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The Celebs of Postwar America
Everyday Economy
Social Society Stuff
Big Ballin' Businesses
Plans, Policies, and Acts oh my (gawd)
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He was considered " The King Of Rock N' Roll" for being one of the prominent figures of the Rock 'n' Roll industry. Famous Hits include: Hound Dog, and Heartbreak Hotel.
Who is Elvis Presley?
100
Jobs in fields not requiring work clothes, protective clothing, or much manual labor such as sales.
What are white-collar (jobs)?
100
This is a period of a marked rise in birthrate, such as the on that occurred in the United States following World War II.
What is a Baby Boom?
100
A business or shop that requires employees to join a union.
What is a union shop?
100
An ambitious set of proposals put forward by U.S. President Harry S. Truman to Congress in his January 1949 State of the Union address.
What is the Fair Deal?
200
This is the President who created the "Fair Deal" program.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
200
This is a level of personal or family income below which one is classified as poor by the federal government.
What is the poverty line?
200
This is a cultural separation between parents and their children.
What is a generation gap?
200
An agreement in which a company agrees to hire only union members.
What is a closed shop?
200
These are laws that make it illegal to require employees to join a union.
What are right-to-work laws?
300
He published " The Affluent Society" in which he claimed that the nation's postwar prosperity was a new phenomenon.
Who is John Kenneth Galbraith?
300
This is what it was called when the government set up programs that attempted to eliminate poverty and revitalize urban areas.
What is urban renewal?
300
THis program brought 5 million Mexicans to the United States to work on farms and ranches.
What is the Bracero Program?
300
This is the practice of limiting work output in order to create more jobs.
What is featherbedding?
300
This act was enacted on June 29, 1956, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law. With an original authorization of $25 billion for the construction of 40,000 miles (64,400 km) of the Interstate Highway System over a 10-year period.
What is the Federal Highway Act?
400
In his book, "The Lonely Crowd", this man argued that the conformity franchise owners and corporate leaders expected of their workers was changing the people.
Who is David Riesman?
400
This is the policy of balancing economic conservatism with some activism.
What is dynamic conservatism?
400
Antisocial or criminal behavior of young people.
What is juvenile deliquency?
400
The right or licence to market a company's goods or services in an area, such as a store of a chain operation.
What is a franchise?
400
This bill/act provided generous loans to veterans to help them establish businesses, buy homes, and attend college.
What is the GI Bill?
500
A research scientist who developed an injectable vaccine that prevented polio
Who is Jonas Salk?
500
One of the earliest of the new suburbs. (Name of the city)
What is Levittown?
500
The title of William H. Whyte Jr.'s book that assailed the similarity many businesses organizations cultivated in order to keep any individual from dominating.
What is The Organization Man?
500
Large corporations with overseas investments that located themselves closer to important raw materials and benefited from a cheaper labor pool, which made them more competitive.
What are Multinational Corporations?
500
A government policy to bring Native Americans into mainstream society by withdrawing recognition of Native American groups as legal entities.
What is the Termination Policy?