A Nation in Transition

Question 1

Law that provided benefits to military veterans such a low-interest mortgages, stipends to pay tuition and expenses for veterans attending college or trade schools, and established veteran-specific hospitals.

Answer 1

GI Bill

Question 2

A name for the generation of people born from 1946 to 1964, after a spike in birth rates after World War II.

Answer 2

Baby Boomers

Question 3

A system of roads and highways that connects all major cities in the US. Designed by Eisenhower to give troops faster routes across the US in case of an attack.

Answer 3

Interstate Highway System

Question 4

Name for the anti-conformity and anti-consumerism counterculture movement of the 1950s and 1960s that included free love, spontaneity, and defiance of authority and laws

Answer 4

Beatniks

Question 5

BB King - American guitarist and singer known as the “King of the Blues”

Elvis Presley - American singer, musician and actor often referred to as the “King of Rock and Roll” or simply “the King”.

Answer 5

BB King & Elvis Presley

Question 6

Stax Records - Memphis recording label influential in the creation of Southern soul and Memphis soul music.

Sun Studio - Memphis recording studio know as “The Birthplace of Rock & Roll”.

Answer 6

Stax Records & Sun Studio

Question 7

Economic and social programs of President Kennedy that did things like establish the Peace Corps, raise the minimum wage, increase Social Security benefits, provide Medicare, and provide federal aid to education.

Answer 7

New Frontier Program