Vocab
A major corporation that is made up of a large group of smaller companies in unrelated industries.
Conglomerate
Which city was Rock 'n Roll most common in?
New York City
What is the term that refers to the lowest amount of money one can make to support themselves and their family.
Poverty Line
Dr. Jonas Salk created a vaccine for this disease.
Polio
Small residential communities outside of large cities.
Suburbs
What does FCC stand for?
What form of music did African American people create in the 1950's?
Rock 'n Roll
Name 3 activities that Americans did with their leisure time.
Watch television, read novels and comic books, and go to sporting events.
Piece of legislation that was made to encourage veterans to get an education and look for a job. It would help them get back on their feet after the war.
G.I. Bill
What was it called when middle-class Americans left the cities for the suburbs?
White Flight
Which cemetery was Felix Longoria buried in?
Arlington National Cemetery
The process of buying goods of any kind.
Consumerism
Group of Southern Democrats who formed their own party became known was what?
Dixiecrats
What was the act called that allowed for the tearing down of rundown neighborhoods to build low income housing.
Urban Renewal
A young Mexican American WWII hero killed in the Philippines and was refused the right to burial services.
Felix Longoria
President Eisenhower signed this bill to allow for easier traveling with cars.
National Interstate and Defense Highways Act
The designing of products to wear out or to become outdated quickly,
Planned Obsolescence
The American government would give up its responsibility for Native American tribes by eliminating economic support and getting rid of the reservation system.
Termination Policy
This President desegregated the US military.
Harry Truman
Between 1950 and 1960, what happened to the percentage of women in the workforce?
It increased