AH 14

The interstate highway system was part of Eisenhowers

The GI Bill was introduced to ...

When workers in the mining industry went on strike for better pay, President Truman ended the strike by

during the postwar period the film industry suffered because of the popularity of

When Eisenhower ran for a second term the nation successfully

most TV shows in the 50's were adapted from

White collar workers are...

new vaccines were developed for Polio and

in the 50's American began to spend more money because

which of the following were two defining characteristics of the US economic in post war

what caused a growth in suburbs

To the surprise of many, President Truman won the election of 1948 with strong support from labor, farmers and

To prevent any one individual employee from dominating, many U.S. corporations cultivated

What caused labor unrest in the US after WWI?

by the mid 1900's what group of people were the poorest in the US

Urban renewal is

In the 1950's, many Americans stereotyped young people who favored unconventional clothing/hair

Which of these reforms passed by Congress under Truman's Fair Deal program had an immediate economic effect on workers?

Although many adults condemned it as loud and dangerous, rock n roll music

as middle class families moved to the suburbs they left behind

The development of the transistor made which of the following possible?

Truman called the republican congress the

President Eisenhower used the term creeping socialism to refer to

Under the Termination Policy, the federal government withdrew

the American Canadian waterway that was built under Eisenhower was called the

What is a 'blue collar' worker?

Dynamic Conservatism was a political policy of which individual?

slums were torn down and high rises were built for poor, but were often

Due to the Bracero program during the 1940s & 1950s the US witnessed a rise in immigrants from

As the economy grew in the 50's corporations tried to benefit from cheap labor pools by

the states rights party, dixiecrats, disliked Trumans

unemployment soared in Appalachia during the 50's because of

what is the significance of Levittown New York

What was the goal of the termination policy?

Unemployment soared in rural Appalachia during the 1950s because of

when African Americans migrated north, long standards of racial discrimination

What is a closed shop?