Hard Times & War Times
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What was unemployment in 1933?
This initial boom began 9 months after Allied victory and continued for nearly 20 years.
What was the baby boom?
The process by which the city of Milwaukee grew geographically from 1948-1960.
What is annexation?
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar led the Bucks to the 1971 NBA Championship in this new sports venue.
What was the Milwaukee Arena?
This long-time mayor preferred the status quo.
Who was Henry Maier?
Over one half went unpaid
What were property taxes in 1933?
Farm fields became subdivisions in this boom.
What was the housing boom?
Why the city of Milwaukee wanted to grow geographically.
What is to gain more tax revenue?
If you build it, they will come.
What was Milwaukee County Stadium?
These two factors were the most pervasive challenges facing Milwaukee and the nation's other cities in the 1960s.
What were race and poverty?
"Perhaps the best governed city in America"
What was Milwaukee in the 1930s under Dan Hoan's leadership?
The combination of these two things made the suburban boom possible.
What are cars and freeways?
The enticements the city offered to residents of nearby unincorporated land.
What is city water and city services?
This new home for the Milwaukee Art Center was the first example of modern architecture in the city.
The War Memorial (1957) by Eero Saarinen.
The name given to tearing down old buildings in the central city.
What was Urban Renewal?
Parklawn Housing Project, water purification plant, new parks, the Village of Greendale.
What were some New Deal Projects in Milwaukee?
Pent up demand allowed factories to transition from wartime production to this new version of production.
What was consumer production?
Mayor Frank Zeidler's derisive term for the suburban municipalities surrounding Milwaukee.
What is the iron ring?
The year the city reached its highest level on the list of the nation's biggest cities.
What was 1960?
Bonus - What was its ranking?
Alderwoman Vel Phillip's description of her white male colleagues on the Common Council as they once again united to vote down her bill to ensure open housing in the city.
What were dumb bigots?
This Milwaukee company produced more nuclear equipment than any other in the country.
What was Allis Chalmers?
Rate of increase of the county's industrial production from 1945-1951.
What is doubled?
This suburban county was the first to grow from white flight.
What was Waukesha County?
This surprising victory boosted the civic self-confidence.
What was the 1957 World Series?
The three factors that exacerbated Milwaukee's racial problems during the 1960s and 1970s.
What were:
1. The black community's late start
2. The black community's rapid growth
3. The entrenched attitudes of white Milwaukeeans