Readjusting & Recovery
Economic Challenges & Social Unrest
The Organization of Man and Suburban Lifestyle
The Automobile Culture
New Era of the Mass Media
100
What is the right passed by congress in 1944 that guaranteed tuition aid for veterans?
What is the GI Bill of Rights
100
Who became President after Franklin D. Roosevelt's death?
Who is Harry S. Truman
100
What is a major corporation that includes a number of smaller companies in unrelated industries that were expanding in the late 1950's?
What is a conglomerate
100
During the WWII, the US Government rationed this to curb inflation and conserve supplies.
What is gasoline
100
Compared with other mass media, which means of communication expanded with lightning speed?
What is television
200
What are small resident communities surrounding cities?
What is a suburb.
200
In 1946 what did 4.5 million discontented workers do?
What is strike.
200
What is a company that offers similar products or services in many locations?
What is a franchise
200
What kind of living made owning a car a necessity?
What is suburban living
200
In what year did regular broadcasts appear?
When is 1949
300
What administration halted inflation causing prices to sky rocket?
What is the Office of Price Administration (OPA)
300
In 1947, Congress passed what Act over Truman's veto?
What is the Taft-Hartley Act
300
What was the unprecedented population explosion that occurred when soldiers returned from WWII?
What is the baby boom
300
Which act signed by President Eisenhower authorized the building of a nationwide highway network?
What is The Interstate Highway Act
300
What is the government agency that regulates and licenses television?
What is the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
400
When men returned home and women were reluctant to give up their independency, what did this cause a rise in?
What is divorce.
400
As Truman supports civil rights, what did he create in 1946?
What is a President's Commission on Civil Rights
400
Who developed a vaccine for the crippling disease poliomyelitis?
Who is Dr. Jonas Salk
400
Interstate highways contributed to a decline in the commercial use of these.
What are railroads
400
When were sales of the TV Guide introduced?
When is 1953
500
Many Americans prospered in the 1950s in what the economist John Kenneth Galbraith called this?
What is 'the affluent society.'
500
What included proposals for a nationwide system of compulsory health insurance and crop-subsidy system to provide a steady income for farmers?
What is Truman's Fair Deal
500
In the 1950's what role was glorified in popular magazines, movies and TV programs such as 'Father Knows Best'?
What is a homemaker
500
In which book written by John Keats in 1958 did he write: 'Our new roads, with their ancillaries, the motels, filling stations, and the restaurants advertising Eats, have made it possible for you to drive from Brooklyn to Los Angeles without a change of diet, scenery, or culture."
What is 'The Insolent Chariots'
500
What did the food industry introduce in 1954 that made watching tv more convenient?
What is the frozen TV dinner
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