Chapter 27-The 1950s Flashcards

1
Q

During the 1950s, income rises and allows for many Americans to become ____

A

home owners in the Suburbs

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2
Q

During the 1950s, the fastest growing industry is ____.

A

Advertising of products for sale

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3
Q

These large companies invest heavily in overseas regions and are called ____

A

Multinational Corporations

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4
Q

The practice of slowing work in order to create more jobs by unions is called ____

A

Featherbedding

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5
Q

The St.Lawrence Seaway increases trade on the ____

A

Great Lakes

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6
Q

The book that described the clash between the poor and well off during the 1950s is ____

A

The Affluent Society by Galbraith

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7
Q

During the 1950s, many _____ stayed home and kept clean houses

A

women

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8
Q

This was one of the first nearly all white suburbs.

A

Levittown, NY

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9
Q

This region was very impoverished area, primarily in West Virginia.

A

Appalachia

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10
Q

Many Mexicans came to the United States during the decades of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s with the ____ program as farm laborers.

A

Bracero Program

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11
Q

These Americans were ranks among the poorest of all Americans.

A

Native American Indians

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12
Q

He wrote The Other America of people who lived below the poverty line such as regions including inner cities and Appalachia

A

Harrington

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13
Q

This described cultural differences between parents and children during the 1950s.

A

Generation Gap

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14
Q

He led the beginnings of popular Rock-n-Roll music in America.

A

Elvis Presley

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15
Q

This media gain importance for entertainment during the 1950s.

A

Television

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16
Q

He was a cultural rebel who led the Beat movement during the 1950s.

A

Jack Kerouac

17
Q

He claimed to have won the 1948 election even though he lost to Harry Truman.

A

Thomas Dewey, Republican

18
Q

This was Harry Truman’s economic policy

A

Fair Deal

19
Q

In 1952, Harry Truman does not run for president because his popularity was so low as a result of _____

A

The Korean War

20
Q

Eisenhower’s most substantial economic building program was called ___

A

Federal Highway Act

21
Q

He was Eisenhower’s Vice President

A

Richard Nixon

22
Q

This was the Anti-Union law passed by Congress in 1948.

A

Taft-Hartely Act

23
Q

These two men developed a vaccine against Polio in the 1950s.

A

Salk and Sabin

24
Q

This new invention made electronics miniturized

A

transistors

25
Q

This was an early computer

A

ENIAC

26
Q

Harry Truman wins the presidency in 1948 thanks to the support of _____

A

farmers, African Americans, and Labor Unions