As the mechanization of farms and factories increased, many Americans began working in jobs
such as sales and management. What were these called?
White-collar Jobs
100
Where did people begin to move and why?
What is the suburbs and to start a family?
100
What factors contributed to a rise in consumer spending?
What is the median family income rose and easy credit?
100
What hardships did minority groups face?
living conditions in the inner cities, language barriers, poor employment opportunities
100
The period between 1945 and 1961 is known as , in which more than 65 million children were born in the United States.
The Baby Boom
200
workers–people who perform physical labor in industry.
Blue-collar Jobs
200
What factors made the growth of suburbs possible?
What is an interstate highway, the GI Bill, cars, and the baby boom?
200
These groups were left out of the American Dream in the 1950's
The country’s minorities, rural poor, and African Americans were left out of the American dream.
200
Who rebelled against the conformist ideals of adult society and looked to controversial styles in music and literature.
Young People
200
In the late 1950s, news became an important source of information using this device
The Television
300
Who argued that the “inner-directed” man was giving way to the “other-directed” man, with concerns regarding company approval outweighing personal values.
David Riesman
300
New York, one of the country’s earliest suburbs, was a mass-produced residential community
Levittown
300
Who developed a vaccine for Polio?
Jonas Salk
300
cultural separation between children and parents
Generation Gap
300
Host of the variety show Toast of the Town provided a mix of comedy, popular song, dance,
Ed Sullivan
400
In 1946 scientists working for the United States Army developed one of the earliest computers and it made military calculations. What was it called?
ENIAC
400
Why were cars so important to postwar Americans?
What is living in the suburbs forced longer commutes to work and running errands?
400
In 1946 there were 7,000 - 8000 of these. In 1957 there were over 40 million.
Television sets
400
This was a group of mostly white artists who chose an unconventional lifestyle, which highlighted the values gap in the 1950s. The word may have come from the group feeling beat down by American culture.
The Beats
400
A rock ’n’ roll hero for many teenagers.He eventually became known as the “King of Rock ’n’ Roll.”
Elvis Presley
500
published The Affluent Society, in which he claimed that the United States and some other industrialized nations had created an “economy of abundance.”
John Kenneth Galbraith
500
How had education changed in the postwar years?
graduated high school and attended college
500
In 1957 he published On The Road
Jack Kerouac
500
In 1951 radio disc jockey gained permission from his manager to play African American rhythm and blues on the radio.
Alan Freed
500
In 1956 the quiz show that caused an uproar after it was discovered that many of the show’s contestants were given the answers prior to the show.