Prosperity
By 1955, America had entered a "Golden Age" of wealth and this.
What is prosperity?
After World War II, this group was encouraged to stay home and raise children.
Who are women?
Her act of planned civil disobedience led to the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955.
Who is Rosa Parks?
He became the President of the United States in 1953.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
By 1960, 90% of American homes have one of these, which they interact with several hours each day.
What is a television?
This federal program offered low-interest home and college loans to veterans.
What is the G.I. Bill?
Four million babies were born each year during this population explosion following World War II.
What is the baby boom?
He was a boy from Chicago who was murdered in Mississippi and martyred for the cause of Civil Rights.
Who is Emmett Till?
The United Nations headquarters, located here, was also the site of embarrassing--and potentially dangerous--incidents with nonwhite foreign dignitaries.
What is New York City?
His 1952 campaign for President was the first to feature campaign ads on television.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
By 1960, 60% of Americans are considered this, not rich and not poor.
What is "middle class"?
By 1960, one-third of the nation had moved from cities or the countryside to these.
What are suburbs?
This Supreme Court case ruled on May 7, 1954 that segregation in schools was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS
Concerned that racism was hurting the United States' international reputation, President Eisenhower desegregated this American city.
What is Washington DC?
This artist was an icon of "abstract expressionism" who poured, dripped, and threw paint onto canvases.
Who is Jackson Pollock?
During the 1950s, Americans become crazy for these, owning 3/4 of the world's supply.
What are cars?
These were the first planned suburban communities, named for the Army engineer who built them.
What are Levittowns?
This was an early Civil Rights Supreme Court case that stated the University of Texas law school could not deny admission to an African American man.
What is Sweatt v. Painter?
Hitler responded to criticism of the Nuremberg Laws by comparing them to these laws that maintained white supremacy in the United States.
What is Jim Crow?
He was considered the "King" of rock 'n' roll in the 1950s.
Who is Elvis Presley?
During the 1950s, they constitute a new market that corporations cater to in advertising.
Who are teenagers?
This created the interstate highway system which allowed people to commute from the suburbs and the transportation of nuclear weapons in the event of a foreign attack.
What is the Interstate Highway and Defense System Act?
He was the governor from Arkansas who called out the National Guard to prevent black students from enrolling at Central High School.
Who is Orval Faubus?
This group can be considered the "Shock-Troops" of the modern Civil Rights Movement as they waged a "Double V" campaign.
Who are World War II veterans?
This was a group of poets, writers, and intellectuals who offered a radical critique of mainstream 1950s culture.
Who are the Beatniks?