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Ch 19 SS2 Flashcards

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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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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

25
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harry s truman

republican or democrat?

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democrat

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how did harry s truman become president?

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FDR died, became president. wasnt very prepared but he helped with civil rights and strikes

27
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Who won the presidential election of 1952

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Dwight D Eisenhower

28
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What did the Brown v. Board of Education decision allow?

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Integration of schools

29
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The name of the generation born between 1946-1964

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Baby boomers

30
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This act created the highway system in this country

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Interstate Highway Act

31
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This man wrote a book called, “Baby and Child Care”,

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Dr. Ben Spock

32
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What does the F.C.C. stand for?

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Federal Communication Commission

33
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What advantages (2) did movies have over television?

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Color, smell-o-vision, 3-D, stereophonic sound

34
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These people valued nonconformity and cared little for material goods

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Beatniks

35
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He was one of the first white D.J.’s to play rock ‘n’ roll

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Alan Freed

36
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He was the first African-American to have a weekly television show

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Nat King Cole

37
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The mass migration of people from the cities to the suburbs was known as…,

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White flight

38
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Hired hands (Mexican) that worked in the U.S. during WWII

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Braceros

39
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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?

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Felix Longoria and he was a Mexican-American

40
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What happened to the fertility rate after WWII?

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increased

41
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Name three “stereotypes” seen in a typical 1950’s television show

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Housewives, few women, no minorities

42
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What states entered the union during the Eisenhower administrations?

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Alaska and Hawaii

43
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Who is the “Key figure in all suburbia?”,

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The housewife

44
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Dwight D. Eisenhower

republican or democrat

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republican

45
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suburb

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homes in small residential communities surrounding cities

46
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Jackie Robinson

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first African-American to play in MLB. Change civil rights

47
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Dwight D Eisenhower

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very popular, difficult with civil rights, but accomplished domestic scene

48
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why did consumers participate in consumerism

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because they had more leisure, planned obsolescence, having loans, advertising, and having $

49
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why did the purchase of automobiles increase ?

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gasoline=inexpensive, easy to get to places if living in suburb

50
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why was there a dramatic increase in leisure time ?

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washing machines, lawn mowers, dishwashers, 40hr worked a week

51
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what happened because of the baby boom?

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economic growth, lower marriage age, large families

52
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result of franchises and conglomerates

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individual industries didnt decline, teamwork, conformity, loyalty, cooperation, well paid, secure job, loss of individuality

53
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who was eisenhowers running mate and why?

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richard nixon, track communists

54
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what did women lose because of returning veterans

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their independence that was gained (divorce rate increased)

55
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what did the americans of the 50s overcome ?

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great depression and ww2

56
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who benefited from the era of the 50s?

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white men

57
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arms race?

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We have atomic bomb then the soviet union does. spies? leaked info?

58
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cons of suburbs

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conformity (limited on what you can and cant do)

loss of neighborhood and isolation

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