People
Jackie Robinson, Rosa Parks, MLK Jr.
This law determined that schools would become INTEGRATED (Black and white students would go to school together)
Brown vs. Board of Education
Jobs in the united states changed from mostly blue collar jobs to an increase in white collar (office) jobs
Changing workforce in 50s
This happened very quickly thanks to the widespread use of Television in US homes
Spread of Religion
These are ways that trends can be described when looking at a graph
Increasing quickly
Increasing slowly
Decreasing quickly
Decreasing slowly
This term describes the babies that were born after soldiers returned home form WWII
Baby Boomers
President Eisenhower used the National Guard to make sure the integration of this school went as smoothly as possible
Central High School
This restaurant experienced great growth due the the ECONOMIC shift from small businesses to FRANCHISES
McDonalds
This was the nickname for the southern, warm sunny portion of the US
Sunbelt
These people were expected to become full time mothers and house keepers after the war.
Women
The launching of this satellite made Americans very worried about the power and skills that the Soviet Union had
Sputnik
This problem was caused by the high demand of items that had not been available during the war, driving the prices up
Inflation after WWII
Ideas that were reinforced by popular media such as TV, specifically that men should be the "breadwinners" and women should stay home
Traditional Family Values
This man commanded the allied forces in Europe, pushed for "modern Repulicanism, and described the term "Military Industrial Complex"
Dwight Eisenhower
Owning one of these gave the owner FREEDOM, increased STATUS, and allowed them to enjoy the new HIGHWAY system in the US
Cars/Automobile ownership
The government program was meant to help WWII veterans buy homes after war
GI Bill
Bananas
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This man was an evangelical Christian preacher that helped spread Christianity in the US (Revival)
Billy Graham
This incident led to the ruling that BUS SEGREGATION was unconstitutional
Montgomery bus boycott