Americana
These products were advertised often exclusively to women on the 50s, cementing their role as homemakers and mothers.
What are appliances.
Stalin’s policy of eliminating his political opposers and creating a state of fear for all those working under him is referred to as this. to
What is the Great Purge?
This woman was the first black US Congresswoman.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
This hysteria fueled fear of communism led many to turn in their friends under the influence of this US Senator.
Who is McCarthy?
Americana refers to _______ that depicts, represents, or symbolizes anything that is quintessential to the United States.
What is anything?
The allies led this international humanitarian mission where they delivered considerable amounts of good to aid West Berlin, usually delivered by plane.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
Many poor black sharecroppers abandoned their southern farms and went North hoping to find these ample kinds of jobs.
What is industrial?
The economic boom of the 1950s gave way to a sharp uprise in the US Birthrates, often referred to as this.
What is the Baby Boom?
This group would wear leather jackets, drive hot rods, and smoke cigarettes. Hopefully they didn’t smoke too close to their hair…
Who are the Greasers?
This group was formed shortly after Western Berlin joined NATO and consists of the countries and capitols behind the “Iron Curtain.”
What is the Warsaw Pact?
This term refers to white southern voters who refused to vote for the Republican Party, even if their opinions more closely aligned with that political party.
What are Dixiecrats or Southern Democrats?
In addition to an increase in credit policies and layaway, an eagerness to spend, and the end of this US WWII policy helped give way to the massive post war economic boom.
What is Mandatory Rationing?
This famous artist depicted many 1950s Americana illustrations, usually depicting the nuclear family or other social themes of the 50s.
Who is Norman Rockwell?
This US led economic recovery plan that provided over $13 billion in aid to Western Europe to rebuild after WWII was an incredibly effective tool at establishing containment in Europe.
What is the Marshall Plan?
Malcolm X originally called for this unique type of African American policy towards White America which included separation and financial independence.
What is Black Nationalism?
This law passed after WWII helped soldiers more easily adapt to civilian life and afford new home upon returning home, although it infamously only applied to white soldiers.
What is the GI BIll?
This counterculture group was identified as a group of writers and artists who sought to challenge and oppose American norms and materialism.
Who are the beatniks?
The ideas that a Communist revolution is perpetual as opposed to being able to reach an end is the main difference between Trotskyism and this form of communism in Russia.
What is Stalinism?
This was the Muslim group that originally influenced the ideologies of Malcolm X?
What is the Nation of Islam?
Consumerism, conformity, and suburbia are examples of social themes of the 50s. So are these two examples.
What is hysteria AND/OR counter culture AND/OR belongingness AND/OR materialism?