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An economic boom
Truman over comes huge obstacles
A society on the move
Mass culture and family life
Dissent and discontent
100
Unemployment
What were soldiers concerned about
100
Civial rights
What did Truman take action during his presidency
100
More than 40million
Between 1940-1960 how many Americans moved to the suburbs
100
The men
Who worked and supported families
100
Conformity
Many social critics in the 1950s criticized an American emphasis on ____
200
Spend money, therefore demand for goods increased
What did people want to do after demobilization
200
An end to segregation and discrimination
What did Truman order in the armed forces
200
Increased dramatically
Did the number of families that owned cars between 1950-1960 increased or decrease
200
They had more money to spend
Why did Americans spend more money
200
Corporate farming
What contributed to rural poverty
300
Wartime industries converted to peace-time needs
What was the shift industry after the war
300
Slowly
Did change in civil rights come slowly or fast
300
President Eisenhower
Who authorized the funding of the first interstate system in 1953
300
Dr. Jones Salk
Who developed a vaccine against polio
300
Assimilate into American society
The federal government encouraged native Americans to ___\
400
Technology advances such as computers and atomic energy
What did the American economy benefit from after the war
400
It extended FDRs New Deal goals
What was trumans fair deal
400
Service sector
For the first time people found more work in the ____
400
Consumerism
Americans were caught up in a wave of ___
400
They ended up in cities, impoverished, and without support systems
What was an affect of the Native American termination policy
500
Productivity
What continued to improve after the war
500
Failed to win approval
What happened to trumans great plans for his secomd term
500
Franchise businesses
The postwar era saw a rise of ____
500
Factories
During the war women went to work in ___
500
Poverty
Any small farms found it hard to compete against large farms and slipped into ____