The Post War Boom - Chapter 27

Question 1

Law that provided financial and educational benefits for World War II veterans

Answer 1

GI Bill of Rights

Question 2

Residential town or community near a city

Answer 2

Suburb

Question 3

President after World War II

Answer 3

Harry S. Truman

Question 4

Southern Democrat who left the party

Answer 4

Dixiecrat

Question 5

President Truman’s economic and social program

Answer 5

Fair Deal

Question 6

Major corporation that owns smaller companies in unrelated industries

Answer 6

Conglomerate

Question 7

Company that offers similar products or services in many locations

Answer 7

Franchise

Question 8

Soaring birthrate from 1946 to 1964

Answer 8

Baby boom

Question 9

Developer of a vaccine to prevent polio

Answer 9

Dr. Jonas Salk

Question 10

Excessive concern with buying material goods

Answer 10

Consumerism

Question 11

Purposely making products to become outdated or wear out quickly

Answer 11

Planned obsolescence

Question 12

Means of communication that reach large audiences

Answer 12

Mass media

Question 13

Government agency that regulates the communications industry

Answer 13

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Question 14

Writers who made fun of the conformity and materialism of mainstream American society

Answer 14

Beat Movement

Question 15

Form of popular music, characterized by heavy rhythms and simple melodies, that developed from rhythm and blues in the 1950s

Answer 15

Rock ‘n’ Roll

Question 16

A style of music characterized by improvisation

Answer 16

Jazz

Question 17

Plan to tear down decaying neighborhoods and build low-cost housing

Answer 17

Urban renewal

Question 18

Farm workers entering the United States from Mexico

Answer 18

Bracero

Question 19

Federal government decision to end federal responsibility for Native American tribes

Answer 19

Termination Policy