50's
What are WWII veterans commonly referred to as?
GI's
The G.I Bill provided how many years of unemployment compensation?
1
Levittown
This town was in New York and was the first modern suburb
1956
The American birthrate exploded after what WW?
WWII
More than 65 million
What are suburbs?
Places outside the city where many white-collar workers live.
What was the Federal Highway Act?
This was the largest public works program in American history. The law called for the building of 40,000 miles of interstate
White artists began to make music that was based on African American rhythm and blues, and this form of music became known as what?
Rock 'n Roll
Who was the king of Rock 'n Roll
Elvis Presley
Who ran for the Republicans in the election of 1848?
Thomas Dewey
Who/What were Dixicrats?
Southern Democrats who backed racial segregation and limited the voting rights of African Americans. They were the States Right Party.
Who was running for president in the election of 1848?
Harry S Truman, Thomas Dewey, and Strom Thurmond
What was the generation gap?
The cultural separation between children and their parents
What was Juvenile Delinquency?
Antisocial/criminal behavior by teenagers
Who invented the vaccine that prevented polio?
Jonas Salk
What were two shows that were really popular in the 50's?
I Love Lucy and The Honeymooners
America became a more homogenous nation because of what?
The automobile
What was one of the major acts Harry Truman made as president?
He made an executive order to end segregation in the armed forces
By 1957, there were around how many TV sets in use?
40 million
What was the Taft-Hartley Act?
the federal law that greatly restricted the activities and power of labor unions
What was the beat generation?
The beat generation was the cultural movement of the 1950s when young people, often writers, ditched society's normal standards for new ways of thinking
What did the Fair Deal do?
- It increased the minimum wage
- Expanded Social Security benefits
- The National Housing Act was passed to provide funding to build low income housing
- The end of wars led to more young couples getting married
- The GI Bill encouraged the growth of families
- Pop culture glorified pregnancy, parenthood, and large families
What were the medical advances that occurred in the 50's?
- New drugs to fight cancer, diabetes, and heart disease
- A polio vaccine was developed