Working Class
These workers formed the backbone of the industrial production but often lacked benefits and security.
Who are the blue-collar workers?
This group’s consumer goods, homes, and lifestyles were highlighted to show that capitalism worked better than communism.
Who are affluent Americans?
After World War II, many Americans in the working class believed that hard work and opportunity could help anyone succeed in life. This idea was known as this.
What is the American Dream?
The American government did this to rally against conformity.
What is urged conformity?
This low-income class had relied on certain benefits for food introduced in 1964.
What are SNAP benefits?
Government programs like low-interest home loans and education funding helped this group gain stability and upward mobility.
Who are the white collar workers?
The struggles of this group threatened the image of U.S. superiority over the soviet union.
Who are low-income Americans or minorities?
This decade saw many Americans in all classes question the materialism and conformity of the American Dream, especially during the Vietnam War.
What are the 1960’s
These protests stood as a warning to the dangers of nuclear testing.
What are Anti-nuclear protests?
What is the word to describe when a family’s financial ability does not meet the basic needs of each family member?
What is Poverty?
Many women were expected to leave their wartime jobs to make room for men in these positions.
What were factory and industrial jobs/working women?
Workers in factories and offices were often depicted as loyal citizens defending the nation from this ideological threat.
What is communism?
This type of neighborhood expanded rapidly in the 1950s, representing middle-class dreams.
What are the suburbs?
This 1971 protest did anti-war activists shut down downtown Washington, D.C., to call for a stop to the Vietnam War.
What is The Mayday Protest?
For families at the lowest levels of the income distribution, average annual income has not changed substantially in value since this year.
When is 1966?
This group often had the least access to postwar prosperity, including housing and education.
Who are the low-income Americans or minorities?
Educational and job opportunities for this group were to show that Americans could rise based on merit.
Who are white-collar or educated workers?
During the 1950s, owning one of these became a symbol of middle‑class status, showing that a family had achieved prosperity.
What is owning a car?
This form of protest, used by workers in many Cold War countries, often included sit-ins, demonstrations, or refusing to work to push for better conditions.
What are labor strikes?
This president declared an “unconditional war on poverty” on January 8th, 1964.
Who is President Lyndon B. Johnson?
Jobs in factories, offices, and professional fields defined this aspect of people’s role in the economy.
What is class stratification?
The U.S. used this group’s economic success to contrast itself with countries that had state-controlled economies.
Who are skilled laborers/professionals?
This government program helped millions in the class of poor veterans buy homes and attend college, fueling postwar prosperity.
What is the G.I. Bill?
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, many U.S. students protested this war abroad, linking it to inequality, poverty, and the disproportionate drafting of working-class young men.
What is the Vietnam War?
This statistic provided details that showed over time, single-mother families, Black, Hispanic, and the lower educated faced economic hardships.
What are the Official poverty rates?