STUDY GUIDE - Topic 13 Part 1 (CP)

Truman’s opponent, ______, was a very popular candidate, Truman was able to win the election of 1948 by support from ___

How many Americans lived below the poverty line in the 1950s?

Rock ‘n’ Roll was a new music form that stemmed from ________________ rhythms and sounds.

Eisenhower wanted to create more __________ , which he believed was a balancing economic conversation with some activism

Eisenhower came to a agreement w Canada to build an American-Canadian waterway to aid international shipping called the?

In 1956, Congress passed the ________________, which granted $25 billion to build over 40,000 miles of ________________.

_____ poets, writers, and artists harshly criticized what they considered the sterility and conformity of American life.

In the 1950s, the number of suburban dwellers _______________, while the population of _______________ rose by only 10%.

________________ , a scientist was made famous for testing an injectable polio vaccine.

In 1946, scientists developed ________________ --one of the nation's earliest computers.

Radio had one audience that television could not reach--people traveling in their ________________.

Scientists made several medical advances including new treatments for ______________, such as radiation and chemotherapy

Where did middle-class families move to after leaving the inner cities?

Who published *On the Road*, a book about the rundown and hidden communities of the country, in 1957?

In 1956, more Americans were working in offices in _________ jobs, out-numbering ___________ workers for the first time.

Studies of life in Appalachia revealed high rates of infant mortality and _____________

Though he cut federal spending,Eisenhower continued the__________ by extending Social Security benefits and unemployment

ppl disagreed about the cause of juvenile delinquency,claimed it was a result of poverty,lack of religion,movies,and __.

legislators raised the ______________, which increased Social Security benefits, and extended them to additional people.

Truman issued an executive order barring discrimination in_______________, and he ended segregation in the ____________.

What improvements were made in the educational system to address Americans’ concerns?

From 1945 to 1961, a period known as the ________________, more than 65 million children were born in the US.

By how much did the juvenile delinquency rate rise between 1948 and 1953?

In 1947, 3 American physicists developed the _____________, making it possible to miniaturize radios and ______________.

What industry had formed the backbone of the Appalachian economy before the 1950s?

What was the name of the government's policy that tried to integrate Native Americans into the mainstream of US society?

What world event caused Americans to worry about the education of their children?

What did African Americans experience in Northern cities after migrating there?

How did urban renewal programs end up encouraging poverty?

Who blamed juvenile delinquency on “doting parents” who raised bored children?

By 1957, more than 80% of families had ________________.

How did urban renewal programs try to eliminate poverty?

What caused the centers of many American cities to deteriorate?

What group of people were the poorest in the nation by the 1950s?

The Taft-Hartley Act outlawed the practice of forcing employers to hire only ________________.

What was the cultural separation between children and their parents called?

After taking office, Eisenhower got rid of the _____, which, since 1932, had lent money to banks, railroads,ect

The Government tried to help military veterans returning from war by passing the ____________.

Fair Deal increased Social Security benefits, extending benefits to 10 mil more people and _____?

Who published *The Other America*, a book about the free-spirited beat movement?

________________ ran as the Republican nominee for president in 1952.

Who were the Braceros?