Test 1: IDs Flashcards
What: Group of women, involvement with war, believed anti-semitism, rallies against war When: 1939 Why: Rights received rights denied b/c women’s rights, mobilization- wartime, women were not for the war so they protested, shift in American thinking, didn’t want to go to war, wider cultural feeling of isolationism, huge example for huge change in America
America 1st Movement
What: Pres issues executive order to rally support for war effort thru media, 24/7 radio broadcast, motion picture When: During WWII Why: Broadcasted goals for US, Mobilization wartime
Office of War Information; OWI
What:1: Freedom of Speech, 2: Freedom from want (most controversial), 3: Freedom from worship, 4: Freedom from fear, only one that makes a reference to the war (Protecting family) When: 1943 Why: images of daily life to support war effort
The Four Freedoms
What: Long established union organizer, activist his whole life When: 1940s Why: even though the March did not actually happen he was fighting for African Americans freedom at home, civil rights movement
A. Philip Randolph
What: Mandated equal access to wartime jobs When: 1941 Why: the fight for race equality at home was persisting and this helped african americans and other non-white get wartime jobs
Executive Order 8802
What: Moving out primarily south to urban centers, ongoing process, 750,000 African Amer. moved When: WWI-WWII Why: Job opportunities, Social Security Act(couldnt get Social Security when working in agriculutre or domestic positions) moving away for new jobs able to get good jobs with better pay
Great Migration
What: nonfunded Federal mandate that states meet half of payment and government pays other half to establish daycare centers When: 1942 Why: Established b/c fear of family dislocation
Lanham Act
What: Guest worker program, worked with Mexico to bring in workers for a 3-month contract to make up for the labor shortage during wartime When: 1942-1960s Why: Needed workers b/c men gone for war, low on workers, worried americans at home because they feared that their own jobs might be taken away from them
The Bracero Program (1942)
What: AKA Drape Suits, form of dress favored by men (African American, Latinos), caused lots of controversy, banned b/c waste of material When: Summer (June) of 1943 Why: Visible symbol of resistance, tension of racism at home
Zoot Suit Riots
What: Japanese relocated into relocation internment camps When: 1942 Why: Americans were worried of the Japanese in America
Executive Order 9066
What: Kixs cereal, mail off boxtops, 750,000 kids ordered rings, saturation in atomic culture When: 1946 Why: source of kid involvement, saturation in atomic culture
Atomic Bomb Ring
What: Truman Fought communism, containment, an award he received When: 1945 Why: Demobilization- peacetime, freedom at home
“Man of the Year”
What: Coordinate movement of people in event of attack When: 1950 Why: It was during mobilization(wartime), america’s place in the world, under threat of attacks, created a sense of safety for the US since the tensions with the Soviet Union were rising and possibility of attack from the Soviet Union
Federal Civil Defense Administration
What: For kids, video When: 1951 Why: Sense of safety for the people if there was a bomb
“Duck and Cover”
What: Made him temporarily available to a nation allied out of necessity, aliied due to the common enemy they shared When: duration of WWII Why: an alliance out of necessity not by choice
“Uncle Joe Stalin”
What: Contain Communism, articulates ideas in telegram When: 1947 Why: creates basis of Truman Doctrine, Theme- mobilization/demobilization, freedom abroad
Containment
What: brought food to Berlin occupied by USSR When: 1948-1949 Why: Symbolic of Cold War tensions, postwar, theme- america’s place in the world
Berlin Airlift
What: Increased pres power, created Defense Dept, CIA, National Security Council When: 1947 Why: Mobilization/demobilization
National Security Act
What: rollback in Korean War, dividing line remains 38th parallel in N&S Korea When: 1950 Why: America’s place in the world, mobilization
NSC-68
What: GI Bill, offers low interest loans, mortgage insurance, low/no down payment, low monthly payments When: 1944 Why: Create affordable way to buy a home, Theme- consumerism
Servicemen’s Readjustment Act
What: Used principles of mass production & interchangeable parts built a new home every 15 min in post war Amer. When: 1947 a town created Why: Efficient, created efficient system of production, theme- consumerism
William Levitt
What: 41,000 miles of road on $1 mil trust fund, dedicated to highway construction When: 1956 Why: Car culture in America, revolutionary, theme- consumerism
Interstate Highway Act
What: African American family denied access to housing suburb, challenged racial covenant, court ruled that racial covenants could not stand in state or federal court, still discrimination in housing/suburbs When: 1948 Why: theme- rights received rights denied
Shelley v. Kraemer case
What: process by which banks and FHA refuse to grant loans to places particularly where colored people lived deemed as a bad area to loan investment When: 1950s Why: theme- rights denied
Redlining
What: a practice of what realtors would do to foment racial fear among white residents so they would sell low to realtors that would stoke panic When: 1950s Why: to get white homes, to sell at an enormous profit to blacks
Blockbusting
What: Union term, manufactures more plants and build elsewhere When: starts in 1947 Why: Theme: movement and mobility and consumerism
Runaway shop
1947 new law passed. labor law, seismic event does 2 things: 1. Requires anyone who is part of a union has to take an oath that says I am not a Communist; 2. establishes a seismic change in post New Deal world, sets forth states’ option to either be right-to-work states (not required to join a union) or closed shop state (required to join a union)
Taft-Hartley Act: Section 14B
What: replacement of human with machines; reduce number of jobs When: 1947 Why: Theme- consumerism
Automation
What: Seattle, WA, outdoor, anchor stores When: 1949 opened 1950 Why: Beginning of shopping malls, consumerism
Northgate Mall
What: After Korean war ended, mild recession, allowed developers to write off losses on property, encouraged more development, over just a few years time you could claim lifetime depreciation When: 1954 Why: Jumpstart economy, helps stimulate economy, theme- consumerism
Internal Revenue Code
What: Architect, left Austria b/c rise of Hitler, moved to NY with $8, started his own firm, created more than 50 malls with the mind of NY streets, contained in small space and serves as crystallization points of community life, incorporated plant life When: born 1903, First mall 1956 Why: Consumerism and the family(theme)
Victor Gruen
What: 1st Amendment rights of free speech vs. private property owners, Becomes guiding court case still today that decides different states use it as to what you can and cannot do in mall When: 1980 Why: Rights received, rights denied
Prune Yard Shopping Center v. Robins
What: Built around watching tv, suppose to be moderned scientifically balanced diet, resembled rations that soldiers received during the war, socially acceptable to eat away from the table When: 1953 Why: Women employment steadily increases, part time employment, easy way to feed family, consumerism and the family
Swanson’s Tv Dinner
What: Responsible for creating the Today Show, executive at NBC then Pres of NBC When: 1952 Why: Family, Consumerism, New what to broadcast for 2 hours to appeal both husband and wives
Pat Weaver
What: Most popular tv in America, Lucille Ball and real life husband Desi Arnaz, show revolves around her spending his money and trying to get a job which she fails at When: 1951-1957 Why: Reaffirmation of gender roles
“I Love Lucy”
What: TV show, based on humorous escapades of 2 main characters who migrated to Chicago then Harlem, all Black Cast When: 1951 Why: 1st all black cast, cancelled due to controversy, reflection of who’s community was on tv
Amon n Andy
What: Book about mother who are too attentive are going to smother their children- “Momism”- cultural sin in words of Philip Wylie When: 1942 Why: Theme- family, 1955 revises all mothers on tv a problem
Generation of Vipers
What: Organization grows, believe in natural child birth, Benjamin Spock approach of Childhood When: 1956 Why: Revolt Against scientific motherhood family
Le Leche League
What: interested in couples sexuality b/c of students interest, 10 year survery, interviewing 18,000 people about sexual practices When: 1948 Why: Behavior of men and women sexuality, family
Alfred Kinsey
What: Article in Playboy, a whole set of attitudes about women wanting to get married, statement of men independence against domesticity, wives in it to trap men When: 1953 Why: Family, marriage, relationships,
“Miss Gold Digger of 1953”
America 1st Movement
What: Group of women, involvement with war, believed anti-semitism, rallies against war When: 1939 Why: Rights received rights denied b/c women’s rights, mobilization- wartime
Office of War Information; OWI
What: Pres issues executive order to rally support for war effort thru media, 24/7 radio broadcast, motion picture When: 1942-1945 Why: Broadcasted goals for US, Mobilization wartime
The Four Freedoms
What:1: Freedom of Speech, 2: Freedom from want (most controversial), 3: Freedom from worship, 4: Freedom from fear, only one that makes a reference to the war (Protecting family) When: 1943 Why: images of daily life to support war effort
A. Philip Randolph
What: Long established union organizer, activist his whole life When: 1940s Why: African Amer. go March on Washington movement, Freedom at home(theme) Racism
Executive Order 8802
What: Mandated equal access to wartime jobs When: 1941 Why: Cannot discriminate, Theme-freedom at home
Great Migration
What: Moving out primarily south to urban centers, ongoing process, 750,000 African Amer. moved When: WWI-WWII Why: Job opportunities, Social Security Act
Lanham Act
What: Establishment of daycare centers When: 1942 Why: Established b/c fear of family dislocation
The Bracero Program (1942)
What: Guest worker program, worked with Mexico to bring in workers for a 3-month contract When: 1942-1960s Why: Needed workers b/c men gone for war, low on workers
Zoot Suit Riots
What: AKA Drape Suits, form of dress favored by men (African American, Latinos), caused lots of controversy, banned b/c waste of material When: Summer (June) of 1943 Why: Visible symbol of resistance
Executive Order 9066
What: Japanese relocated into relocation internment camps When: 1942 Why: Americans were worried of the Japanese in America, theme- freedom at home, mobilization
Atomic Bomb Ring
What: Kixs cereal, mail off boxtops, 750,000 kids ordered rings, saturation in atomic culture When: 1946 Why:source of kid involvement, theme- americas place in the war
“Man of the Year”
What: Truman Fought communism, containment, an award he received When: 1945 Why: Demobilization- peacetime, freedom at home
Federal Civil Defense Administration
What: Coordinate movement of people in event of attak When: 1950 Why: It was during mobilization(wartime), america’s place in the world, under threat of attacks
“Duck and Cover”
What: For kids, video When: 1951 Why: Sense of safety for the people if there was a bomb
“Uncle Joe Stalin”
What: Made him temporarily available to a nation allied out of necessity When: duration of WWII Why: America viewed him as a friend, peace time, america’s place in the world
Containment
What: Contain Communism, articulates ideas in telegram When: 1947 Why: creates basis of Truman Doctrine, Theme- mobilization/demobilization, freedom abroad
Berlin Airlift
What: brought food to Berlin occupied by USSR When: 1948-1949 Why: Symbolic of Cold War tensions, postwar, theme- america’s place in the world
National Security Act
What: Increased pres power, created Defense Dept, CIA, National Security Council When: 1947 Why: Mobilization/demobilization
NSC-68
What: rollback in Korean War, dividing line remains 38th parallel in N&S Korea When: 1950 Why: America’s place in the world, mobilization
Servicemen’s Readjustment Act
What: GI Bill, offers low interest loans, mortgage insurance, low/no down payment, low monthly payments When: 1944 Why: Create affordable way to buy a home, Theme- consumerism
William Levitt
What: Used principles of mass production & interchangeable parts built a new home every 15 min in post war Amer. When: 1947 a town created Why: Efficient, created efficient system of production, theme- consumerism
Interstate Highway Act
What: 41,000 miles of road on $1 mil trust fund, dedicated to highway construction When: 1956 Why: Car culture in America, revolutionary, theme- consumerism
Shelley v. Kraemer case
What: African American family denied access to housing suburb, challenged racial covenant, court ruled that racial covenants could not stand in state or federal court, still discrimination in housing/suburbs When: 1948 Why: theme- rights received rights denied
Redlining
What: process by which banks and FHA refuse to grant loans to places particularly where colored people lived deemed as a bad area to loan investment When: 1950s Why: theme- rights denied
Blockbusting
What: a practice of what realtors would do to foment racial fear among white residents so they would sell low to realtors that would stoke panic When: 1950s Why: to get white homes, to sell at an enormous profit to blacks
Runaway shop
What: Union term, manufactures more plants and build elsewhere When: starts in 1947 Why: Theme: movement and mobility and consumerism
Taft-Hartley Act: Section 14B
1947 new law passed. labor law, seismic event does 2 things: 1. Requires anyone who is part of a union has to take an oath that says I am not a Communist; 2. establishes a seismic change in post New Deal world, sets forth states’ option to either be right-to-work states (not required to join a union) or closed shop state (required to join a union)
Automation
What: replacement of human with machines; reduce number of jobs When: 1947 Why: Theme- consumerism
Northgate Mall
What: Seattle, WA, outdoor, anchor stores When: 1949 opened 1950 Why: Beginning of shopping malls, consumerism
Internal Revenue Code
What: After Korean war ended, mild recession, allowed developers to write off losses on property, encouraged more development, over just a few years time you could claim lifetime depreciation When: 1954 Why: Jumpstart economy, helps stimulate economy, theme- consumerism
Victor Gruen
What: Architect, left Austria b/c rise of Hitler, moved to NY with $8, started his own firm, created more than 50 malls with the mind of NY streets, contained in small space and serves as crystallization points of community life, incorporated plant life When: born 1903, First mall 1956 Why: Consumerism and the family(theme)
Prune Yard Shopping Center v. Robins
What: 1st Amendment rights of free speech vs. private property owners, Becomes guiding court case still today that decides different states use it as to what you can and cannot do in mall When: 1980 Why: Rights received, rights denied
Swanson’s Tv Dinner
What: Built around watching tv, suppose to be moderned scientifically balanced diet, resembled rations that soldiers received during the war, socially acceptable to eat away from the table When: 1953 Why: Women employment steadily increases, part time employment, easy way to feed family, consumerism and the family
Pat Weaver
What: Responsible for creating the Today Show, executive at NBC then Pres of NBC When: 1952 Why: Family, Consumerism, New what to broadcast for 2 hours to appeal both husband and wives
“I Love Lucy”
What: Most popular tv in America, Lucille Ball and real life husband Desi Arnaz, show revolves around her spending his money and trying to get a job which she fails at When: 1951-1957 Why: Reaffirmation of gender roles
Amon n Andy
What: TV show, based on humorous escapades of 2 main characters who migrated to Chicago then Harlem, all Black Cast When: 1951 Why: 1st all black cast, cancelled due to controversy, reflection of who’s community was on tv
Generation of Vipers
What: Book about mother who are too attentive are going to smother their children- “Momism”- cultural sin in words of Philip Wylie When: 1942 Why: Theme- family, 1955 revises all mothers on tv a problem
Le Leche League
What: Organization grows, believe in natural child birth, Benjamin Spock approach of Childhood When: 1956 Why: Revolt Against scientific motherhood family
Alfred Kinsey
What: interested in couples sexuality b/c of students interest, 10 year survery, interviewing 18,000 people about sexual practices When: 1948 Why: Behavior of men and women sexuality, family
“Miss Gold Digger of 1953”
What: Article in Playboy, a whole set of attitudes about women wanting to get married, statement of men independence against domesticity, wives in it to trap men When: 1953 Why: Family, marriage, relationships,
