Postwar America
American Dream
Other America
Kennedy Years
Box of Chocolates
100
What did Congress pass to help ease veterans' return to civilian life?
What is the G.I. Bill of Rights?
100
What was the period of increase birth rates known as?
What is the Baby Boom?
100
What were Mexican hired hands called?
What is braceros?
100
This president won the debate from those watching it, however lost to those listening.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
100
This man shot JFK in Dallas, Texas.
Who is Lee Harvey Oswald?
200
Who inherited presidency after FDR's death?
Who is Harry S. Truman?
200
What was it called when small businesses expanded into business tycoons?
What is franchise?
200
What was the movement of millions of middle-class whites to cities to suburbs called?
What is White Fight?
200
JFK released this civil rights protester to gain the black vote.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
200
This was constructed to separate East and West Berlin.
What is the Berlin Wall?
300
What was Eisenhower's campaign slogan?
What is I Like Ike?
300
What is the name of the book that exposed the "company people?"
What is The Organization Man?
300
This policy distributed tribal lands and discontinued the reservation system.
What is termination policy?
300
This was a failed attempt to overthrow Castro using Cuban exiles.
What is The Bay of Pigs?
300
Suburban living spurred Americans to buy this.
What is the Automobile.
400
What was the most significant judicial action that occurred in 1954?
What is Brown V. Board of Education of Topeka
400
Who wrote "The Feminine Mystique," that exposed unhappiness with the traditional roles?
Who is Betty Friedan?
400
This incident helped spurred the Latino civil rights fight.
What is the Longoria incident?
400
This dictator openly claimed he was communist and gained the US governments eye.
Who is Fidel Castro?
400
This movement helped artist to express the social and literary nonconformity.
What is the beat movement?
500
Who were the Southern Democrats that protested Truman's emphasis on civil rights?
What is Dixiecrats?
500
What is a company that includes smaller companies in unrelated industries?
What is conglomerates?
500
This organization wanted to ensure that Native Americans had the same civil rights as whites.
What is National Congress of American Indians?
500
This event was caused by pictures taken by American spy planes and US warheads in Turkey.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
500
This city added electronic instruments to traditional blues to create rhythm and blues.
What is Cleveland Ohio?
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