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chapter 26 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The "Affluent Society" | term used by economist John Kenneth Galbraith to describe the American economy in the 1950s,many Americans became enraptured with appliances and homes in the suburbs |
| New Deal Housing Policies | increased access to home ownership by insuring mortgages and protecting lenders from financial loss in the event of a default |
| Levittown | In 1947, William ____ used mass production techniques to build inexpensive homes in surburban New York to help relieve the postwar housing shortage. It became a symbol of the movement to the suburbs in the years after WWII. |
| Redlining | A process by which banks draw lines on a map and refuse to lend money to purchase or improve property within the boundaries. Designed to limit minority access to purchasing real estate in desirable neighborhoods |
| Educational Segregation | the widening disparity between children from high income (white) neighborhoods and low income (non-white) neighborhoods due to property taxes |
| Brown v Board of Education (1954) | unanimously held that the racial segregation of children in public schools violated Equal Protection Clause of 14th Amendment. Overruled Plessy v. Ferguson's "separate but equal" doctrine, would eventually led to desegregation of schools across the USA |
| Enforcement of Integration | Enforcement of Brown was slow, the desegregation was gradual and met with resistance. |
| Emmett Till | Murdered in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman. His death led to the American Civil Rights movement. |
| Rosa Parks | United States civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery (Alabama) |
| The Montgomery Bus Boycott | In 1955, after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a city bus, Dr. Martin L. King led a boycott of city busses. After 11 months the Supreme Court ruled that segregation of public transportation was illegal. |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. | U.S. Baptist minister and civil rights leader. A noted orator, he opposed discrimination against blacks by organizing nonviolent resistance and peaceful mass demonstrations. |
| Television | Invented in the 1930s, but popularized and accessible by the 1950s. Important early shows included The Honeymooners, I Love Lucy, and The Ed Sullivan Show By 1960, over forty million homes had one |
| The Nuclear Family | Mother, father and children living as a unit often in a single family homw |
| The Baby Boom | cohort of individuals born in the US between 1946 and 1964, which was just after World War II in a time of relative peace and prosperity. These conditions allowed for better education and job opportunities, encouraging high rates of both marriage. |
| Rock 'n' Roll | "Crossover" musical style that rose to dominance in the 1950s, merging black rhythm and blues with white bluegrass and country. Featuring a heavy beat and driving rhythm, became a defining feature of the 1950s youth culture. |
| Libertarians | Those who are opposed to using government to promote order, and equality. Desire an extremely limited role for government. |
| Dwight Eisenhower | United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy, and the defeat of Nazi Germany. Became President of the United States after Harry Truman. |
| Consensus Politics | Politics where the parties are in broad agreement over an issue or the handling of something. |
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