CH 23 Review

Pres Truman’s legislative agenda included expanding SS, increasing min wage, &:

After World War II, the GI Bill – made it possible for many returning soldiers to:

Term for the cultural separation between children and their parents.

Suburbs were 85% of new home construction in the '50s, & many people believed suburbs offered:

African American musician who recorded hit rock n’ roll songs in the 1950s.

Many Americans stereotyped young people who favored unconventional clothing & hairstyles as:

US corps competed w/ each other as the postwar economy grew, some expanded overseas to become:

Rock n’ roll, which became popular with teens in the 1950s, came from what other form of music?

The largest public works program in American history.

_______ programs tried to eliminate poverty replacing slums w/ high-rise buildings for the poor

Americans in the 50s thought the US’s prosperity gave all an affluent life, but 1/5 Americans:

The federal government’s termination policy, launched after World War II, was an attempt to:

A Raisin in the Sun, a play about a working-class AA family, was written by:

The '50s saw major advances in medicine that led to improved treatments for cancer, polio, and:

Researcher who developed an oral vaccine for polio.

Work that takes place mostly in offices, instead of in factories.

For Pres Eisenhower, “dynamic conservatism” meant balancing economic conservatism w/:

Which trend of the 1950s did books such as The Organization Man and The Lonely Crowd criticize?

A greater demand for goods after WWII led to higher prices, and this inflation soon triggered:

Pres Eisenhower took an activist role when he pushed for 2 large govt programs, the FHA and: