APUSH - CH. 37 Flashcards
How did the workplace change in the 1950’s?
White collar workers outnumber blue collar workers
Describe life for most American women during the late 1940s and early 1950s
Women have more job opportunities, baby boom, cult of domesticity, deal role
The impact of mass media on religion was reflected in the rise of religious televangelists. Name some
Billy Graham, Oral Roberts, Fulton J. Sheen
the fundamental criticism directed against the new popular mass media culture in the 1950s, by such social critics as David Riesman and William H. Whyte Jr., was what?
Pack of conformists
Why was Richard Nixon selected as Dwight Eisenhower’s vice-presidential mate in 1952?
As a concession to the hardline anticommunists
What was Richard Nixon’s Checkers speech, during the 1952 presidential campaign about?
Denying the charges of accepting illegal donations
What was Dwight Eisenhower’s greatest asset as president?
Enjoyment of the affection and respect of the American people
Among the anticommunists, what was notable about Senator Joseph R. McCarthy?
8.
How did Eisenhower react to social issues during his presidency?
Social harmony, flew to Korea to end the war
How did Senator Joseph McCarthy first rise to national prominence?
Charging dozens of known communists were working within the state department
What finally brought an end to McCarthyism?
He alleged that there were communists in the army
How did African-Americans feel about American life after they returned from the war?
Military and restlessness
How did African Americans try to overturn Jim Crow laws and the segregation they had created?
Sit ins; boycotts; everything except appeals
What happened when singer Paul Robeson began to criticize American racial policies in Europe?
State department confiscates his passport
How did Southern Governors generally deal with desegregation?
15.
How did Eisenhower feel about desegregation in the South?
He didn’t like it but stayed out of it; criticized Truman for establishing fair employment practices commission
Explain the case of Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka
Separate but equal facilities are unconstitutional
how would you describe President Dwight Eisenhower ‘s attitude towards racial justice?
We stayed away from it but acted when he had to
What was the movement that started the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)?
Sit ins
How did Pres. Eisenhower define the domestic philosophy of his administration
Dynamic conservatism
How did the Eisenhower administration deal with Native American issues?
Wanted to go back to Dawes severalty act of 1887
What program of Eisenhower’s administration was equated to the TVA of the New Deal because of its size?
Federal highway act
How did Eisenhower feel about the Social Security System created during the New Deal?
Accepted and extended it
As the French fortress of Dienbeinphu was about to fall to Ho Chi Minh’s communist forces in 1954, how did Pres. Eisenhower respond?
Held back but added w/ money
