STUDY GUIDE - Topic 13 Part 1 (CP)

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

How did urban renewal programs try to eliminate poverty?

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

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

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

Who were the Braceros?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What caused the centers of many American cities to deteriorate?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

________________ ran as the Republican nominee for president in 1952.

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

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

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

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

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

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

How did urban renewal programs end up encouraging poverty?

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

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