USH 4.4 Review Flashcards
A population shift to the southern and western U.S. after World War II.
Sunbelt Migrations
A term warning against the influence of defense industries on government.
Military Industrial Complex
A 1944 law providing education and housing benefits for returning veterans.
GI Bill
A significant increase in birth rates following World War II.
Baby Boom
A 1956 law funding the construction of the national interstate system.
Highway Act
One of the first mass-produced suburban housing developments.
Levittown
The movement of white families from cities to suburbs.
White Flight
A group of rebellious writers and artists in the 1950s.
Beatniks
A campaign accusing people of communism without proper evidence.
McCarthyism
A discriminatory practice denying services to residents based on race.
Redlining