Homes
Programs & Economy
Teenagers & Art
Prominent Figures
Protest
100

Levittown


Housing developments built by William Levitt and Levitt & Sons

100

FHA

Federal Housing Administration - After WW2 they played a role in helping financing for homes for white veterans

100

Teenagers in Post War America

Teenagers were now a whole demographic for companies to market to because they were entering the workforce and could pay for things

100

Civil Rights Movement

Social movement within the U.S. that was aimed at ending racial discrimination and segregation against African Americans

100

“Separate but Equal”

Legal doctrine established by the Supreme Court in Plessy vs. Ferguson which allowed for racial segregation within the United States

200

American Dream

Idea that opportunity is available in America

200

HOLC

Home Owners’ Loans Corporation - Provided loans and mortgage relief to those they deemed worthy - Created Redlining maps

200

Demographics

Statistical data which related to population or particular groups of people within it

200

Martin Luther King Jr.

Leader during the Civil Rights Movement - Believed in non-violent resistance where African-Americans could integrate into White America

200

NAACP

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - Mission is to eliminate racial bias and racism in America - Helped in Brown vs. Board of Ed.

300

White Flight

After WW2 many white Americans moved from urban, cities to suburban areas mainly to escape other races who were moving into cities.

300

GI Bill

Federal program that was created to provide education to veterans

300

Chuck Barry 

Influential American singer, songwriter. He wrote one song which related to his own teenage life where he spent time at the juke and purchased items after working and school.

300

Malcolm X

Leader during the Civil Rights Movement - Believed that African-Americans should shield themselves from white aggression by any means necessary

300

De Jure Segregation

Legal separation of groups of people based on law

400

Redlining

HOLC - The practice of denying financial aid to certain neighborhoods based on race or ethnicity

400

Post-War Economy

Economic period that followed the war characterized by a shift from wartime to peacetime consumption

400

Jacob Lawrence

African-American artist who painted the library picturing African-Americans learning and reading in order to educate themselves

400

Linda Brown

School girl who became the center of the “Brown vs. Board of Education” trial

400

Freedom Riders

Civil Rights activists who rode buses through the South side of America to challenge segregation

500

Redlining Effects

Limited economic opportunity, physical and mental health, environment less green

500

Educational Attainment/Outcomes

Due to the G.I. Bill veterans were entering colleges and universities in record numbers which led to delayed entries and overpopulation within schools.

500

Charles White

Artist who illustrated two black children post-war

500

Thurgood Marshall

Supreme Court Justice who ruled that the “separate but equal” doctrine should be abolished

500

Sit-In

Colored people would sit-in white areas so in order to challenge 14th Amendment and racial bias

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