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benefits of the GI bill

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financial and educational benefits like unemployment benefits, low interest loans (business), paid for schooling

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trumans response to post WW2 strikes

who gave in?

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unions gave in before he finished his speech

refused to let strikes cripple the nation

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what did truman do to stop strikes?

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threatened to draft striking workers and order them as soldiers to stay on the job
seize mines
take control of railroad

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what did the baby boom do to the economy?

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created economic growth

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changes in the economy 1950s

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feared recession, wasnt a recession, had money

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growth of suburbs?

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affordable homes, white flight, education, safe/healthy environment, neighbors, automobiles (easy access to work)

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rise of tv included what

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more stations, Fcc, stereotypes

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beat movement

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expressed social and literary nonconformity through literature.

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who had the greatest access to postwar prosperity in the US?

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women

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what was richard nixons speech called?

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checkers speech

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what was nixons speech about?

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he was accused of profiting from a secret slush found set up by wealthy supporters, he used tv to deny wrongdoing

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what was the impact of the beat movement and rock n roll?

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literature and musicians brought america closer together, african americans were still segregated, but closer

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conglomerate

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major corporation with smaller businesses

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baby boom

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increase in the US birthrate following WW2 because of returning veterans

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planned obsolescence

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designing of products to wear out or become out dated in a short period of time so people need to replace their possessions frequently

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franchise

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similar products or services in many locations

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17
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Dr. Jonas Salk

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invented the vaccine for polio

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consumerism

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purchasing of material good, middle class feared recession - no recession - had $

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urban renewal

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tearing down rundown neighborhoods and building low income housing

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termination policy

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elimination of federal funding for native americans

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longoria incident

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Mexican-American WW2 hero had been killed in the Philippines, people refused to provide funeral services
DISCRIMINATION- wanted rights

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This law was passed to help veterans return to civilian life

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GI bill of rights

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After WWII, Henry Kaiser and William Levitt helped mass produce…

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houses

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Who won the presidential election of 1948

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harry s truman

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harry s truman | republican or democrat?
democrat
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how did harry s truman become president?
FDR died, became president. wasnt very prepared but he helped with civil rights and strikes
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Who won the presidential election of 1952
Dwight D Eisenhower
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What did the Brown v. Board of Education decision allow?
Integration of schools
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The name of the generation born between 1946-1964
Baby boomers
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This act created the highway system in this country
Interstate Highway Act
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This man wrote a book called, “Baby and Child Care”,
Dr. Ben Spock
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What does the F.C.C. stand for?
Federal Communication Commission
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What advantages (2) did movies have over television?
Color, smell-o-vision, 3-D, stereophonic sound
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These people valued nonconformity and cared little for material goods
Beatniks
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He was one of the first white D.J.’s to play rock ‘n’ roll
Alan Freed
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He was the first African-American to have a weekly television show
Nat King Cole
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The mass migration of people from the cities to the suburbs was known as…,
White flight
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Hired hands (Mexican) that worked in the U.S. during WWII
Braceros
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This GI was not allowed in a funeral home. Who was he, and why wasn’t he allowed into the funeral home?
Felix Longoria and he was a Mexican-American
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What happened to the fertility rate after WWII?
increased
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Name three “stereotypes” seen in a typical 1950’s television show
Housewives, few women, no minorities
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What states entered the union during the Eisenhower administrations?
Alaska and Hawaii
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Who is the “Key figure in all suburbia?”,
The housewife
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Dwight D. Eisenhower | republican or democrat
republican
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suburb
homes in small residential communities surrounding cities
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Jackie Robinson
first African-American to play in MLB. Change civil rights
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Dwight D Eisenhower
very popular, difficult with civil rights, but accomplished domestic scene
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why did consumers participate in consumerism
because they had more leisure, planned obsolescence, having loans, advertising, and having $
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why did the purchase of automobiles increase ?
gasoline=inexpensive, easy to get to places if living in suburb
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why was there a dramatic increase in leisure time ?
washing machines, lawn mowers, dishwashers, 40hr worked a week
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what happened because of the baby boom?
economic growth, lower marriage age, large families
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result of franchises and conglomerates
individual industries didnt decline, teamwork, conformity, loyalty, cooperation, well paid, secure job, loss of individuality
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who was eisenhowers running mate and why?
richard nixon, track communists
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what did women lose because of returning veterans
their independence that was gained (divorce rate increased)
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what did the americans of the 50s overcome ?
great depression and ww2
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who benefited from the era of the 50s?
white men
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arms race?
We have atomic bomb then the soviet union does. spies? leaked info?
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cons of suburbs
conformity (limited on what you can and cant do) | loss of neighborhood and isolation

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