Ch 19 - The Postwar Boom #1

Who helped win benefits for Hispanics after the Longoria accident?

Individuality, Jack Kerouac, non traditional forms of poetry, Beatniks

What is a large corporation that own a number of smaller companies?

The Fair Deal was an economic plan that included a nationwide health system and farm aid by

Manufacturing jobs declined during the 1950s?

What movement besides the Beat movement was considered a form of rebellion?

Who offered standardized mass produced homes in small residential communities called suburbs?

Why would manufacturers purposefully design items to wear out/ become outdated in a short time?

What was a disadvantage of standardization of American business?

A business that owns a number of smaller companies

Who was the 1st political to use the new medium of television skillfully?

The preoccupation with buying material goods.

Who enjoyed the prosperity of the postwar period?

Wrote the defining 1950s beatnik novel, On The Road.

Who threatened to draft striking workers?

What was the primary source of entertainment and information in the 1960's?

What law helped returning vets and the U.S. economy after WWII?

Popularized rock music to a predominately white audience in the 1950s.

Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, roots in rhythm and blues, simple melodies and lyrics

America's high birth rate from 1946 until the early 1960s is called ...

Truman's plan that included a nationwide system of healthcare and farm aid.

What offered low-interest loans to returning veterans?

What were the effects of the conversion from a wartime to a peacetime economy?

The expression of nonconformity by artists and poets developed into the 

Who did the Dixiecrats nominate to run for President in 1948?

Put these presidents in correct order

Southern Democrats who generally opposed civil rights and supported state's rights.

Who were southern democrats who opposed civil rights and wanted to protect southern lifestyle?

Developed the polio vaccine.

Stereophonic sound, popular culture, 3-D images, wide angle images

Where were the vast majority of new homes built in the 1950's?

I Love Lucy, "Golden Age" , Father Knows Best, Glorification of the Western frontier

What contributed to the economic recovery after the war?

The rapid increase of car ownership led to the...

The Mexican workers who came to the U.S. during WWII to harvest crops?

What was the criticism of TV in the 1950's?

During the 1960s, mist Americans depended on __??__ for most of their news and entertainment.

What became an American way of life b/c they had more $$ to spend and more products to buy?

Who developed the polio vaccine?

Focused on specialized audiences, increase in advertising revenues, focused on local community

What group most benefited most from the economy and the culture of the 1950s?

What was the outcome of Truman's campaign against the "do nothing" Congress?