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USII-CHS-P6-4
Stack #137402
| Questions | Answers |
|---|---|
| What is the 50's also known as? | The bipolar decade |
| What was suburbia? | the growth of suburbs |
| What did William J. Levitt do? | Created mass production of houses |
| What is feminism? | Feminism is the theory of political, social, and economic equality of men and women. |
| What is consumerism? | buying material goods and seeing this as the sign of success |
| What were the pentagon papers? | Lies told to the American public about Vietnam. |
| What is planned obsolesence? | making products with the expectation that they will be only used short term and that they will soon either wear out or be undesirable |
| What led to the Women's Movement? | 1. Civil Rights Movement, 2. Historical Roots, 3. Social Conditions, and 4. Raised consciousness |
| What was an invention that led to more suburbs? | The automobile |
| what did the golden age represent? | the television era |
| What does SDS stand for? | Students for a Democratic Society. |
| Who is Betty Friedan? | Created N.O.W., group that wanted to end discrimination against women. |
| What were Conscientious Objectors? | Men resistant to draft, claimed they were opposed to fighting on moral grounds. |
| What did the 21 scandal deal with? | It was a rigged quiz show game that involved an english professor contestant Charles Van Doren |
| What was it that people thought that they were getting by using drugs? | They used drugs because it was the concept of having "free minds". |
| What happened to the leisure/middle class in the 1950s? | It began to grow, almost 60% of americans were middle class |
| Who were the Weathermen? | radical activists from SDS |
| What was Feminine Mystique? | highlights despair felt by women trying to be the perfect wife and mother |
| Why was Rock n Roll considered scandalous to listen to? | It was a new form of music that caused teenagers to be a little more rebellious and dance differently |
| What did Dr. Spock preach? | Do not spank or scold, Allow children to express feelings, Mothers should stay home |
| What decade was birth control created? | The 60's. |
| What was the role of women in the 1950s? | To be the happy homemaker, like seen on T.V., in magazines, and in the public. |
| What are two reasons for the cause of the Baby Boom? | Confidence in economy, Reunion of families after war, Medical advances , Desire for large families, Decreasing marriage age |
| What was the trial having to do with abortion? | Roe vs. Wade. |
| What was the purpose for Truman’s 1947 Executive Order? | Set up the Federal Employees Loyalty & Security Program to investigate gov. employees & dismiss those found to be “disloyal.” |
| What group was the counter-cultural mostly made of? | Middle-class students |
| What was the "Twenty-One" scandal? | When english professor, Charles Van Doren, won the T.V. game show week after week until a former contestant came out and told the truth. |
| What was the purpose of HUAC? | House Un-American Activities Committee and subpoenaed 43 witnesses from Hollywood to testify and search out disloyalty. |
| Who was Joseph McCarthy? | Republican Senetor, accused mostly everyone of being communist |
| Who were the Rosenbergs? | British physicist admitted giving them some technology & implicated the Rosenbergs and found guilty & sentenced to die |
| Who is to blame for the second Red Scare, and what is it that he did? | Senatpr Joseph McCarthy was running for reelection and he went on a "witch hunt" against communists. He accused wildly, and the Republican party did nothing to stop him. |
| Who was Alger Hiss? | Accused of spying by former Communist spy, Whittaker Chambers. He was later convicted of perjury and sent to jail |
| What was McCarthyism and who was Joseph Mccarthy? | McCarthyism- the belief that communism is present and should be stopped at all costs. Joseph mccarthy was a Republican Senator who Began witch hunts against who he thought were “communists.” |
| What was the official role of women in the 1950s? | Happy Homemaker, and stay at home mom to cook and clean for the family |
| What is the feeling of women towards the end of the 1950s? | Many unhappy / unfulfilled, there are becoming discontent and want more freedom and jobs |
| What were N.O.W's four goals? | 2. = pay for = work, 2. Attack false image of women in the media, sexist slogans, and photos, 3. Call for balance in marriage, shared responsibilities, 4. passing the Civil Rights Act |
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