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Culture of the 50's/60's
Changes in Business
Politics
Cold War Trouble
Toss Up
100
Younger Americans who had no interest in the larger world
What is Silent Generation
100
Company made up of 3 or more business
What is Conglomerate
100
Reconverting the wartime economy into a peace time economy was this presidents most important issue
What is Truman
100
Communist Cuban Leader
What is Castro
100
Which nation launched the first manmade satellite
What is Soviet Union
200
Added phrases like "Under God" in the pledge
What is Becoming a religious country
200
Allowed entrepreneurs less risk and more efficient
What is Franchise
200
Allows the president to declare a strike cooling off period
What is Taft-Hartley Act
200
Invasion considered a foreign policy disaster
What is Bay of Pigs
200
Head Start, Medicare, and Vista are all part of this policy
What is Great Society
300
Spend their life taking care of the household
What is Women
300
This group's spending spurred record economic expansion
What is WWII veterans
300
This political party shifted its beliefs to smaller government & support of big business
What is Republican Party
300
Considered the biggest symbol of the Cold War
What is Berlin Wall
300
Name of the 1st manmade satellite
What is Sputnik
400
They felt alienated and valued spontaneity
What is Beatniks
400
Demographics change in the 50's
What is Rapidly growing population
400
Making appearance just as important as substance
What is Nixon & Kennedy Debate
400
Closest the world ever came to nuclear war
What is Cuban Missile Crisis
400
The year sputnik was launched
What is 1957
500
This event shook the whole country
What is Kennedy Assasination
500
Small businesses close down due to this system
What is Franchise
500
Collecting equal pay, allowing Americans to collect social security at age 62, & putting a man on the moon are part of
What is New Frontier
500
Secret Hot Line and the Limited Test Ban were effects of this crisis
What is Cuban Missile Crisis
500
Cuba had a close relationship with this nation
What is Soviet Union