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US His 13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Worker's output per each hour of work | Productivity |
| Act of disbanding an army | Demobilization |
| Law that limits labor unions' rights | Taft-Hartley Act |
| Law that grants benefits to war veterans | GI Bill of Rights |
| Trunam's plan to strengthen reforms and start new social welfare programs | Fair Deal |
| Period of time when many married and started a family | Baby Boom |
| Why were many homes built after WWII in America? | Money was available to war veterans through loans |
| At the beginning of WWII,Production of goods was shifted from consumer goods to war goods. What happened to production after the war? | It shifted back to producing consumer goods. |
| Which president desegregated the military? | Harry S. Truman |
| What happened to Truman's New Deal policies when Dwight D. Eisenhower became President? | He continued to support the existing New Deal programs. |
| In 1955, these joined to form one large group. | AFL-CIO LABOR UNIONS |
| This outlet allowed companies to distribute their products and services through retail outlets owned by independent operatiors | Franchise businesses |
| A corporation that produces and sells goods and services all over the world | multinational corporations |
| After WWII many people migrated southern and western states to this | Sunbelt |
| This established three tiers of higher education | California Master Plan |
| Includes business such as healthcare, law, banking, and retail that provided services | Service sector |
| Forty million people did this between 1940 and 1960 | Migrated to the suburbs |
| What made the mass migration to the suburbs possible? | Interstate highways |
| Which industry grew most rapidly during the 1950? | Service |
| Why did Congress increase funding for education in the 50's and 60's? | The Soviet Union's space program |
| Authored a book on nurturing young children | Benjamin Spock |
| The amount of money the average family earns in a year | Median family income |
| Buying as much as one can, usually on credit | Consumerism |
| King of-rock and-roll | Elvis Prisley |
| Disc jockey Alan Freed called this "race" music | Rock-and-roll |
| A mother, father and their children | Nuclear family |
| During the 1950's, Americans purchased... | Labor saving appliances |
| What invention changed the way politicians ran for office? | Television |
| Developed a vacine for polio | Dr. Jonas Salk |
| Rock-and-roll music became the symbole for... | The youth culture |
| A group of writers and artists who refused to accept traditional ways of thinking, dressing, and behaving | Beatniks |
| Laws that tried to end tribal government and relocate Native Americans to cities | Termination policy |
| Clearing out older housing and buildings for new developments | Urban renewal |
| Central part of an urban city | Inner city |
| In the 50's , social critics criticized Americans for this. | Emphasis on conformity |
| In "The Other Ameria", Michael Harrington exposed this problem. | Poverty |
| After WWII, many American cities began to decline because of.... | Middle class white families moved out of the cities. |
| Which of the following contributed to rural poverty? | Corporate Farming |
| In the 50's, the federal government encouraged Native Americans to... | Assimilate into American society |
| A time when many people married and had families | Baby Boom |
| The amount of work a worker can do in one hour | Productivity |
| The act of disbanding | Demobilization |
| The postwar economy experienced problems with this. | Inflation |
| Why did worker productivity increase after WW II? | Technological advances made it easier and faster to do the work |
| How did the Marshall Plan contribute to economic growth? | Stimulated foreign demand for American products |
| Who built track houses( houses that have the same floor plan)were built cheaply during the 1940' & 1950's | William Levitt creater of Levitown, sometimes called Levitville |
| When people moved to the Sunbelt, where did they work? | Defense industries |
| Who did the moneys from the National Defense Act go to for training purposes? | Scientists |
| In what way did family patterns change during the 50's? | Single people got married at a younger age. |
| During the 50's, American familes benefited from advancements in this field. | Medicine |
| How did the flight of the middle class to the suburbs hurt cities? | Cities lost the taxes paid by these earners when they moved away |
| After WWII which group had little political power? | Latinos |
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