Ch 27 Flashcards
How was the shortage of housing solved?
Assembly line mass produced houses
What did the GI Bill of Rights include?
Payed for part of tuition, 1 year of unemployment comp, and low interest on federally garunteed loans
This is a residential town near a city
Suburb
Why did the unemployment rate rise after the war?
Wartime production and contracts were cancelled
What did the Cold War do for the defense budget?
It kept it high and employed many
How did Truman stop strikes?
Be threatened to draft striking workers and order them to stay on the job
How was Truman progressive?
He had a civil rights commission and tried to ban poll taxes and lynching. He also integrated the armed forces in 1948
These were southern democrats who opposed Truman’s civil rights policy, forming the States’ Rights Democratic Party
Dixiecrats
This proposed a national health insurance system, raising the minimum wage, extending social security, and building 810,000 housing units for low income families
Fair deal
What caused the democrats to lose power?
Communism and alleged corruption
What is Eisenhower known for doing?
Cut taxes, raising the minimum wage, increased public housing funding, interstate highways, welfare, and dept of health and education
When was the rosa parks thing?
1955
What kinds of job became more prevalent in the 50s?
White collar
This is a major corporation that includes smaller companies in unrelated fields
Conglomerate
This is a company that offers similar products and services in many locations
Franchise
Workers gained ____ but lost ____.
Economic advancement, individuality
This is a major increase in the US birthdate following WWII
Baby boom
What caused the baby boom?
Reunions after the war, decreasing marriage age, desire for larger families, and confidence in the economy
How were thousands of lives saved?
Advanced medicine to fight at prevent childhood diseases
This man developed the polio vaccine
Dr. Jonas Salk