People
This Baseball player was the first African-American to enter into the MLB
Jackie Robinson
Small residential communities with rows of standardized homes built on treeless lots
Suburbs
He won the presidential election in 1952
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower described this type of conservatism as "conservative when it comes to money and liberal when it comes to people."
Modern Republican or Dynamic Conservatism
What percentage of Americans were considered a part of the middle class in the 50s
60%
This president signed the National Interstate and Defense Highway Act, leading to the construction of 41,000 miles of expressways
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Paid veteran's tuition and guaranteed them a year's worth of unemployment benefits while job hunting
GI Bill of Rights
What part of government shot down Truman's attempts to pass civil rights legislation
Congress
This deal by Truman increased the minimum wage, extended social security coverage, and implemented flood control projects
Truman's Fair Deal
American Telephone and Telegraph is known as what today
AT&T
This person unexpectedly won the 1948 election
Harry Truman
A company that offers similar products or services in many locations
Franchise
What did Truman threaten to do to the striking workers in 1946
Draft them into the military
The buying of material goods at a insane amount, which came to be equated with success
Consumerism
A popular Route on the interstate that went from Illinois to California
Route 66
This President issued executive orders for the integration of the armed forces and an end to discriminatory hiring practices in the government
Harry Truman
A major corporation that includes multiple smaller companies in unrelated industries
Conglomerates
Which President died in 1945, allowing Truman to become president
Franklin D. Roosevelt
A marketing strategy, it involved businesses purposely designing products to become obsolete after a short amount of time with releases of new models.
Planned Obsolescence
This company designed the a-10 warthogs minigun
General Electric
This person was expected to win the 1948 election in a landslide
Thomas E. Dewey
Southern democrats that strongly opposed Trumans attempts to support civil rights
Dixiecrats
What group did Eisenhower send to protect the Little Rock Nine
101st Airborne
Early on, this item was fairly exclusive, typically limited to people of middle-class or higher
Credit Cards
This person bought McDonald's for 2.7 million dollars and turned it into a multi-billion dollar company
Ray Kroc