1950s Review

How did women push back against the Cult of Domesticity?

The phenomenon known as ______________ was a result of the move to the suburbs.

Who was convicted of treason and sentenced to death by electrocution during the Second Red Scare?

What prominent idea prohibited women from dealing with topics like politics and economics?

The Interstate Highway System only allowed for construction of new roads that benefitted those in the suburbs.

The poor got little attention during the 1950s.

The Fair Deal was Truman's replacement for the New Deal.

What was created as a result of the Civil Rights Act of 1957?

The arrest of Rosa Parks for not giving up her seat on a city bus sparked a city-wide boycott known as the...

The term sunbelt refers to the return of agriculture to the south.

Helped veterans attend school, buy homes, get jobs, and collect unemployment

Advertising greatly influenced the consumer culture.

The “The Space Race” started when the Soviet Union launched

What was the name of the suburbian communities that were first built in New York in assembly line fashion?

HUAC was created to protect communists in the U.S. government.

This invention helped to change how information was transmitted, and helped to promote the idea of the nuclear family

Name of Eisenhower's policies that sought to find a middle ground between Democrats and Republicans

What was the new style of music that focused on love & fashion that was made popular by artists like Elvis Presley?

1. The economic recovery plan to help Western Europe recover in the aftermath of World War II was known as…

What court case declared that separate was not equal?