People & Politics
Which President promoted the Interstate Highway Act and is commemorated by a national interstate sign?
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
After WWII, the economy shifted away from wartime production to producing what?
What are consumer goods?
Which musician is listed multiple times among top-selling singles of 1956 and symbolizes rising youth culture?
Who is Elvis Presley?
What guidebook helped Black motorists find safe lodging and services during segregation?
What is The Green Book?
Which Cold War rival prompted U.S. investments in science, education, and space (spurring the NDEA)?
What is the Soviet Union (its space program)?
What new youth-focused volunteer program did John F. Kennedy create to promote U.S. values and assistance abroad?
What is the Peace Corps?
Name an effect of Levittown-style mass-produced housing on U.S. residential patterns.
What is the shift to suburban living?
Need for an interstate highway system
Met housing needs of returning veterans
What was one major effect of television on 1950s family life and politics?
What is that television changed how politicians campaigned / made appearance and personality more important?
Which development gave Southern Black people partial emancipation from Jim Crow by increasing mobility?
What is the coming of the cheap automobile / increased automobile ownership?
Which 1950s cultural fear or theme was commonly reflected in suburban media and civil defense imagery?
What is fear of Soviet atomic attack (Cold War anxiety)? Red Scare
Which 1960 event demonstrated television’s impact on presidential politics and helped John F. Kennedy’s rise in the polls?
What are the Kennedy–Nixon televised debates?
The interstate system increased consumer demand for what industry and led to greater long-distance travel?
What is the automobile industry (and increased long-distance automobile travel)
Name the group/scene associated with rebellious literature and anti‑conformity in the 1950s (author Jack Kerouac is an example)
Who are the Beat Generation?
Which 1950s medical development dramatically reduced polio cases across the U.S.?
What is the polio vaccine (Jonas Salk)?
What 1950s–60s policy area led to increased federal funding for math and science education?
What is responses to Soviet space achievements / the launch of Sputnik?
In his "New Frontier" speech, Kennedy called for national commitment to which major national program he subsequently supported?
What is the national space program (e.g., increased support for NASA / space exploration)?
The growth in U.S. crude oil imports during the 1950s was mostly due to increases in what types of travel?
What is air and road travel?
Which Memphis studio and producer (Sam Phillips) is often called the birthplace of rock and roll?
What is Sun Studio?
Which social change did the baby boom cause in consumer markets like children's clothing and housing?
What is increased demand for consumer goods and expansion of the housing market (suburban growth)?
Which 1961 U.S. policy initiative hired volunteers to aid developing nations and counter communist influence through goodwill?
What is the Peace Corps?
Which federal act increased funding for science and math education in response to the Soviet space program?
What is the National Defense Education Act?
The G.I. Bill produced which major change in education and workforce after WWII?
What is that thousands of former soldiers were able to attend college?
Which musical label helped popularize rhythm and blues and influenced youth culture in the 1960s?
What is Stax Records?
Which federal program and broader policy (resulting from returning veterans) fueled college enrollment and suburban growth?
What is the G.I. Bill (and veterans returning to civilian life)?
What large-scale federal infrastructure program both aided national defense logistics and transformed civilian mobility and the economy?
What is the Interstate Highway System / Interstate Highway Act?