Vocabulary
He Developed an injectable Polio vaccine
Jonas Salk
What do Books like "The Organization of Man" and "Lonely Crowd" criticize?
Conformity
What event caused Americans to call for improvements in math and science in schools?
the Launching of Soviet satellites Sputnik I and Sputnik II
Mexicans who came to the United States through the ______________ to work on farms toiled in the hot sun for long hours but were paid poorly for their labor.
The Bracero Program
Between 1945 and 1961 more than 65 million children was born. what is this period known as?
Baby Boom
one of the most popular TV shows of the 1950's was?
I Love Lucy
For most Americans the 1950s was a decade of growth and what?
Prosperity
Numerous cities deteriorated in the postwar period because the middle-class leaving deprived urban areas of?
Taxes
What is the name of one of the early suburbs located outside of New York City?
Levittown
Rock and Roll Music evolved from what other form of music?
Rhythm and Blues
Large Corporations that competed for overseas markets were called?
Multinational Corporations
The 1950s saw a large expansion of the middle class. At least one in five Americans, or about 30 million people, however, lived below the
Poverty line
Who wrote the book "On the Road" in 1957?
Jack Kerouac
"A Raisin on the Sun" was a play written by what African American female writter?
Lorraine Hansberry
After WWII soldiers returned, ____________ helped them receive an education and buy homes.
G I Bill
What minority group was is considered the poorest group in America
Native Americans
What is the cultural separation between children and their parents called
baby boom
The group of writers and artists who highlighted the generation gap was known as?
beatniks
(fill in the blank) In 1947, three U.S. physicists developed the _________ a tiny electric generator that made it possible to create small portable radios.
Transistor
Adult Americans blamed the 45% rise in juvenile delinquency in the 1950s on what? Name 1 of 4 possible answers.
Rock and Roll