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The name of the legislation that helped returning soldiers ease back into civilian life?
What was the GI Bill
100
The name for the time in U.S. history in which the U.S. population dramatically increased?
What was the Baby Boom
100
This is the number one device associated with mass media in the 1950's
What is the Television
100
This was when the wealthy and middle class people of a particular race left the cities and moved to the suburbs
What is White Flight
100
This phrase captures the popular behavior of the 1950s.
What is Social Conformity
200
The name of William Levitt's first suburb?
What was Levittown
200
Give one reason why Americans had more leisure time in the 1950s.
1. Time saving appliances 2. Strong economy in the U.S. (more disposable income)
200
This government organization regulates mass media in the United States.
What is the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
200
In this process, the government attempts to clean up the poorer urban areas of the country.
What is Urban Renewal
200
When this person decided to support civil rights, he risked getting voted out of office.
Who is Truman
300
The name of Truman's ambitious economic program?
What was the Fair Deal
300
With this common view in the 1950s, people believed that material goods meant success in life.
Was is Consumerism
300
This movement was considered a rebellion against conformity and 1950's society.
What was the beat movement
300
The U.S. Policy that was meant to eliminate federal responsibility for Native American tribes.
What is the Termination Policy
300
The development of roads and suburbs impacted and were spurred on by the new prominence of what?
What is the automobile
400
Most economists predicted the U.S. economy would do what immediately following World War II?
Enter a Depression
400
This act authorized the construction of 41,000 miles of expressway across the U.S.
Was was the Interstate Highway Act
400
This person brought rock'n roll into popularity in the 1950s
Who is Elvis Presley
400
The urban poor consisted of these types of people (name 2)
What are minority groups, elderly, and single mothers
400
This type of spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union
What is the U-2
500
Name 2 ways the U.S. economy prospered because of the Cold War.
1. U.S. defense spending stayed high (weapons development and production, etc.) 2. U.S. had a large standing army 3. The Marshall Plan developed a new market for U.S. goods to be exported to.
500
With this popular business ploy, businesses designed goods so that they would purposely become outdated or wear out.
What is Planned Obsolescence
500
The stereotypical teenager came into prominence in the 1950s because of this
The booming economy meant that teenagers did not need to work to support their families.
500
Following the Longoria Incident, Felix Longoria was finally buried here
What is Arlington National Cemetery
500
During the economic boom that followed WWII, economist John Kenneth Galbraith gave this name to American Society
What is the Affluent Society
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