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what is a suburb?
-Small homes in residential communities surrounding cities -80% of new homes were built in suburbs
100
The beat movement centered around what group?
artists and poets
100
Reasons for the baby boom?
~Men were home from the war ~people wanted large families ~advances in medicine ~people were economically stable ~age of marriage was decreasing
100
What group of people were benefited most?
white men
100
-How was Jazz different from other genres of music? -What group of people founded it?
-Jazz used improvisation -African Americans
200
who were braceros
~Mexican laborers hired to work -many were illegal
200
Dr. Jonas Salk developed.......
the vaccine for polio
200
What were some stereotypes on TV and in movies?
-Males outnumbered women on TV 3:1 -Women were always the housemothers -African Americans and Latinos rarely appeared in TV programs at all. -Coybows vs. Indians, Cowboys were the good guys and the Indians were the bad guys who were going to scalp you for no reason.
200
WAM-O came out with this toy....
Hula-Hoop
200
#1 TV show
I Love Lucy
300
This African American recording label began in 50s but didn't become big until the 60s
Motown
300
The song "On the Road" was written by.....
Jack Keruac
300
How was their urban renewal?
-old buildings were torn down & replaced with new, affordable housing, highways, parks, and shopping centers -Housing and Urban Development (HUD) was created to aid and improve conditions in the inner city. -rise of suburbs
300
How did movies compete with TV shows?
-Smell-O-Vision -Aroma-Rama -3d -50% of movies were color
300
What did the GI Bill do?
-gave veterans tuition, and a year’s worth of unemployment benefits while they hunted for a job
400
What was the termination policy?
~An attempt to eliminate federal economic, support discontinued the reservation system, and distributed tribal lands among individual Native Americans. ~This was a failure and the Native Americans moved into cities looking for jobs but they were not successful and unemployed
400
Who was Eisenhower's Vice President?
Richar Nixon
400
What did Dr. Benjamin Spock say about how children should be treated?
He encouraged people not to punish their kids, to have family meetings, have women home with their kids, and to let the kids express themselves freely
400
-Who used the "Middle of the Road" election strategy? -What did it state (word for word)?
-Dwight D. Eisenhower -"I am conservative when it comes to money and liberal when it comes to people”
400
How did leisure change? -What did people do in their free time?
-watched TV -listen to the radio -watch a movie -drive in their car
500
What is a large corporation that owns many small businesses
a conglomerate
500
-Who did Dwight D. Eisenhower run against in 1952? -Who won?
He ran against Adlai Stevenson and Eisenhower won
500
Reasons for the baby boom
~men were home from the war ~advances in medicine ~people wanted larger families ~people were economically ~age of marriage was decreasing
500
What was the beat movement? Who were some famous beatniks?
-San Francisco,LA, and Greenwich village NY -Beatniks lived free of regular work and sought a higher consciousness through Buddhism, music and sometimes drugs -Allen Ginsberg -Jack Kerouac
500
What happened when Native Americans moved to cities?
-They were unable to find jobs because of the racism -They also didn’t have any training for jobs or medical care