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Vocab
Discrimination
Act/Bill/%
Workforce
100
singer that was controversial because of his use of good looks and dance moves
What is Elvis Presley
100
This nickname describes the increased birth rate after WWII.
What is the baby boom
100
This incident involved a Mexican American WWII hero that refused by the undertaker because of race
What is Longoria
100
What percent of women kept their jobs after they were married
What is 25
100
This manual work can best described as ___________ collar
What is Blue
200
Invented the polio vaccine
What is Jonas Salk
200
A business that has a parent company
What is Franchise
200
Why did whites leave the cities?
What is to isolate themselves
200
What percent of Americans were poor in 1962?
What is 25
200
Office work can be best described as __________ collar
What is white
300
Actor that demonstrated the disappointment of young people
What is James Dean
300
Major corporation that includes smaller companies in unrelated industries
What is conglomerate
300
What did critics say about Urban Renewal?
What is "Urban removal"
300
This act allowed for the construction of roads throughout the US
What is Interstate Highway Act
300
The growth of automobiles allowed people to work in the cities and live in
What is the suburbs
400
The author of Catcher and the Rye, wrote about the pressure to conform
What is JD Salinger
400
A person in the counter-culture movement of the 1950s
What is Beatnik
400
This policy gave up responsibility for Native American tribes
What is Termination Policy
400
This gave low-interest mortgages and education loans to veterans
What is GI Bill of Rights
400
Most Americans worked _____ hours a week
What is 40
500
Author of the Feminine Mystique, criticized the culture of making women fulfill specific roles
What is Betty Friedan
500
Idea that buying material goods meant success
What is consumerism
500
Betty Friedan wrote about that criticized the culture of
What is making women conform to womanly ideals
500
This act gave citizenship to Native Americans
What is Snyder Act
500
Most children were expect to
What is stay in school
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