Post War Economy
What decade is known as an “age of affluence”?
What is the 1950s?
Fear of communism in the U.S. was known as this.
What is the Red Scare?
This law provided benefits to WWII veterans.
What is the GI Bill?
Suburbs grew due to demand for this type of housing.
What is affordable housing?
Policy to stop the spread of communism.
What is containment?
This organization advised the president on employment, production, and purchasing power.
What is the Council of Economic Advisers?
TV shows like Leave It to Beaver promoted this ideal.
What is the traditional American family?
The GI Bill helped veterans afford these two major things.
What are college and homes?
Builders met housing demand using this fast construction method.
What is mass-produced housing?
This doctrine promised support to countries resisting communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
After WWII, industries shifted from wartime production to this type of production.
What is consumer goods production?
Movement of people from cities to these areas increased in the 1950s.
What are the suburbs?
The “baby boom” refers to this trend after WWII.
What is a sharp increase in births?
Government policies often excluded people based on this.
What is race (redlining/discrimination)?
Program that gave economic aid to rebuild Europe.
What is the Marshall Plan?
Improved technology and this method made goods cheaper and more available.
What is mass production?
Women were generally expected to do this after marriage.
What is leave the workforce / become homemakers?
One cause of the baby boom was this postwar condition.
What is economic prosperity / stability?
Private practices like restrictive covenants prevented this group from buying homes.
Who are African Americans?
This alliance declared “an attack on one is an attack on all.”
What is NATO?
Many Americans could not buy goods during WWII because of this system.
What is rationing?
This music genre symbolized youth culture and rebellion.
What is rock and roll?
Not all veterans benefited equally from the GI Bill due to this.
What is racial discrimination?
The Myers family faced this after moving to Levittown.
What is harassment / racial discrimination?
This couple was executed for passing atomic secrets to the USSR.
Who are the Rosenbergs?