After WWII, Prices rose about 18 percent and the price of some products nearly doubled within a year.
What was the serious economic problem after WWII?
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In search for better urban homes.
Why were many people moving into the Suburbs between 1940 and 1960?
100
More women were willing to challenge the view that a women could not have a career outside the home.
What change did women make during 1950s?
100
The Beatniks.
What group of writers and artist refused to conform to accept ways of dressing, thinking, and acting?
200
Taft-Hartley Act is a law that restricted the power of labor unions and it rolled back some of the rights that labor unions had gained during the New Deal.
What is Taft-Hartley Act and what did it roll back?
200
Sunbelt is a name that is given to the region of states in the South and the Southwest. Many people migrated to sunbelt cities (such as New York, California, Texas, etc.)
What is a sunbelt and why is it important?
200
It brought a cultural revolution in the mid-1950s.
What did rock-and-roll music bring people in the mid-1950s?
200
Middle-class people paid most of the taxes, and representation to legislature and national government increased as more people move to cities.
Why was the loss of the middle-class affect the economy and politics?
300
He created an interstate highway system and began to spend federal dollars for education.
What programs did Eisenhower introduce?
300
The service sector help people get jobs in services.
Why was business increasing?
300
Television attracted viewers of all ages, the shows reflected and reinforced the ideal of the 1950s family, and they also changed political campaigns.
How were televisions affecting people’s lives during the 1950s?
300
The project forced people to leave their homes and into overcrowded and overburdened new homes.
How did the urban renewal backfired?
400
Fair Deal is president Truman’s legislative program that would strengthen existing New Deal reforms and establish new programs, such as national health insurance.
What is the Fair Deal and what is this about?
400
Americans with higher educations can get better jobs, and funding from the government helped provide education to those who need it.
Why was education in creasing in America?
400
The increased number of churches in suburban communities across the country helped to strengthen community ties.
How did organized religious groups become more powerful during the 1950s?
400
A law that sought to end tribal government and to relocate Native Americans to the nation’s cities.