Raisin in the Sun?"
Who is Lorraine Hansberry?
A new form of music that was created combining American rhythms and blues with African American rhythms.
What is Rock 'n' Roll?
Region of the United States that stretches from Georgia to New York?
What is Appalachia?
The largest federal works program in American History
What is the Federal Highway Act?
Jobs where workers typically wore a white shirt and tie to work
What are white - collar jobs?
The Cultural separation between parents and their children.
What is the generation gap?
Often regarded to as the King of Rock and roll and known for his "provocative" dance moves.
Elvis Presley
In the 1950's, young people who wore unconventional clothing and had long hair
What are Juvenile Delinquents?
Economic Conservatism with activism to benefit the country
What is Dynamic Conservatism?
Act that provided generous funds for veterans to buy homes, start businesses, and attend college.
What is the GI bill?
Many early television comedy shows were adapted from these shows of the past.
Radio Shows
Two very popular African American Singers of the Rock 'n' Roll generation.
Who are Chuck Berry and Little Richard?
The reason unemployment soared in rural "Appalachia"
What is the mechanization of coal mining?
In 1947, the conservative congress set out to curb the power of organized labor through this measure
What is the Taft-Hartley Act?
American scientist, who invented an injectable vaccine to prevent polio?
Who is Albert Sabin?
One of the most popular comedy shows to ever air on television during the 1950's?
What is I Love Lucy?
The Disc Jockey, who helped launch Rock 'n' Roll by playing African American Music on air.
Who is Alan Freed?
Ethnicity that made up less than one percent of the American Population in the 1950's.
Who are Native Americans?
Truman's name for his majority Republican congress
What is the "Do Nothing Congress"?
The business trend of the 1950's that books such as "The Lonely Crowd" and the Organizational Man" criticized.
What is Franchise conformity?
The Development of the Transistor made this possible.
What is the miniaturization of radio's?
Beat poet, who published the poem "On the Road"
Who is Jack Kerouac?
The specific efforts seen in American education, after the Soviets launched Sputnik in 1957
What is improvement of Math and Science Education?