Chapter 26 Postwar Confidence and Anxiety – Flashcards
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The postwar economy suffered severe
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inflation
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After World War Two, worker productivity improved largely because of
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numerous technological advances.
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The Marshall Plan generated economic growth by
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stimulating foreigh demand for American products.
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Many people migrated to the sunbelt to
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work in the defense, aerospace, electronics and petrochemical industries.
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William Levitt was a businessman who
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mass produced suburban housing.
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The National Defense Education Act allocated federal funds to train
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soldiers
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Family patterns changed during the 1950's by
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single people got married at a younger age.
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During the 1950's American families
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benefitted from advances in medicine and a better understanding of the importance of diet.
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The flight of the urban middle class to the suburbs
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hurt cities economically because the middle class paid a large share of taxes.
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During the postwar period immigrant groups in America
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lacked political power because of language barriers and the threat of deportation.
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IN the 1950's the federal government encouraged Native Americans to
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assimilate into American society.
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assimilate
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to absorb a group into the culture of a larger population
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What increased the number of college degrees earned in the late 1940's?
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G I Bill
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What factor did not lead to economic growth in the 1950's?
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increase in farming
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What contributed to a surge in postwar economic home construction?
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loans to war veterans.
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After the war the United States economy
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shifted to producing consumer goods.
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President Truman made progress on
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desegregation of the military.
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During the 1948 election
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Southern Democrats split from their party.
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President Eisenhower
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maintained existing New Deal programs.
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Between 1940 and 1960 more than 40 million Americans
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migrated to the suburbs.
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The rise of the car culture led to the
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spread of fast food restaurants and drive-in movies.
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Which of the following made the scale fo suburban growth possible?
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interstate highways.
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Which industry grew rapidly in the 1950's
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service industry
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Congress increased federal funding for education largely because of
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the Soviet Union's space program.
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During the 1950's American consumers
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purchased new labor saving appliances.
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The television
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changed the way politicians ran for office.
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Dr. Benjamin Spock
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emphasized the importance of nurturing children.
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Television programs in the 1950's often
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idealized families centered aroung the father as breadwinner and the mother as homemaker.
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Rock and Roll music
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became a symbol of youth culture.
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Many social critics in the 1950's criticized an American emphasis on
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conformity
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conformity
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the tendency to do what others do simply because others are doing it
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In The Other America, Michael Harrington exposed problems dealing with
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poverty.
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After World War Two, amny American cities began to decline because of the
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flight of the middle class white families.
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What contributed to rural poverty
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corporate farming
