People
Postwar Politics
Postwar legislation/law
Postwar Culture
Hodgepodge
100
The name of William Levitt's first suburb?
What is Levittown?
100
This man was a high ranking US government official charged with spying for the Soviet Union.
Who is Alger Hiss?
100
The name of the legislation that helped returning soldiers ease back into civilian life?
What is the GI Bill of Rights?
100
Most economists predicted the U.S. economy would do what immediately following World War II?
What is enter a depression?
100
This was proposed as a way to deal with the slums of the cities, but often caused new problems.
What is urban renewal?
200
He developed a vaccine for polio.
Who is Jonas Salk?
200
The US plan to aid European countries after the war, partly so that they could resist communism.
What is the Marshall Plan?
200
The name of Truman's ambitious economic program?
What is the Fair Deal?
200
The name for the time in U.S. history in which the U.S. population dramatically increased?
What is the baby boom?
200
The U.S. Policy that was meant to eliminate federal responsibility for Native American tribes.
What is the termination policy?
300
Communist leader of China.
Who is Mao Zedong?
300
Differences between how the US should proceed in the Korean War led to this general being relieved of his command.
Who is Douglas MacArthur?
300
This ruling declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka?
300
This group rebelled against conformity and 1950's society.
Who are the beatniks?
300
The development of roads and suburbs impacted and were spurred on by the new prominence of what?
What is the automobile?
400
The Nationalist leader who fought against communists in China.
Who is Jiang Jieshi?
400
In response to NATO, the Soviet Union and its satellite nations signed this.
What is the Warsaw Pact?
400
The purpose of this law was to create more US scientists and science teachers so the US could compete with the Soviets.
What is National Defense Education Act?
400
The buying of material goods which some people believed indicated success.
What is consumerism?
400
This act authorized the construction of 41,000 miles of expressway across the U.S.
What is the Interstate Highway Act?
500
He claimed to have a list of communist spies in the US government.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
500
This Soviet satellite attempted an uprising that was brutally repressed.
Who is Hungary?
500
This law outlawed the closed shop which forced businesses to hire only union employees.
What is the Taft-Hartley Act?
500
The main reason for mass migration, especially of minorities, to the cities after the war.
What are economic opportunities?
500
He was the Cleveland disc jockey who coined the term "rock n' roll."
Who is Alan Freed?
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