Consumer-Based Economy
Changing Roles of Women
"Not So" Happy Days
Media Influence
Portrayal of an Ideal American Family
100
Failure to save money
What is the result of popularized family expenditures?
100
Keeping the family unit strong and intact
What is the primary role women are expected to fulfill in families?
100
The privileges denied to women in society
What is not given a proper education (including colleges), paid less, and the expectation to hold no career?
100
The new style of music from the 1950-60s
What is Rock and Roll?
100
The role were women simplified as
What are housewives?
200
Went from creating weapons to creating television, automobile and other appliances that became necessity to american lives
What influences did manufacturing factories from WWII have on the American family lifestyle?
200
taking care of finances, cooking, cleaning, and tending to the children
What are women’s responsibilities of the house?
200
The place where Native Americans were forced to live in
What are "ghettos"?
200
The influencer and inspiration for Rock and Roll
What is African American blues music?
200
The average age women were getting married
What is 20 years old?
300
televisions, radios, washing machines
What are items found in almost all urban American homes?
300
World War II
What is the time period where women were offered to join the workforce?
300
The name of the book written by Michael Harrington
What is "The Other America"?
300
The theme portrayed by Elvis Presley & James Dean
What is young love and rebellion against authority?
300
Main source of income and the head of the household
What is the role men played in the eyes of the American Dream
400
Production, marketing, and obtaining materials were a symbol of living a good life
What is “consumer culture”?
400
women were paid less
What is the inequality between genders when it comes to economy?
400
The event that allowed desegregation in schools
What is "Brown vs Board"?
400
The competition between television and motion pictures
What is a major form of popular entertainment?
400
The method allowed the adoption of rapid house building
What is the assembly line method?
500
Because of lower taxes and economic opportunities
What is the reason why Americans were attracted to the Sunbelt States?
500
Limited education for women
What is the inequality between genders when it comes to intellects?
500
The specific place African Americans were not allowed in
What is Levittown?
500
The reason young Americans devoted more time and money to leisure activities and popular culture
What is disposable income?
500
Thirteen million
What is the number of homes built in the 1950s?
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