Elections
This Democratic presidential candidate won re-election in 1948 even though many thought he would loose.
Who is Harry Truman?
This was a name given to the new neighborhoods with cheap houses produced by Bill Levitt
What are Levittowns
This man was the rock and roll superstar of the 1950s
Who is Elvis Presley
This law saw to it that WWII vets were given financial assistance as they assimilated into American life
What is the GI Bill
What is the Servicemen's Readjustment Act
Truman's liberal economic policies (such as raising the minimum wage and expanding social security) were known as this
What is the fair deal
This man was the Republican nominee for the 1952 Presidential Election
Who is Dwight Eisenhower
Thanks to mass production, this product became affordable for most Americans during the 1950s
What is the television
This man was a famous African American rock and roll artist from the 1950s
Who is Chuck Berry
This man invented a vaccine for the Polio virus
Who is Albert Sabin
Increased consumer spending caused this economic problem in the years after WWII ended
What is inflation
This man ran against Eisenhower in both the 1952 and 1956 presidential elections
Who is Adlai Stevenson
This helped keep the economy from going back into a depression after the second world war ended
What is increased consumer spending
Youths who engaged in criminal/antisocial behaviors in the 1950s were labeled this
What are Juvenile Delinquents
This term describes Eisenhower's economic policy, which was somewhere between liberal and conservative
What is Dynamic Conservatism
This region of the United States corresponds to a mountain chain in the eastern United States
What is Appalachia
This party regained control of both the Senate and the House in 1946
What is the Republican Party
More people than ever worked in these kinds of jobs in the 1950s (hint: they did NOT require much physical labor).
This phrase describes how different generations sometimes have trouble understanding one another
What is the generational gap
This law, passed in 1956, provided funding for the construction of thousands of miles worth of interstate highways in the US
This poet was a part of the Beatnik movement in the 1950s
Who is Allen Ginsberg
This man ran as a third party candidate in the 1948 Presidential election and had the support of many conservative Southern Democrats.
Who is Strom Thurmond
This was the name of the computer that could process business data during the 1950s.
What is UNIVAC
This woman wrote "A Raisin in the Sun", a play about African American experiences with segregation
Who is Lorraine Hansberry
This law withdrew all legal recognition of Native American tribes in the US in order to assimilate them into American society
What is the the termination policy
This program saw thousands of guest workers from Mexico hired to work in Agricultural jobs in the southwest US
What is the Bracero program